Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Bartlett iā Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation

ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Kuhina, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) no kāna 94% kūleʻa kūleʻa o ka hōʻoia ma 2022.

Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kēia i ka wā o ka hālāwai loiloi hoʻokō waena o ka makahiki no ka ʻOihana Hoʻokele a me kāna mau lehulehu lehulehu, i mālama ʻia ma ka Pōʻalima (ʻAukake 26) ma Sandals Royal Plantation resort ma Ocho Rios.

"He mea kupaianaha maoli ka hana a kā mākou limahana hoʻokipa ma ka JCTI i kēia makahiki. Haʻaheo loa mākou i kā mākou mau limahana hoʻokipa i hoʻokumu mua i ka palapala hōʻoia a ua hana ma luna o ka awelika. Ua hōʻoia ʻiʻo ia e hoʻomau ka JCTI i ke kahua kumu e kūkulu ai i kahi limahana mākaʻikaʻi maikaʻi e hiki ke komo i nā hana hoihoi e hāʻawi ana i ka hana kūpono, ka palekana kaiāulu, a me ka neʻe ʻana o ka nohona pili," wahi a ke Kuhina.

Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka hoʻolaha e Kauka Carey Wallace, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), nāna i ʻike mai ʻApelila a ʻAukake 2022, 94% o nā moho i komo i nā papahana hōʻoia me ka TEF's Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation (JCTI) ua hōʻoia maikaʻi ʻia ka māhele.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i ka manawa, ua komo nā haumāna 1262 i nā papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa a ʻo 1195 o lākou i holo kūleʻa i kā lākou mau hoʻokolohua me ka helu o ka liʻiliʻi he 70%. 

ʻO ka JCTI, ʻo ia ka mahele o ka TEF, ua hana ʻia me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kumu waiwai kanaka waiwai o Jamaica a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā mea hou no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.

"He mea koʻikoʻi ka JCTI ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hoʻōla mai nā hopena o ka maʻi maʻi."

"Ke hāʻawi nei ia i kā mākou pahuhopu e hoʻomohala i kahi mana kūloko ikaika me ka hoʻolaʻa mau ʻana i ka maikaʻi ma o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a Bartlett.

“Eia kekahi, ʻoiai mākou e 'kūkulu i mua i ka ikaika' mai ka maʻi maʻi ma o ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou Blue Ocean Strategy, ʻo ka manaʻo nui i ka huki ʻana i kahi ʻano malihini kipa e ʻimi nei i kahi ʻike kūʻokoʻa Jamaican, e hoʻohana ana i nā lako kūloko a me nā ʻike mākaʻikaʻi, a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi mea hou aku. kūpaʻa, palekana, a hoʻomau i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo JCTI ma 2018 a hiki ke hana ʻia e nā pilina pili me ka Iāmeka Hotel & Tourist Association (JHTA), Human Employment and Resource Training-National Service Training Agency Trust (HEART-NSTA Trust), National Restaurants Association (NRA) nona ka American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) a me ka American Culinary Federation ( ACF).

Hāʻawi ia i nā papahana hōʻoia hoʻokele a me ka waena waena, me ka Certified Hospitality Supervisor (CHS), Certified Sous Chef (CSC), Certified Food and Beverage Executive (CFBE), Certified Hospitality Housekeeping Executive (CHHE) a me Certified Hospitality Trainer (CHT)

Hāʻawi pū ka JCTI i ka papahana Hospitality and Tourism Management, kahi hoʻolālā no nā kula kiʻekiʻe me ka hui pū me ke Kuhina Hoʻonaʻauao a me nā ʻōpio. Ua mākaukau nā haumāna puka o kēia papahana e hana i nā kūlana komo i ka ʻoihana a me ke kālepa.

I ka wā o ka hoʻi hope, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ka hui ʻekolu o ka papahana HTM e komo i nā kula kiʻekiʻe 350 mai nā kula a puni ka mokupuni.