Jamaica Celebrates Top-Selling Travel Advisors at One Love Affair

17.12.2024 - 21:25 / travelpulse.com / Edmund Bartlett / Patrick Clarke / Andrew Holness

Jamaica One Love Affair gala. (Photo Credit: Patrick Clarke)

Jamaica's top 50 selling travel advisors were celebrated during the One Love Affair at the all-new Princess Grand Jamaica and Princess Senses The Mangrove in Green Island this past weekend.

In addition to honoring the island's top contributors with a universal message of love and appreciation, key leaders including Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, made it clear that the destination is poised for a monumental 2025 and beyond aided by new property openings and infrastructure improvements headlined by a bypass project to drastically cut down on the time it takes visitors to reach Negril and other parts of the country's West Coast from Montego Bay.

During Friday morning's partner presentations, Philip Rose, deputy director of tourism, Americas, for the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), thanked the dozens of Jamaica travel specialists in attendance for their contributions to the island and its people.

"We are witnessing the rebirth of a community here in Jamaica that we used to drive through and not even think twice about," he said, referring to Princess Hotels & Resorts' debut on the island.

Princess Grand Jamaica and Princess Senses The Mangrove. (Photo Credit: Patrick Clarke)

This year's One Love Affair was hosted by Princess Hotels & Resorts which opened both the family-friendly Princess Grand Jamaica and the adults-only Princess Senses The Mangrove to travel advisors, media members and other industry figures.

For families, Princess Grand Jamaica offers 590 suites across 11 different room categories in addition to seven bars and eight restaurants, including a buffet, international cuisine and food trucks.

Among the many other highlights include the 25,000-square-foot Dream Island available to host weddings and other celebrations. Princess offers a 10 percent commission to advisors on wedding bookings.

At Princess Senses The Mangrove, guests aged 18 and up can indulge in more than 400 suites, including 14 overwater villas and dozens of swim-out suites ideally situated for gorgeous sunsets, eight bars—including an infinity pool swim-up bar with music, games and more at Euphoria—and six restaurants as well as shaded cabanas and beach loungers that are first come, first served so no reservations needed.

Guests can even upgrade their experience by way of the Platinum Club or O Club. The latter includes suites well equipped for sensual guests who have the freedom to go topless on their own designated beach.

Overwater villas at Princess Senses The Mangrove. (Photo Credit: Patrick Clarke)

While both properties will need time to garner a reputation and work out any kinks that naturally come with such a massive undertaking, the