John Kenneth McKenzie Pringle
John Kenneth McKenzie Pringle CBE OJ (October 4 1925-December 12, 2006) was an entrepreneur, Jamaican ambassador, advertising executive and founder of one of Jamaica's hotels Round Hill. Pringle was the youngest member of the Legislative Council of Jamaica when appointed aged 31.[1] He was the first director of tourism serving between 1963 and 1967, where he tripled Jamaica's tourism revenues in four years.[2] Pringle also served as chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board[3] and chairman of Jamaica's trade organization JAMCO[4] where he championed Jamaica's interests in the banana industry. He served as the European Chairman of advertising agency DDB from 1967. He later became a film and television producer and in the 1990s went back to his routes as a hotelier, helping Chris Blackwell develop his hotels in Jamaica, including Strawberry Hill in Jamaica and The Tides in South Beach, Florida [2]. In 2004 Jamaica made a set of stamps with Pringle and Round Hill[2] and awarded him with the highest honor the Order of Jamaica (OJ). Pringle was awarded the Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1965.[2] He died December 12, 2006 aged 81.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Empire Builder Pringle, 31, Joins Jamaica Council". The Boston Globe. 12 January 1958. p. 76. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "John Pringle: father of Jamaican tourism who played host to JFK, Princess Margaret and Clark Gable". The Daily Telegraph. 27 January 2007. p. 29. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Brown, Ingrid (2006-12-13). "Country's first tourism director John Pringle is dead - Jamaica Observer". www.jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ^ "Jamaica's first director of tourism". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
Further reading
[edit]- "Pringle Now Heads Jamaica Tourist Unit". The Boston Globe. 16 June 1963. p. 50. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- "High society's giddy days at the Hill". The Daily Telegraph. 11 November 2000. p. 137. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- "Jamaica To Give Coat-of-Arms at Friendship Torch". The Miami Herald. 9 May 1965. p. 168. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
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