ʻO ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me ka Pelekikena o Countrystyle Community Tourism Network/Villages as Businesses, ʻo Diana McIntyre-Pike, OD, kaʻana like i kona mau manaʻo, ʻike, a me kona mau manaʻo i ka hala ʻana o ka huakaʻi a me ke kanaka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Gordon "Butch" Stewart.
ʻO Butch ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu, nona, a me ka luna hoʻomalu o Naʻu Huikau, Beaches Resorts, a me kā lākou hui makua Sandals Resorts International. Ua hala ʻo ia ma ka Pōʻakahi, Ianuali 4, 2021, i ka makahiki 79.
Ke kū nei au i ke kaumaha o ka nalowale, ʻike wau i nā hoʻomanaʻo nui a me hāʻawi mai ʻo ia iaʻu, a me kaʻu huakaʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiaulu. Ua hālāwai au me Butch i kona komo ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a hauʻoli loa wau i waena o kāna mau alakaʻi alakaʻi no ka lilo ʻana i Pelekikena Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association (JHTA) a ʻike koke i nā ʻano ikaika. Ma o ka pilina o nā makahiki he nui, ua kākoʻo nui ʻo ia i kaʻu mau hana ma Community Tourism, a ma ke ʻano he hōkele liʻiliʻi.
I koʻu noho ʻana i luna hoʻomalu o ke Kōmike Hōkele liʻiliʻi o ka ʻAhahui Hotele Karipiano, ua hana mākou i kahi kiʻi no ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kahi 'adopt a small hotel program', e paipai ana i nā waiwai nui e koho i kahi hōkele liʻiliʻi e hoʻohana e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo me ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lako. nā kīʻaha, nā mea ʻoki, nā lole olonā ma ko lākou mau kumukūʻai ma mua o nā kumukūʻai kūʻai kiʻekiʻe, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kauoha i nā mea nui a pōmaikaʻi mai nā kumukūʻai nui. Eia kekahi, e hāʻawi i ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana, hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me ke kākoʻo kūʻai. ʻO Butch wale nō ka hōkele nui i pane maikaʻi i kēia papahana a hoʻouna mai iaʻu i kahi leka e hōʻike ana makemake ʻo ia e hoʻohana i koʻu hōkele liʻiliʻi ma Mandeville - The Astra Country Inn. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma Sandals Negril, a ua komo pū me kahi laina hōʻaiʻē no mākou e kūʻai i nā mea ʻoki pono, nā kāwele, nā kāwele lima a me nā lole holoi holoi. A laila hoʻouna ʻo ia i 7 lumi o nā lako, me nā mea maloʻo lauoho.
Ma waena o nā hoʻomanaʻo hoihoi loa a me ka launa pū ʻana me ke kaiāulu, ʻo ia ka manawa i makemake ai ʻo ia e ʻike i kekahi o kā mākou Countrystyle Community Experience huakaʻi a ua koho mākou i Resource Village, me kāna hoʻoilina Marcus Garvey a me ke ʻano kuʻuna kaulana i ka hana ʻana i ka bammy āna i komo ai a ma hope o ka hauʻoli me ka kaiaulu, ka ackee hou a me ka iʻa paʻakai, ka maiʻa paila a me nā hua hou. Ke ola nei ka hōʻike o kāna hoʻoilina me ka Sandals Foundation i kākoʻo i nā hana kaiāulu he nui ma ka ʻāina.
Ua hoʻomau kāna kākoʻo noʻu iho. I ka makahiki 2008, i koʻu koho ʻia ʻana no Virgin Holidays Best Personal Contribution Responsible Tourism Award, he hoʻokūkū me 10,000 ʻē aʻe mai ka honua a puni ma World Travel Market ma Lākana. Ua pilikia wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kākoʻo no ka hele ʻana, a kono mai ʻo ia iaʻu i kāna keʻena, a noho iaʻu ma kāna ʻano iho i ka honua, a koi mai iaʻu, a hāʻawi mai i ke kālā aʻu e pono ai, me ka ʻike ʻana he pono ke ʻike ko ke ao nei i kēia. ʻO kēia wale nō kekahi o nā manawa ʻē aʻe āna i hāʻawi pono ai i kāna kākoʻo, i mua a me ka leo ʻole. Ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i koʻu lanakila ʻana i kēia makana me TUI UK.
He mau hiʻohiʻona wale nō kēia, e hāʻule ana i loko o kahi ʻāpana o ka hāʻawi ʻana, hiki i nā mea ʻē aʻe ke hōʻike. He kanaka kupaianaha maoli nō ʻo ia, a ʻaʻole loa he Butch Stewart, akā hilinaʻi i ka mana o kāna hoʻoilina e ola nei me kāna ʻohana a me kāna mau keiki.
