Ua hoʻolaha aku ke Kuhina Nui o ka Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi a me ka Hoʻomohala kālā Charles 'Max' Fernandez, i ke koho ʻia ʻana o Mrs. Lorraine Headley-Raeburn i lunahoomalu no ka Papa Hoʻokele o Antigua a me Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA), ʻo Mr. Dean Fenton i koho ʻia ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele hou o ka US. ʻO Headley-Raeburn kekahi e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā i ka Mana Hoʻokipa. Ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu kū ʻole o ka ABTA, ʻo Mrs. Headley-Raeburn ke kuleana no ka nānā ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kulekele a me nā hoʻolālā i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻoikaika i ko Antigua a me Barbuda kūlana ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi honua a huakaʻi huakaʻi a hoʻokō i ka ulu mau ʻana o ka hōʻea huakaʻi.
I ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā hoʻokohu i hala iho nei, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Fernandez, "Ua nui koʻu hauʻoli ua ʻae ʻo Lorraine Headley-Raeburn e hui pū me kā mākou hui alakaʻi alakaʻi a ua koho mākou iā Dean Fenton i Luna Hoʻokele no ka Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi US. Ua hoʻolauleʻa hou mākou i kahi makahiki haʻihaʻi record hou i ka hōʻea ʻana o ka huakaʻi.th kahi ma St. John kahi kūlana kūikawā mākou no ka ulu ulu mau ʻana. ʻO nā mea i koho ʻia o kēia mau Antiguans loea a hoʻolaʻa nui he mea koʻikoʻi i kā mākou kūleʻa mau. ʻO Mrs. Headley-Raeburn ke kanaka hemolele e loaʻa ma ka helm e hoʻonui ai i nā manawa kūpono āpau e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō ʻia o kā mākou mau pahuhopu kipa kolohe He mea waiwai kāna ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me kāna alakaʻi. ” Ua hoʻomau ke Kuhina, "ʻO ka US kekahi o kā mākou mākeke koʻikoʻi, hoʻokipa ʻaneʻane 100,000 i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi pō i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ka hoʻomau ʻana i kēia momentum. Pono mākou i ka Luna Hoʻokele o US e loaʻa i ka laulā o ka ʻike me ka mākeke kālepa a me nā mea kūʻai aku, a me kahi papa inoa hohonu. E lawe ʻo Mr. Fenton i kēia mau waiwai nui i ka hui me nā hopena i manaʻo ʻia no ka ulu mau ʻana. "
Ua mahalo ʻo Mrs. Headley-Raeburn iā Kuhina Fernandez no kāna kākoʻo a ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia e lilo i mea kōkua i Antigua a me Barbuda e loaʻa i ka ulu ulu mākaʻikaʻi i kahi e hōʻea ai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Headley-Raeburn, "ʻoluʻolu wau i ke kūpaʻa a me ke kuko no ka kūleʻa a me ka ulu ʻana mai ke Kuhina Fernandez, ka CEO, Colin C. James a me nā lālā o ka Ministry of Tourism and Tourism Authority. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻomaka ʻana e hana i kēia mau pahuhopu huakaʻi kipi e hopena maikaʻi ʻole ma ka ʻāina a me nā mea kuleana wale nō i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, akā i nā ola o nā kamaʻāina. "
ʻOi aku ʻo Mrs. Headley-Raeburn ma mua o 25 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ka mākaʻikaʻi ma nā wahi o ka ʻāina, mai ka Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) a i ka Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) a i ka Ministry of Tourism. ʻO nā mea nui mai kāna ʻoihana hanohano e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i kahi papahana hoʻomohala huakaʻi nui kahi papahana lehulehu / ʻāpana pilikino pilikino no ka Antigua Hotels and Tourist Association a me ka Ministry of Tourism. Ua mālama ʻo Headley-Raeburn i ke kūlana o ka General Director of Tourism no Antigua a me Barbuda no ʻelua mau makahiki. Ua hana nui ʻo ia i ka hana hou ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kaʻina o nā hana hoʻolauleʻa kaiāulu kūloko e like me ka Week Tour and the Trading Places, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻike mākaʻikaʻi kūwaho o ka ʻāina ma o ka papahana i hoʻohui ʻia o ka pilina lehulehu a me nā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha. Ua mālama ʻo ia i ka māhele mākaʻikaʻi o nā koi no ka hoʻokipa ʻana o ka Cricket World Cup ma 2007, a hāʻawi i ka hoʻokumu o ka Antigua a me Barbuda Tourism Authority. He kūkākūkā kūʻokoʻa ʻo ia no nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala aku nei a he luna hoʻokumu o kahi hōkele hale kūʻai kahakai ma ke kai komohana hema o Antigua. ʻO Mrs. Headley-Raeburn kekahi Luna Hoʻokele o ka Bank Bank of Antigua mai ka makahiki 2012, e noho ana ma ke ʻano he lunahoomalu mai ka ʻOkakopa 2016. He lālā ʻo ia no ka Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (ICSA) a ke hoʻopau nei i ka Directors Education and Accreditation Program ( DEAP), paʻa iā ia ka inoa ʻo Acc. Kuhikuhi He kekelē ʻo Mrs. Headley-Raeburn mai ke Kulanui ʻo Cambridge a me kahi MBA mai ke Kulanui o West Indies.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Mr. Dean Fenton i kona hoihoi no kāna hoʻokohu ʻana e ʻōlelo ana, "Hoʻohanohano wau e lawe i kēia kūlana hou no koʻu ʻāina home, ʻo Antigua a me Barbuda. Aia mākou i ka pali o ka ʻike ʻana i ka ulu pālua o ka hōʻea ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kūlana o ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he wahi nui loa ma ka Caribbean. Ua hauʻoli wau e pili ana i nā manawa kūpono no ka hui US e hana nui i ka holomua o ka ʻāina, a ke lana nei ka manaʻo i ka hana pū ʻana e hōʻoia i ka hui ʻana o ka US akā ʻoi aku ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. " Ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi hou no ka mākaʻikaʻi US, ʻo Fenton ke kuleana no ka Antigua a me Barbuda Tourism Authority hana i ka US. Lawe ʻo ia me 15 mau makahiki o ka ʻike kūʻai aku ma ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa Caribbean a hana pū ʻo ia me Antigua a me Barbuda mai 2006. Ma mua o kāna koho hou ʻana, ua lawelawe ʻo Mr. Fenton ma ke ʻano he Senior Sales and Marketing Manager no ka Antigua a me Barbuda Tourism Authority. I kona noho ʻana me ka Antigua a me Barbuda Tourism Authority, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Mr. Fenton ma kahi o $ 750,000 ma ka hoʻolaha manuahi ʻana no Antigua a me Barbuda i ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā puke huakaʻi a me nā mea kūʻai aku a hoʻonui i nā kūʻai hui i Antigua a me Barbuda ma o 20%. Mālama ʻo ia i nā pilina paʻa me nā hoa hoʻolaha hoʻolaha huakaʻi i ka ʻāpana pilikino, ka ʻoihana huakaʻi, nā hui kaiāulu a me nā hui a me nā ʻoihana no nā manawa ʻoihana kūpono e hoʻonui i nā hui pūʻulu, nā male huakaʻi a me ka mahele o ka mākeke. ʻO nā mākaukau ʻo Fenton e pili pū ana me ke kūʻai aku ʻana iā Antigua a me Barbuda i ke kālepa huakaʻi, ka pāpāho a me nā mea kūʻai aku, ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o ka male male Caribbean, honeymoon a me nā wahi aloha. Ua puka ʻo Mr. Fenton mai ke Kulanui ʻo Baruch, CUNY a loaʻa iā ia kahi kekelē laepua no ka Business Management and Marketing.
