Ua koho ʻia kahi papa o nā luna hoʻokele hoʻokele moku Karipiano i ka Ka Hui Hoʻolālā Caribbean (CTO) hui hui o ka papa alakaʻi e nā lālā pilikino o ka hui. I kāna koho hou ʻana e koho i kahi hui ʻelima e pani i ko lākou makemake ma ka papa alakaʻi a me ke komite hoʻokō CTO, ua koho nā lālā hui i kahi hui like ʻole, i alakaʻi ʻia e William "Billy" Griffith, he Luna Nui o ka Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. i kēia manawa ka luna hoʻomalu o WCG Consulting Ltd.
"Hoʻohanohano ʻia wau i koho ʻia e pani i nā lālā pili o ka CTO a e pani i kēia hui like ʻole o nā ʻoihana, ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu, i kēia manawa koʻikoʻi o kā mākou huakaʻi huakaʻi," wahi a Griffith. "ʻO kaʻu mea nui e hoʻoikaika hou a hoʻonui i ka waihona o ka lālā, kūkulu i ka hiki a hana pū me ka lālā hoʻokō i kahi hoʻolālā koʻikoʻi e hoʻōla mai nā hopena pōʻino o COVID-19."
ʻO Griffith kekahi o nā lālā hui hou ʻekolu i koho ʻia i ka papa ʻelima mau lālā. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻelua ʻo Seleni Matus, he luna hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Belize, i kēia manawa ka luna hoʻokele o ka International Institute of Tourism Studies ma George Washington University, a me Sharon Flax-Brutus, ka luna hoʻokele o ka huakaʻi o ka British Virgin Islands, i kēia manawa he alakaʻi a mea hoʻolālā ma White Oleander Destinations.
"He mea koʻikoʻi nā hui mākaʻikaʻi kūloko i kēia manawa ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Ua hauʻoli wau e hana pū me kahi hui nui o nā alakaʻi kūloko e kōkua i ka Caribbean Tourism Organization a me kona mau lālā lālā e hana i nā mea hana hou a me nā pilina e hoʻonui ai i ka hoʻomau a me ka hoʻomau o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, "wahi a Matus.
"Ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ka papa hui, makemake mua wau iā mākou e kōkua i ka hui e hoʻihoʻi hou i ka hilinaʻi o ka ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa i hiki ʻole i ko mākou lālā ke ulu wale akā e lilo i ʻelele no nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a Flax-Brutus. . "Makemake au e ʻike i nā manawa hoʻonui no nā lālā pili e komo, a e hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou aku i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ke ʻano e hiki ai iā mākou ke hana like no ka pono o ka mākaʻikaʻi Caribbean."
E kākoʻo ʻia nā lālā papa hou e nā lālā e hoʻi mai ana, ʻo Jacqueline Johnson, ka Luna Nui o Global Bridal Group a me MarryCaribbean.com, a me Barry Brown, ka luna hoʻokele o Afar Media no ka Caribbean. Ua lawelawe lāua ʻelua ma ka papa hui no nā makahiki he nui a ua hōʻano hou lāua i kā lāua kūpaʻa e kākoʻo i nā pahuhopu o ka CTO.
"ʻOliʻoli wau i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o ka papa hui o ka CTO. ʻOi aku i kēia mau manawa i ʻike ʻole ʻia, loaʻa i nā hoa pili ka manawa e kūkulu hou ai i ka hoihoi a me ke kākoʻo no kēia hui ikaika loa ʻoiai e hana ana i kahi ʻike hou no ka wā e hiki mai ana, "wahi a Brown.
"ʻOliʻoli loa wau i ka papa inoa o nā talena i loaʻa e kōkua i ke kūkulu hou ʻana o ka hui i ka wā a ma hope o ka pilikia COVID-19. ʻO ka loko o nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi mai ka ʻāina e kamaʻilio nui e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka pono e 'kūkulu ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi,' "wahi a Johnson. "ʻOliʻoli wau i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kēia papa inoa nui o nā ʻoihana."
Ma o nā hana like ʻole a me nā hanana, hoʻohana nā lālā hui i kā lākou papa inoa o nā ʻoihana a me nā loea e kōkua i ka CTO me kāna papahana hoʻomohala no ka mākaʻikaʻi Caribbean. Ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana me nā lālā hui nui, hāʻawi ka papa i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no nā papahana mākaʻikaʻi kūloko i ka papa alakaʻi CTO, e ʻike i nā manawa e kūkulu ai i ka papahana lālā non-government o CTO, a hoʻonohonoho i nā hana koʻikoʻi i ka wā
Mālama ʻia nā koho no ka papa hui i kēlā me kēia ʻelua makahiki no ka ʻoihana pilikino a me nā lālā ʻole aupuni o ka CTO. ʻAkahi nō ke koho balota o kēia makahiki.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- At its recent election to select a team of five to represent their interests on the CTO board of directors and executive committee, the allied members chose a diverse group, chaired by William “Billy” Griffith, a former CEO of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, now managing director of WCG Consulting Ltd.
- “As a director of the allied board I would first like us to help the organisation to regain the confidence of the private sector so that our membership can not only grow but be representative of the various sectors of the tourism industry,” added Flax-Brutus.
- The other two are Seleni Matus, a former director of tourism in Belize, now executive director of the International Institute of Tourism Studies at George Washington University, and Sharon Flax-Brutus, a former director of tourism of the British Virgin Islands, now director and strategist at White Oleander Destinations.
