Hoʻomaka ʻia e hoʻoulu i ka noʻonoʻo wiwo ʻole a me ka hui like ʻana o nā ʻāpana ʻāpana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, ua hoʻokūkū ka Showcase i nā hui haumāna mai kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka ʻāina e hoʻomohala i nā manaʻo ʻoihana hoʻomau ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo: "Innovative Tourism: Bridging Sectors for Sustainable Growth."
Ua ʻimi nā mea hope loa i nā manaʻo ʻokiʻoki i ka Agri-Edu Tourism, Medical Cannabis, a me Dark Tourism, e manaʻo ana e hoʻopili i ka mākaʻikaʻi me ka mahiʻai, ke olakino a me ka hoʻoilina i nā ala e kākoʻo ai i ke kūpaʻa a me ka hoʻomohala ʻāina.
Hoʻokipa ʻia e Nicolas Scott, ke Kokua ʻenehana ma ka ʻoihana Resource Mobilization & Development o CTO, ua hōʻike ʻia ka pōʻai hope i nā hōʻikeʻike mai ʻekolu mau hui kulanui ʻokoʻa e pani ana iā Jamaica, Trinidad a me Tobago, a me nā mokupuni ʻo Cayman:
- Ke Kulanui o Inia Komohana, Mona
- Ke Kulanui o Inia Komohana, St. Augustine
- Ke Kula Kahunui o nā Mokupuni ʻo Cayman
ʻO ka manaʻo lanakila, Healing Roots, i hoʻomohala ʻia e UWI St. Augustine, ua hoʻopio i ka lehulehu a me nā luna kānāwai me ka ikaika kiʻekiʻe, hōʻike keaka i hui pū ʻia i nā mele, nā ʻōlelo ʻōlelo, a me nā moʻolelo hohonu. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka manaʻo i kahi kumu hoʻohālike agri-wellness i hoʻokumu ʻia ma nā puʻu o Paramin, Trinidad, e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻike kupuna, a me ka hoʻoikaika kaiāulu e hoʻololi i ka mākaʻikaʻi i mea hana no ka ulu waiwai, mālama moʻomeheu, a me ka mākaʻikaʻi olakino. Me kāna hana hoʻohiwahiwa a me ke ʻano pili, ua hāʻawi ka hui i kahi ʻike e neʻe a poina ʻole - e loaʻa iā lākou nā hanohano kiʻekiʻe a me ka paʻi ʻana.
"ʻOi aku kēia ma mua o ka hoʻokūkū - he hōʻike ia o ka ʻike, ka wiwo ʻole a me ka noʻonoʻo Caribbean."
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Dona Regis-Prosper, Kakauolelo Nui a me Luna Hoʻokele o CTO: "Aia ka wā e hiki mai ana o kā mākou ʻāina i nā lima hiki.
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Owen Darrell, Kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi no Bermuda, i ka ʻōlelo hoʻomaka, e kāhea ana i ka Showcase "he papa hoʻomaka no ka hana hou a me ka manawa kūpono," a mahalo i nā haumāna e komo ana no ko lākou mau manaʻo wiwo ʻole a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka holomua kūloko.
Ua haʻi ʻia nā ʻōlelo hoʻoikaika e Jameel Rochester, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka huakaʻi no Anguilla, nāna i haʻi i kāna huakaʻi koʻikoʻi "mai nā grills barbecue a i nā lumi papa". Ma ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kāna mau lā mua e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā grills ma hope o ke kula e lilo i mea ʻōpio loa e alakaʻi i ka papa mākaʻikaʻi o Anguilla, ua paipai ʻo Rochester i ka poʻe ʻōpio e apo i kā lākou kumu, e ʻimi i ke aʻo ʻana, a e wehe mau i nā manawa hou.
Ua loiloi kekahi papa o nā luna kānāwai i ka poʻe hope, e like me:
- ʻO Claudine Pohl, Luna Nui, Lemoneight
- ʻO Jacqueline Johnson, Pelekikena & Luna Nui, Global Bridal Group / MarryCaribbean.com; Lunahoomalu, CTO Foundation
- ʻO Louis Lewis, Luna Nui o Saint Lucia Tourism Authority
- Muryad de Bruin, Luna Hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi, Curaçao
- ʻO Maya Nottage, Luna Hoʻokele Kūʻai ʻĀina, Nassau Cruise Port Ltd.
Ua loaʻa i ka hui kiʻekiʻe he makana US $5,000, hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻia e ka Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Ma kahi leka hoʻokipa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Carina Cockburn, ka Lunamakaʻāinana o IDB no Barbados: "Ma ka IDB, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou he mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā talena ʻōpio a me nā kahua kākoʻo e like me kēia hoʻokūkū i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i ʻoi aku ke kūpaʻa, komo a hoʻomau. lawe mai i nā manaʻo hou a me ka ikaika i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mākaʻikaʻi Caribbean.
Ua hoʻonui aku ʻo CTO i kāna mau mahalo i nā hoa hana a me nā mea kōkua, e like me Breeze Travel Solutions, Caribbean Airlines, Lemoneight, Travel Unity, New York City Tourism + Conventions, RWS Global, a me SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, nona ke kākoʻo i mea kōkua i ka holomua ʻana o ka Showcase a me nā hana a ka hui.
Kākoʻo ʻia ʻo CWNY 2025 e nā mea kākoʻo penei:
• Platinum: Dominica, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa
• Gold: Antigua a me Barbuda, Bahamas, Bermuda, Global Ports Holding, Travel & Adventure Shows
• kala: Nā Kamaʻa Hale Hōʻailona International, St. Kitts
• keleawe: Adara, He Hui RateGain; ʻAnagulia; Palepakoa; Carnival Corporation & plc; Kāna Lukia; Nā Pūnaewele TEMPO
ʻIke ʻia ma ke kiʻi nui: Ua pane nā haumāna o ke Kulanui o West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine (lr) Irshad Mohammed, Angelina Hosein a me Sydney Henry i ka lono hoihoi o ko lākou lanakila.
