ʻO ka hālāwai kūkā ʻo CTO Tourism Sector Outlook: ninaninau me JetBlue's Mike Pezzicola

Nā aupuni lālā o ka Ka Hui Hoʻolālā Caribbean (CTO) a hui nā alakaʻi mai nā hui e hoʻopuka ana i ka ʻoihana i ka ʻāina ʻAnatigua me Parapuka ma ka Pōʻalima 4 ʻOkakopa no ka CTO Caribbean Tourism Sector Outlook Forum.

Ma waena o nā luna nui e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kā lākou mau hoʻolālā, nā papahana a me nā hana ʻo Mike Pezzicola, ke poʻo o ka ʻoihana no JetBlue Travel, i hele i JetBlue mai Google kahi i hoʻohana ai ʻo ia i nā makahiki ʻelima i hala e kūkulu i ka huahana kūʻai Google.

Ma mua o ka ʻaha kūkā, ua nīnau mākou iā ia i nā pilikia he nui, me ka huahana huakaʻi Caribbean a pehea e hoʻohana maikaʻi ai ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina i ka ʻenehana.

CTO: He aha ka mea e lawe ai ʻo JetBlue i ka helu hoʻokahi i ka Caribbean?

MP: No kā mākou moʻolelo holoʻokoʻa he 19 makahiki, ʻo ka Caribbean ka mea nui o JetBlue. Hoʻohana ʻo JetBlue ma luna o 1000 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā me kahi hapakolu o kāna pūnaewele alahele ma ka Caribbean. Eia kekahi, ke haʻaheo nei mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi o kā mākou mau kūlanakauhale koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻāina ma San Juan. Ua ulu mau mākou i kā mākou mau huakaʻi a me nā mokulele i ka Caribbean i ka manawa a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā mākou lawelawe lawelawe me ka hoʻohui a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka lawelawe Mint.

CTO: Ke hana ʻoe me nā ʻāina lālā e hoʻolauna i ka lawelawe, he aha nā mea āu e ʻimi nei?

MP: ʻO kā mākou mau mea kūʻai aku ka mea mua loa. Pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻonui i kā mākou lawelawe ma ke ala e hoʻohauʻoli ai i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a hoʻolauna iā JetBlue i nā mea kūʻai aku ma nā mākeke hou? Me kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, ʻoiaʻiʻo mākou e ʻimi mau nei e hana i nā pilina ikaika me nā ʻāina lālā e hoʻoholo ai pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻolauna i ka lawelawe ma ke ala e kūpaʻa a mākaukau no ka ulu ʻana no JetBlue a me ka ʻāina lālā.

CTO: Ke hana pū nei ʻoe me nā wahi e kūʻai aku ai? Inā pēlā, pehea?

MP: ʻO ke kūʻai aku ʻana i kā mākou mau wahi punahele he wahi punahele o kaʻu hana. Inā ʻoe e ʻimi i nā pūnaewele ʻo JetBlue a me JetBlue Vacations, e ʻike ʻoe i ke ʻano o kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻoikaika i nā hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi wale nō akā i nā ʻano like ʻole a me ka moʻomeheu o nā wahi Karipiano. Hoʻopili mākou me nā wahi e pili ana i nā hoʻoikaika kūʻai kūʻai like ʻana no nā hoʻolaha nui ʻelua (kahi mahina ma waho o nā hoʻoikaika kūʻai home) a me nā hanana liʻiliʻi (e like me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā haʻuki kūloko a i ʻole nā ​​hanana moʻomeheu kūloko).

CTO: Ma muli o kāu ʻike ma Google ke kūkulu ʻana i ka huahana sopping Google, a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻike hulina a Google me ke kūʻai ʻana i ka e-commerce maʻemaʻe, pehea e hoʻohana ai ka Caribbean i ka ʻenehana e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka huakaʻi?

MP: Hoʻomaka ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku i kā lākou hoʻoikaika a me ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana no ka huakaʻi me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ko lākou manamana lima (ʻimi, ʻōwili, a ʻimi ma kā lākou kelepona). ʻAʻole pono kāu huakaʻi e hele wale akā 'e ola' i nā wahi paʻa lima ma ka pūnaewele, me nā loulou i nā koho hoʻopaʻa maʻalahi a wikiwiki hoʻi ke hōʻike ka mea kūʻai i ka hoihoi. Pehea e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻaʻole wale e ʻimi a aʻo ma kā lākou kelepona, akā a laila wikiwiki pū kekahi me ka BOOK?

CTO: He aha kou manaʻo e pili ana i ka huahana huakaʻi Caribbean e kū nei i kēia manawa?

MP: Hāʻawi ka mākeke Caribbean i nā ʻano koho kūʻokoʻa like ʻole no nā mea kūʻai aku - ʻo ia ka manawa kūpono a me ka paʻakikī. Pono mākou e hōʻoia i nā mea kūʻai aku e noʻonoʻo i ka Caribbean i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai lākou e hoʻolālā i kā lākou huakaʻi akā i ka manawa like e hōʻoia mākou e hoʻohana i kāu mau makana like ʻole.

CTO: Me ka ʻole o ka nui o nā kikoʻī, e ʻoluʻolu e hōʻuluʻulu i kāu mea i manaʻo ai e kaʻana like me ko mākou mau lālā aupuni ma ka ʻaha kūkā o ka CTO?

MP: Manaʻo wau e hāʻawi i kekahi mau kikoʻī e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana o JetBlue Travel i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.

E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaopopo i ka CTO Caribbean Tourism Sector Outlook Forum no nā lālā aupuni wale nō, me, akā ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia, nā kuhina a me nā komisina o ka mākaʻikaʻi, nā alakaʻi o ka mākaʻikaʻi, nā luna nui o nā hui hoʻokele huakaʻi, nā kākau ʻōlelo mau, nā kākāʻōlelo a me nā loea a me nā luna ʻenehana.