ʻO nā alakaʻi o ka Caribbean a me ʻAmelika Latin, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Pelekikena Kolombia ʻo Alvaro Uribe Velez, ua kūpaʻa i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā hana mākaʻikaʻi holo moana ma ka ʻāina a kokoke i 1,000 mau loea ʻoihana mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua i ʻākoakoa ma St. Lucia no ka 16th Annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association Conference & Trade Show.
"I nā manawa o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ʻo ka poʻe e noho ikaika nei ma ke alo o ka mākeke ʻo ia ka poʻe i kūlana maikaʻi loa e holomua i ka wā e hoʻi hou ai kā mākou ʻoihana," wahi a ka Pelekikena FCCA ʻo Michele Paige i nā ʻelele.
ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i nā manawa hoʻokele waiwai e hōʻike ana i ka pono o nā hui kūloko, wahi a Paige. "I kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka manawa, pono mākou e hana pū i mua."
Ua hele nā ʻelele mai 42 Caribbean a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i ka hanana. Ua hele mai ka poʻe komo mai Sepania a me Dubai.
Ua hana ʻo Pelekikena Kolombia ʻo Alvaro Uribe Velez i kahi hiʻohiʻona kūikawā e kūkākūkā me nā luna hoʻokele moku holo moana. Ma ka ʻaha kūkā pū kekahi nā luna awa, nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi, nā keʻena mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mea hoʻolako, a ma kahi o 100 mau alakaʻi holo moku mai nā laina lālā 15 o ka hui.
Ua hele nā ʻelele i nā papa hana lumi kū kū wale i alakaʻi ʻia e nā luna hoʻokele lālā a me nā mea haʻiʻōlelo malihini akamai. ʻO nā kumuhana i uhi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻai aku i ke kaʻe ʻana; ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻano, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hana huakaʻi hou. Ua noho pū lākou i nā hālāwai pilikino me nā luna holo moku e hōʻike i nā huahana huakaʻi, e nānā i nā ʻano ʻoihana a kūkākūkā i nā pilikia e ulu ana.
Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ma mua o 75 mau mea pāʻani i hōʻiliʻili kālā ma St. Lucia Golf Club no ka FCCA Foundation ma ka hoʻokūkū kolepa makahiki o ka hālāwai kūkā, i kākoʻo ʻia e Rak Porcelain.
ʻO ka Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association he 15 mau lālā lālā: AIDA Cruises, Azamara Cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruise Lines, Cunard Line, Disney Cruise Line, Holland America Line, MSC Cruises (USA) Inc., Norwegian. Laina holo moku, Village Village, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean International a me Seabourn Cruise Line. Ua hana ʻia i ka makahiki 1972 e nā laina holo moana e hana ana ma mua o 100 mau moku ma Florida, Caribbean a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e hoʻoulu i ke kānāwai, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, a me ka launa pū ʻana ma nā awa, palekana, palekana a me nā pilikia ʻoihana holo moku.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- It was created in 1972 by cruise lines operating more than 100 vessels in Florida, Caribbean and Latin American waters to foster legislation, tourism development, and cooperation on ports, safety, security and other cruise industry issues.
- Also at the conference were port officials, tour operators, tourism agencies and suppliers, and approximately 100 cruise executives from among the association’s 15 member lines.
- Caribbean and Latin American leaders, including Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, committed to strengthening cruise tourism efforts throughout the region as nearly 1,000 industry experts from around the world convened in St.
