Ua ʻike ka hui i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi, nā hoa media, a me nā alakaʻi kaiāulu i hāʻawi nui i nā kōkua i ka ulu ʻana a me ka holomua o ka huakaʻi. ʻO ka ʻelele kūhelu, ʻo ia ka Lunamakaʻāinana mau o Antigua a me Barbuda i United Nations, ʻAmelika ʻo Walton Webson, a me Senatoa Hon. Alincia Williams-Grant.
ʻOiai e hāʻawi ana i ka hōʻike, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Fernandez, "Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei kā mākou kūleʻa e ka makemake, hoʻolaʻa, a me ka hana paʻakikī o kēia poʻe ʻoihana e hele mau ana i luna a ma waho o ke kākoʻo ʻana no Antigua a me Barbuda." Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "Haʻaheo nui mākou i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kā lākou hoʻokō a manaʻo nui e hoʻoikaika i kēia mau pilina koʻikoʻi." Ua hōʻike ʻo Kuhina Fernandez i ka Mea Hanohano Rob Barrett, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Elite Island Resorts, me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāna mau kōkua nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Antigua, a ua ʻike pū kekahi i nā lālā hui o Elite, ʻo Larry Basham, Sherrie Ault, a me John Cather, no kā lākou kūpaʻa nui i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO Colin C. James, "Mai ka Travel Advisors and Public Relations Specialists, nā mea i hoʻohanohano ʻia, ua hana koʻikoʻi i ka hōʻike ʻana i ke kilokilo o Antigua a me Barbuda i ka honua. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ABTA USA Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Dean Fenton i ka poʻe i loaʻa, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana:
"Haʻaheo loa wau i ka ʻike ʻana i kā mākou mau hoa ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa, nona ke kākoʻo kūpaʻa a me ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i hana nui i ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Antigua a me Barbuda."
ʻO nā poʻe hanohano hanohano i hele mai, ʻo ia ʻo Brenda O'Neale, Kākoʻo Kaʻahele a me ka luna o ka Papa Kūkākūkā Kaahele ʻo Antigua & Barbuda; ʻO Lila Nicholas, ke kākā'ōlelo huakaʻi a me ka luna o ka Papa Kūkākūkā Lahui o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau (PATANA); Brenda Cole, Kakaolelo Kaahele a Peresidena o PATANA; ʻO Corrine Mutarelli, ka mea aʻoaʻo huakaʻi a me ka Pelekikena mua o ka Alliance of Westchester Travel Agencies (AWTA); a me Ralph Vasami, ka Pelekikena o Kiwanis Yonkers a me ka Pelekikena mua o ka New York American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA).
ʻO Adrian Surgeon, Kauka Kiʻi a me ka Hoʻolālā; ʻO nā chef Antiguan ʻo Edward Murphy lāua ʻo Melvin Myers; Mea Hoʻolālā Kiʻi ʻo Dave Ray; ʻO Marilyn Pires, Luna Hoʻokele Kaʻahele a me ke Kokua Hoʻokō i ka Luna Hoʻokele ABTA USA ʻo Dean Fenton; ʻO Noel Mignott, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Portfolio Marketing Group, ka hui pili lehulehu i kuleana no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻike o Antigua a me Barbuda ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa; a ʻo Alison Ross, he hoa hana mua ma PMG, kekahi o nā mea hanohano. Hoʻokomo pū ʻia ma ka papa inoa makana VIP ʻo Genevieve Edwards o Sharp Travel International, Henry Watkins, nona ka Watkins Media Group, a me ka mea kākoʻo ʻoihana ʻo Roberta Diaz.
ANATIGUA ME PARAPUKA
Antigua (haʻi ʻia ʻo An-teeʻga) a me Barbuda (Bar-byew'da) Aia ma ka puʻu o ke Kai Caribbean. Hāʻawi ka māhoe-island paradise i nā malihini i ʻelua mau ʻike kūʻokoʻa, nā mahana kūpono a puni ka makahiki, kahi moʻolelo waiwai, ka moʻomeheu olaola, nā huakaʻi hoihoi, nā hale hoʻokipa lanakila, nā mea inu waha, a me 365 mau kahakai ʻulaʻula a me ke one keʻokeʻo-hoʻokahi no kēlā me kēia lā o ka makahiki. ʻO ka nui loa o nā mokupuni ʻo Leeward ʻōlelo Pelekania, aia ʻo Antigua he 108 mau mile square me ka mōʻaukala waiwai a me ka topography kupaianaha e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻano manawa mākaʻikaʻi kaulana. ʻO Nelson's Dockyard, ʻo ia wale nō ka hiʻohiʻona i koe o kahi pā kaua Georgian kahi kahua hoʻoilina honua UNESCO i helu ʻia, ʻo ia paha ka ʻāina kaulana loa. ʻO nā kalena hanana mākaʻikaʻi o Antigua me ka Antigua a me Barbuda Wellness Month, Holo i Paradise, hanohano Antigua Sailing Week, Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, Antigua a me Barbuda Restaurant Week, Antigua and Barbuda Art Week, a me ka Carnival Antigua makahiki; ʻike ʻia ʻo ka Caribbean's Greatest Summer Festival. ʻO Barbuda, ka mokupuni liʻiliʻi o Antigua, ʻo ia ka mea huna kaulana loa. Aia ka mokupuni he 27 mau mile ma ka hikina ʻākau o Antigua a he 15 mau minuke wale nō ka holo mokulele. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Barbuda no kona ʻāʻī ʻana he 11 mau mile o ke kahakai one ʻulaʻula a ʻo ia ka home o ka Frigate Bird Sanctuary nui loa ma ka Hemisphere Komohana.
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ʻIke ʻia ma ke kiʻi: LR ʻO Dean Fenton, Luna Hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi, Antigua a me Barbuda Tourism Authority; ʻO Brenda O'Neale, ke kākā'ōlelo huakaʻi a me ka luna o ka Papa Kūkākūkā Kaʻahele Antigua & Barbuda; Mea Hanohano Charles 'Max' Fernandez, Kuhina o ka Makaka'i, Lewa Kivila, Kaa'a a me ka Ho'opukapuka.