I kēia lā i wehe ʻia ai ka FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show, ʻo ia ka hui nui a me ka hui hoʻokele mokuahi kūʻokoʻa a me ka hōʻike kālepa ma ka Caribbean. E mālama ʻia ana a hiki i ka lā 9 o Nowemapa, ua hōʻuluʻulu ka hanana ma luna o 1,000 poʻe i hele mai a me nā luna nui loa mai FCCA Member Lines i ka mōʻaukala 25 makahiki o ka hanana, ʻoi aku ma mua o 150 ka nui a ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 mau pelekikena a ma luna, no ke ʻano o nā hālāwai, nā papa hana a me nā hōʻike. a me nā manawa pūnaewele e hoʻoulu i ka ʻike, ka pilina a me ka ʻoihana.

"He nui nā kumu o ka hauʻoli i kēia makahiki, me nā manawa kūpono e kūkulu i ka ʻoihana a me nā pilina me ka ʻoihana holo moana," wahi a Michele Paige, pelekikena, FCCA, i ka wā e wehe ai i ka hanana. "Mahalo nui mākou i nā poʻe a puni ʻo Puerto Rico no ka hiki ʻole ke loaʻa i kēia hanana wale nō, akā i nā koho hoʻokalakupua āpau a me ka pilina lōʻihi ma waena o ka huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana holo moku."

"He manawa kūpono kēia no nā wahi āpau a me nā mea hoʻokele e aʻo i ke ʻano o ka hopena a hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i nā mea hou o ka ʻoihana," wahi a Adam Goldstein, ka hope pelekikena o Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. a me ka luna o ka FCCA. "ʻO ka ʻike i hoʻololi ʻia a me nā pilina i kūkulu ʻia i nā lā e hiki mai ana e kōkua i ke ala no ka holomua ʻana o nā laina holo moku a me nā mea kuleana."

Ua kōkua pū ʻo Goldstein i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka hanana me nā ʻōlelo ma ka Opening Ceremony e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka hui ʻana i hōʻike ʻia ma waena o ka ʻoihana a me nā wahi e hele ai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka makahiki i hala, ma mua o ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā mea haʻiʻōlelo e kōkua hou i ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kēlā hui ʻana a me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka hanana mōʻaukala: Hon. Luis Rivera Marin, Lutanela Kiaaina o Puerto Rico; ʻO Carla Campos, ka luna hoʻokele o Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC); a me Hon. ʻO Allen Chastanet, ke Kuhina Nui o Saint Lucia a me ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

ʻO Pierfrancesco Vago, ka luna hoʻomalu o MSC Cruises, i hāʻawi i ka ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi, me ka manaʻo nui i ka pilina a me ka hoʻokūkū i ke kūlana quo.

"Mahalo i ka FCCA, i kēia pule nā laina holo moku a me nā wahi e loaʻa ai ka manawa kūʻokoʻa e komo i nā kamaʻilio koʻikoʻi a me ka hoʻopaʻa pū ʻana i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana ma ka ʻāina Karipiano e pōmaikaʻi," wahi a Vago. "Ua ʻike mākou ma ka hana pū ʻana hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō i nā mea kupaianaha, a na mākou āpau e hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana a me ka hui pū ʻana e hāʻawi mākou i ka ʻike mea kūʻai aku maikaʻi loa, ma ka moku a ma uka."

Me ka wehe ʻana o ka hanana i kēia manawa, ʻo ia hoʻi nā manawa kūpono o ka poʻe i hele mai e hoʻomohala i ka ʻike like ʻana a me ka kūleʻa me ka ʻelele hoʻokele mōʻaukala mokuʻāina ma o ka papahana e kaulike ana i ka ʻoihana a me ka leʻaleʻa, mai nā hālāwai a i nā hana pilikanaka.

E mālama ʻia nā hālāwai i loko o ka hanana, mai ke poʻo o ka mokuʻāina ma waena o nā luna aupuni kiʻekiʻe a me nā luna hoʻokele o ka FCCA Member Line kiʻekiʻe, i nā hālāwai i koho mua ʻia no nā ʻelele, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hāʻawi i kahi pitch a loaʻa nā mea a pau mai ka hoʻokomo pilikino a hiki i nā manawa ʻoihana mai nā luna hoʻoholo e hoʻoholo i kahi e kāhea ai nā moku, nā mea kūʻai aku ma luna o ka moku a pehea e hoʻolilo ai i nā huahana a me nā ʻoihana.

Ua hoʻonui ka Trade Show i ka pahuhopu e hopu i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe manaʻo nui. ʻO kēlā me kēia hale lole e kau i kahi huahana, hui a wahi paha i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe hui a me nā luna hoʻokō, akā ʻo nā koho hale lole kūikawā e hana i ka hopena nui loa me nā nui nui, nā wahi nui a me ka manawa kūpono e hōʻike i kahi huakaʻi a i ʻole hui ma ke ʻano he hui a hoʻokipa i nā hālāwai pilikino. me nā luna kūlana kiʻekiʻe pololei i ko lākou pā hale.

Hiki i nā poʻe a pau ke hui a hui pū me nā luna hoʻokō ma nā hana pūnaewele kūikawā e ʻono ai i ka mea a Puerto Rico e ʻike ai, hana ai a ʻai ai. Ma kahi o nā ʻaha kūkā ʻole a me nā ʻaina awakea a puni nā hālāwai, nā haʻawina, Trade Show a me ka lumi VIP, ʻike ʻia ka hanana i nā hoʻokipa kaiaulu i kēlā me kēia pō. Wehe ʻia i nā poʻe a pau e hele mai a me nā luna hoʻokō, e hui pū lākou i ka hui e hana a ulu paha i nā pilina e alakaʻi ai i ka hoʻomaopopo like ʻana a me ka kūleʻa - ʻoiai e hoʻokalakupua ʻia e kekahi o nā mākaʻikaʻi kūloko o Puerto Rico, nā leo a me nā ʻono. Me Casa Bacardí, Vivo Beach Club, Bella Vista Terrace a me ka papahele Trade Show pono'ī e hoʻokipa ana i nā hanana, nā hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i ke mele ola, ka hula moʻomeheu a me nā mea ʻono ʻē aʻe e like me nā hale meaʻai mai ka puaʻa ʻala a i ka ice cream a me nā kīʻaha me nā salakeke, nā berena akamai a me nā wahi kūloko. nā mea ʻono mai ka moa a me ka paʻakai i ka pineapple kebabs me ka ʻuala mai Bacardi rum.

E loaʻa ana nā huakaʻi no nā mea komo a me nā luna hoʻokō. Ke hoʻomaka nei i ke kakahiaka o ka Pōʻalima, Nov. 9 a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka hanana, e hāʻawi nā huakaʻi i kahi manawa poina ʻole e hoʻomohala i nā pilina a me nā ʻoihana. ʻOiai e kamaʻilio ana ma Cueva Ventana a ʻike i ka moʻomeheu Taíno kūloko, loaʻa kahi ʻono ʻē aʻe o ka moʻomeheu ma o ka huakaʻi hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka rama Bacardi a i ʻole ka huakaʻi huakaʻi meaʻai ma San Juan kahi huakaʻi ʻai hou loa, ʻo La Calle Loíza, a i ʻole ke kūʻai ʻana a hiki i ko lākou hāʻule ʻana i ka Mall of San E aʻo hou aku ʻo Juan, nā mea hele a me nā luna e pili ana iā Puerto Rico a me kekahi.

Eia kekahi, ʻo nā haʻawina e pili ana i ka hana o loko o ka ʻoihana a me ke kūkulu ʻana i ka kūleʻa like e hoʻokumu i ka haʻawina o nā haʻawina e alakaʻi ʻia e nā panela loea o nā luna a me nā ʻelele huakaʻi. ʻO nā luna hoʻomalu o FCCA Member Lines—Micky Arison, luna hoʻomalu, Carnival Corporation & plc; Richard Fain, lunahoomalu a me Luna Nui, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.; a ʻo Pierfrancesco Vago, ka luna hoʻomalu, MSC Cruises—ua lawe i ka huila ma hope o ka Opening Ceremony. I ka wā o kā lākou "Chair Talk," ke hoʻomālamalama nei lākou i nā ʻano a me nā hoʻomohala e alakaʻi nei i ka holomua o ka ʻoihana a me ka ulu ʻana o ka wā e hiki mai ana, me ke ʻano o ka pili ʻana i nā kumuhana kikoʻī, a hiki ke hoʻonui i ka ʻoihana, no ka poʻe kuleana e hele mai ana.

E kū ana nā Pelekikena a me nā Luna Nui i ke kahua ma hope o kēia ahiahi. ʻO Michael Bayley, pelekikena a me Luna Nui, Royal Caribbean International; ʻO Christine Duffy, pelekikena, Carnival Cruise Line; ʻO Roberto Fusaro, pelekikena, MSC Cruises (USA); ʻO Jason Montague, pelekikena a Luna Nui, Regent Seven Seas Cruises; a ʻo Andrew Stuart, pelekikena a me Luna Nui, Norwegian Cruise Line, e hui pū me ka mea hoʻoponopono a me ka pelekikena FCCA, ʻo Michele Paige. E hāʻawi lākou i ka "Haʻi'ōlelo Peresidena," e kūkākūkā ana i kekahi o nā ʻokoʻa a me nā mea hou e alakaʻi nei i nā hōʻailona mokuahi kūʻokoʻa e hele nei i nā mea āpau e kū i waho a hoʻopiʻi i kā lākou mau mākeke makaʻi ma ka moku a ma ka ʻāina - a pehea a me ke kumu e hana pū ai me nā wahi. a alakaʻi nā mea pili i nā pono no nā mea a pau.

E loaʻa i nā luna kūlana kiʻekiʻe e pani ana i nā ʻāpana he nui o ka ʻoihana i ka papahele i ka lā ʻapōpō. ʻO Carlos Torres de Navarra, ka hope pelekikena, ke awa honua a me ka hoʻomohala huakaʻi, Carnival Corporation & plc, a me ka luna o ka FCCA Operations Committee, e hoʻololi i ka "Creating Great Destinations: From Demand to Experiences, Ports to Tours" me kahi papa me Russell Benford, hope peresidena, pili aupuni, ʻAmelika, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.; ʻO Russell Daya, ka luna hoʻokō, nā hana moana a me nā awa, nā kūkulu ʻana i nā awa a me ka hoʻolālā huakaʻi, Disney Cruise Line; ʻO Albino Di Lorenzo, hope pelekikena, nā hana holo moku, MSC Cruises USA; a me Chrstine Manjencic, hope peresidena, nā hana lawelawe huakaʻi, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. E kaʻana like lākou i nā mea e huki ai i nā poʻe holo i nā wahi a me ka hana ʻana i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo poina ʻole i laila, e hōʻike ana pehea e hoʻonui ai i ka makemake a me ka ʻoluʻolu o ka poʻe malihini mai kahi pae kiʻekiʻe o ka pae i kēlā me kēia awa. nā koho huakaʻi a me ka halihali.

E mālama ʻia ka papa hana hope ma ka Pōʻalima, Nov. 8 a e hōʻuluʻulu i nā ʻelele kiʻekiʻe mai ka laina holo moku a me nā ʻaoʻao huakaʻi, me Adam Goldstein, hope pelekikena, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., a me ka luna, FCCA; Richard Sasso, lunahoomalu, MSC Cruises USA; ʻO Giora Israel, hope pelekikena poʻokela, hoʻomohala awa honua, Carnival Corporation & plc; Beverly Nicholson-Doty, komisina o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Virgin Islands; a me Carla Campos, ka luna hoʻokele o Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC). Ma ka "Investing in Your Future," e nānā lākou i nā ala e hoʻomākaukau ai nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua no ko lākou wā e hiki mai ana, a pehea e pili pinepine ai kēlā mau hoʻolālā i ka launa pū ʻana me kekahi, mai ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā awa a me nā wahi e hele ai. , i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻoihana, nā hoʻolālā pilikia a me nā hana maikaʻi loa.

Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka hui ʻana o nā hui ʻoihana a me ka launa pū ʻana e hana i kahi hui kūpono e hoʻololi i ka ʻike a me nā ʻano ʻoihana, kaʻana like i nā manaʻo a me nā noiʻi, a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pilina koʻikoʻi - a ʻo ka ratio i manaʻo ʻia e pili ana i hoʻokahi alakaʻi moku holo moku no ʻehiku mau mea e hiki mai ana e hāʻawi i nā manawa kūpono e hālāwai ai. a loaʻa ka ʻike mai nā alakaʻi koʻikoʻi.