ʻO ke Kuhina Kaʻikaʻi ʻo Jamaica, Hon. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Edmund Bartlett, ua hoʻomaka ka Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) i kahi hoʻomaka hoʻohiki me 12 mau hōkele a ʻoi aku ma mua o 150 mau kānaka e komo ana i kāna pailaka o ʻelua mau papahana hōʻoia koʻikoʻi.
Ma ka loiloi o ka mea hoʻokele i ka Pōʻalima i hala, ua hōʻike ʻia ka nui o ka poʻe e hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Ua hoʻopau nā moho 91 i nā hoʻokolokolo i ka pule i hala no ke koho ʻana i Certified Hospitality Supervisor (CHS) ma o ka American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) a ke kali nei lākou i kā lākou hopena. Aia i loko o kēia pūʻulu nā haumāna puka kulanui a me nā poʻe e hana nei ma nā hōkele kūloko.
“ʻOliʻoli loa wau i ka holomua a mākou i hana ai me kēia hana koʻikoʻi. Ua paʻa koʻu Kuhina e hāʻawi i nā manawa hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou aʻe e hoʻonui i ka hōʻoia a me ka hana hou no ka poʻe akamai loa o Jamaica. ʻO kēia ke kumu o ka mea e kūkulu ai i ke ala ʻoihana i ka mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a ke Kuhina.
Carol Rose Brown, Project Coordinator o ka Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation, e hāʻawi i kahi hōʻike e pili ana i ka pailaka, i ka Pōʻalima hope, Malaki 16, 2018 ma Montego Bay Convention Center.
Eia kekahi, ua ʻike pū ke Kuhina i nā moʻolelo kūleʻa ʻē aʻe mai ka mea hoʻokele: 13 mau haumāna puka kulanui e ʻimi nei i ka palapala hōʻoia ʻo American Culinary Federation (ACF); Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā limahana kula 25 a me nā haumāna 9 e loaʻa i ka Certified Hospitality Information Analytics (CHIA) palapala hōʻoia mai STR Share; a e hōʻoia ʻia ʻo 3 o nā chef i hōʻoia ʻia ʻo ACF o Jamaica ma ke ʻano he ACF Evaluators, kahi neʻe e hāʻawi i nā kuki kūloko e loiloi i nā moho a me ka hōʻoia ʻana.
Ua hoʻomaopopo ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka papahana ʻo Ms. CarolRose Brown, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ma mua o 25 mau hōkele i hoʻopaʻa inoa, 12 i komo i ka Pilot, me ka Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Courtyard by Marriott, Spanish Court, Moon Palace, the ClubHotel Riu – Ocho Rios, 'Half Moon' , Kamaa Kamaa, Kamaa Montego Bay, Royalton Negril, Hedonism II Negril, Coco La Palm a me ka Napoo ana o ka la ma na Palms.
Kuhina Hoonaauao, Senatoa, Hon. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ruel Reid, i loko o nā ʻōlelo i heluhelu ʻia e ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻĀpana ʻo Dr Michelle Pinnock, ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia i ka hopena o ka pailaka, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "ʻO ka pahuhopu o kēia mau palapala hōʻoia e like me ka pahuhopu o ka ʻoihana e hiki i ka makahiki 30 e paʻa nā Jamaicans āpau i kekahi ʻano. o ka palapala hōʻoia.
Ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka JCTI i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā limahana i hōʻoia ʻia i ka ʻoihana honua no ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka ʻike ʻana me ka Ministry of Education Youth and Information "ua loaʻa iā mākou ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā haumāna e ʻoi ana i nā papa pili i ka mākaʻikaʻi, he piʻi i ka helu. i ka lanakila ʻana i kā lākou mau hoʻokolohua a loaʻa i ka palapala hōʻoia ʻoihana honua ma ke ʻano he poʻe loea.
Ua ʻōlelo pū ka Lunamakaʻāinana o Senatoa Reid, ua alakaʻi a hui pū ʻia ke Kōmike Hui no ka Hoʻonaʻauao Tertiary (JCTE) me ka JCTI a me ka National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET) nā luna kiʻekiʻe e hoʻolako i ka National Vocational Qualification of Jamaica (NVQ-J) palapala hōʻoia no nā limahana hōkele ma waena o Jamaica, e hoʻomaka ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki kālā hou.
Ua kākoʻo pū ka Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) i nā papahana a ka JCTI. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Pelekikena Omar Robinson i ka hui mua o nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi he 150 i komo i ka pailaka o JCTI, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana e hāʻawi nā papahana hōʻoia honua iā lākou i ka ʻike waiwai e kōkua ai i ko lākou ulu ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana ma ke ʻano he poʻe ʻoihana maoli.
Ua kauoha ʻo ia i ka poʻe i komo "e lilo i mau mea hoʻololi i ka wā e ulu ai kā mākou huahana huakaʻi; no lākou e lilo i mea hana a i ʻole nā mea hou o ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo I Jamaica a ma hope o ka Caribbean.
Ua loaʻa pū i ka JCTI ka hōʻoia mai ka JCTE me kona pelekikena, ʻo Kauka Cecil Cornwall e hoʻokipa ana i nā ala i hana ʻia no ka hoʻolaha nui ʻana o ka ʻoihana ma ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa.
