I kēia lā ma Miami, ua pūlima ka laina holo moku ʻo Royal Caribbean International i kahi ʻaelike me barbados ke aupuni e hoʻoikaika i kāna mau pilina ma o kahi hui hou. Hoʻoikaika ka ʻaelike e kākoʻo iā Barbados i ʻelua ala.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā manawa hana no nā Barbadians ma luna o nā moku holo moku ʻo Royal Caribbean. Wahi a ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o Royal Caribbean International, ʻo Michael Bayley, e hoʻokomo ʻia kēia hana hoʻopaʻa inoa i nā "kūlana ʻano hōkele maʻamau" a me nā kuleana i ka leʻaleʻa, e like me ka poʻe hula, nā mea hoʻokani pila, a me nā choreographers.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bayley: "Ma ka Caribbean, loaʻa iā mākou nā pilina lōʻihi no ka manawa lōʻihi. Manaʻo wau ʻo ia kekahi o nā kuʻikahi paʻa loa a mākou e kau nei. He hōʻike ia, ʻaʻole wale i ka pilina o mākou [me Barbados] no ka manawa lōʻihi, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo nō hoʻi ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea i hana ʻia i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, "e pili ana i ke kākoʻo mai nā mana o Barbados i ka wā maʻi maʻi COVID-19. .
ʻO ka lua, makemake ka laina holo moku e hoʻonui i kāna mau pilina kalepa me Barbados ma ke ʻano o nā huahana niche ʻāina. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bayley, "Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻoihana e hiki mai ana i nā kaiāulu kūloko a me nā mea hana lima, ʻaʻole wale i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻike mea kūʻai aku akā hoʻomaikaʻi pū kekahi i nā poʻe kamaʻāina, e loaʻa iā lākou ka manawa kūpono e loaʻa ai ka loaʻa kālā."
"ʻOliʻoli loa mākou i ka hui hoʻolālā a mākou e hana nei me ka Royal Caribbean," wahi a ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Barbados a me ka Senator Transport International ʻo Lisa Cummins.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "ʻO kēia ka hui hoʻolālā e hiki ai iā mākou ke wāwahi i kēlā mau silos a hana pū i ka makemake o ka kahi e hele ai ʻo Barbados. "
Ma waho aʻe o ka hana i hoʻopuka ʻia ma o ka ʻaelike hou, ua hoʻohui ʻo Royal Caribbean cruise line iā Bridgetown ma ke ʻano he homeport hou. I kēia hoʻoilo i hala aku nei ua hāʻawi aku ka Grandeur of the Seas i kahi moku holo moku Karipiano Hema i haʻalele mai Bridgetown, a i ke kau holo moana 2022-2023, e hoʻi ka hana me ka moku holo moku Rhapsody of the Seas i Nowemapa. He 7 a me 14 mau pō ka holo ʻana i nā wahi e like me St. Lucia, Tobago, Martinique, Bonaire, a me Colombia.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- This past winter the Grandeur of the Seas offered a Southern Caribbean cruise that departed from Bridgetown, and in the 2022-2023 cruise season, the operation will return with cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas in November.
- It's a testimony to, not only of the relationship we have [had with Barbados] for a long time, but surely also a recognition to what happened over the past couple of years,” referring to support from Barbados authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- She added, “This is the strategic partnership that allows us to be able to break down those silos and to work together in the interest of the destination Barbados.
