16 Jul 2014
16 July 2014 - Jamaican-style sunshine welcomed the 'JAMAICA Get All Right' Clipper yacht this past weekend as it returned to the St Katharine Docks after completing the 2013/2014 Clipper Round-The-World Yacht race.
The yacht and its crew, skippered by Pete Stirling, arrived into London's St Katharine Docks to resounding cheers as it made its way down the River Thames and under London's iconic Tower Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), who sponsored the yacht, and the Jamaican High Commissioner to the UK, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet-Assamba were on hand to congratulate the crew on their race completion and for their eighth place achievement.
Throughout 12-13 July, an area of St Katharine Docks was transformed into a 'mini-Jamaica' complete with a life-size cut out of Jamaica's track star Usain Bolt. Visitors and crew had the opportunity to pose against it, with the best ones receiving give-a-ways. Members of the JTB team handed out flyers featuring details of the latest holiday offers to Jamaica whilst the flavour of Jamaican jerk chicken cooking nearby drew the longest queue of all the attractions in the race village.
The Clipper Round-the-World Yacht Race began at St Katharine Docks on 1 September 2013, and over the course of the past 10 months, the crews of the world's longest ocean race have visited some of the finest destinations in the world. Based on feedback from crew members, Port Antonio in Jamaica was ranked as one of their most memorable stopovers.
Elizabeth Fox, Regional Director for UK and N. Europe at Jamaica Tourist Board said: “We're very proud to have sponsored the 'JAMAICA-Get All Right' Clipper yacht for the 2013/2014 Round-the-World race. The yacht and our enthusiastic crew have been the perfect showcase for the Jamaica brand around the globe over the past 10 months. We are so proud of our crew and hope the Clipper experience has been a phenomenal life achievement for them. They really embraced the Jamaican culture and we hope they take away the Jamaican spirit with them.”
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CAPTION 1: The 'JAMAICA Get All Right' Clipper Yacht arrives into St Katharine Docks, London after completing the final stage of the 2013/2014 round-the-world race.
CAPTION 2: (From centre left) TheJamaican High Commissioner to the UK, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, Elizabeth Fox, Regional Director for UK and N.Europe at Jamaica Tourist Board, 'JAMAICA Get All Right' skipper, Pete Stirling and Torrance Lewis, District Sales Manager, Jamaica Tourist Board join the crew of the 2013/ 2014 Jamaica Clipper Crew at St Katharine Docks on 12 July.
CAPTION 3: Patrons visit the 'mini Jamaica' booth at the race village at St Katharine Docks following the completion of the Clipper Round-the-World Yacht Race 2013/2014.
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About Jamaica Tourist Board
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), founded in 1955, is Jamaica's national tourism agency based in the capital city of Kingston. The JTB was declared the Caribbean's Leading Tourist Board by the World Travel Awards (WTA) from 2006 to 2013. Also in 2013, Jamaica earned the WTA's vote for the World's Leading Cruise Destination, Caribbean's Leading Destination and Caribbean's Leading Cruise Destination for the seventh consecutive year. Additionally, the Historic Falmouth Cruise Port was recognised as the World's Leading Tourism Development Project while Ocho Rios was named the Caribbean's Leading Cruise Port and Sangster International Airport was voted the Caribbean's Leading Airport. In Canada, Jamaica was voted the Favourite Honeymoon Destination by Travel Agents.
JTB offices are located in Kingston, Montego Bay, Miami, Toronto and London. Representative offices are located in Berlin, Barcelona, Rome, Amsterdam and Tokyo.
For details on upcoming special events, attractions and accommodations in Jamaica go to the JTB's website at www.visitjamaica.com or call the Jamaica Tourist Board 020 7225 9090. Follow the JTB on Facebook at www.facebook.com/visitjamaicauk, on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jtbuk, on Instagram at http://instagram.com/visitjamaica on Pinterest at https://www.pinterest.com/myjamaica/or on YouTube at www.youtube.com/myjamaicajtb. View the JTB blog at www.islandbuzzjamaica.com.
