Ua ola ʻo New York City i ka pule i hala ʻoiai ke ʻano pōʻino ma waena o Atlantika i ka wā i lawe ai ʻo Caribbean Week ma New York www.onecaribbean.org iā Manhattan, Iune 8-12. ʻO ka Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), nā mea hoʻonohonoho o ka Caribbean Week, ua kapa ʻia ka hanana makahiki o kēia makahiki he kūleʻa. ʻO ka pule hebedoma i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā hōʻikeʻike chef kaulana, nā mea haʻiʻōlelo koʻikoʻi, nā seminar ʻike, a me nā ʻoliʻoli moʻomeheu i hoʻokō i nā pahuhopu o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻike o ka Caribbean ma ke ʻano he wahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha no ka huakaʻi ʻāina ʻekolu.
Wahi a Hugh Riley, ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka Caribbean Tourism Organization, "ʻAʻole wale ka Caribbean Week i paipai i ka huakaʻi i ka ʻāina, ua lilo ia i manawa kūpono e hōʻike i ka ʻokoʻa o kēlā me kēia ʻāina Karipiano me ka hōʻike ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka wahi metro o New York. mākeke mākaʻikaʻi.” Ua hui pū ʻia nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā pāpaʻi e ʻike i ka ʻono o ka ʻāina ma o ka leʻaleʻa moʻomeheu, nā makana makana, a me kahi male Caribbean maoli ʻoiai e loaʻa ana ka ʻike waiwai nui mai nā poʻe loea i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. "Ua maikaʻi loa ka manaʻo i loaʻa iā mākou mai ka poʻe i hele mai, a ke kakali nei mākou i ko mākou hoʻi ʻana i New York City ma 2010."
Ua komo nā kumu kuke kaulana i nā ʻano hōʻikeʻike pāpaʻi a me nā hōʻikeʻike kuke ʻana ma Macy's a me Bloomingdale i ka pule holoʻokoʻa e hoʻomaka ana ma ka Pōʻakahi, Iune 8. Ua mālama ʻia kahi kick-off, ʻoki lipine ma waho o Manhattan Center i ka Pōʻalima, Iune 11 kahi i loko, ka Caribbean. Hoʻokumu ka Travel & Cultural Fair i kahi leo hoʻolauleʻa. ʻOi aku ma mua o 1,500 mau mea kūʻai i hauʻoli i ka pānaʻi Caribbean maoli ʻoiai e loaʻa ana ka ʻike huahana waiwai e pili ana i nā wahi like ʻole i loko o ka ʻāina. ʻO nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka fair i loaʻa kahi Caribbean Vacation Mart kahi i hiki ai i nā mea kūʻai ke kūʻai aku i nā hoʻomaha ma nā kumukūʻai hoʻemi nui. Ua kākoʻo ʻo MarryCaribbean.com i kahi ʻahaʻaina male nui no Mr. a me Mrs. Brian lāua ʻo Lisa Rawson i hāʻawi ʻia i kahi mahina meli i uku ʻia i ka British Virgin Islands, nā paʻa mare i mahalo ʻia e ka United States Virgin Islands, ka ʻoki keke i kākoʻo ʻia e St. . ʻO Kitts, kahi huakaʻi hoʻomanaʻo makahiki i Jamaica, a ʻoi aku.
Ua hoʻomau ka lā ma ka New Yorker Hotel me kahi Media Awards Luncheon e hoʻohanohano ana i kekahi o nā mea nūpepa maikaʻi loa a me nā mea hana i loko o nā mākeke media US a me Caribbean, a me kahi Media Marketplace a me nā papa hana ʻike no ka Caribbean Diaspora and Travel Agent community. ʻO ka Caribbean Treats: Food, Rum & Rhythm i pani i ka papahana ma ka Pōʻalima kahi i ola hou ai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Manhattan me nā ʻike a me nā leo o ka Caribbean. ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā meaʻai, nā laʻana rum premium, a me ka ʻoliʻoli pau ʻole i hoʻohauʻoli ʻia i ka lehulehu o 500 hoʻohui.
Ma ka Pōʻalima, Iune 12, ua wehe ʻia ka lā me kahi ʻaha Kūʻai Kūʻai riveting me ka pahuhopu e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ke kūlana o kēia manawa a me ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka huakaʻi o ka Caribbean. Ua lawelawe ʻo Philip Wolf, ka pelekikena a me ka Luna Nui o PhoCusWright, Inc. ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo nui no ka ʻaha kūkā. Ua kūkākūkā kekahi hui o nā loea mākaʻikaʻi i ka "Mindset of Today's Vacation Traveler e hana ʻoi aku me ka liʻiliʻi." ʻO ka papa, i hoʻoponopono ʻia e David Pavelke, ka luna huakaʻi o Google, ua komo pū ʻo Fiona Morrison, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka brand a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana no JetBlue Airways Corporation; ʻO Paul Gilberto, ka hope pelekikena nui a me ka luna hoʻomohala hōʻailona nui no Fitzgerald+CO; a me Laurdes Hainlin, ka luna o Starwood Caribbean Collection.
Ua hui pū ʻia ka Hui Kūʻai Kūʻai me ka Hui Karipiano mua loa a me ka hōʻikeʻike huakaʻi incentive, kahi hālāwai i ʻimi nui ʻia e kuhikuhi i ka hālāwai, ka hoʻoulu ʻana, ka hālāwai kūkā, a me nā mākeke hōʻike. Ua ukali ʻia ka Allied Awards Luncheon kahi i hoʻohanohano ʻia ai kekahi poʻe no kā lākou hāʻawi kūikawā i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka Caribbean, ʻo Michele M. Paige, ka pelekikena o ka Florida Caribbean Cruise Association, i loaʻa i ka makana "Jerry"; ʻO Dave Price, ka heleuma o ka CBS Early Show, i hoʻohanohano ʻia me ka Allied Award; ʻO Paul Pennicook, pelekikena, International Lifestyles, SuperClubs Resorts a loaʻa iā Marcella Martinez Award; a me ka luna hoʻoponopono kiʻekiʻe ʻo Joe Pike o Travel Agent magazine, i hoʻohanohano ʻia me ka makana ʻo Marcia Vickery Travel Journalism Award.
ʻO ka hopena o nā ʻahaʻaina o ka pule, ʻo ia ka 36th Annual Governments of the Caribbean State Ball ma The Plaza Hotel, he gala ʻeleʻele nani e hōʻike ana i ka meaʻai a me ka leʻaleʻa maikaʻi loa o ka Caribbean. Ua mālama ʻia ka hanana, e ka Today Show's Jenna Wolfe, ma lalo o ke kākoʻo o ka CTO Foundation, he hui aloha waiwai ʻole e hāʻawi ana i nā haʻawina haʻawina a me nā haʻawina haʻawina i nā haumāna ʻōiwi Caribbean a me nā limahana ʻoihana e makemake ana e ʻimi i nā haʻawina i ka mākaʻikaʻi, hoʻokipa, a aʻo ʻōlelo. Ua hele ʻia e nā CTO kiʻekiʻe a me nā luna mākaʻikaʻi, ma waho aʻe o nā lālā alakaʻi o ka Caribbean Diaspora, ua hoʻohanohano ka pōleʻa i kekahi o nā inoa kaulana loa ma ke kaiāulu Caribbean me ʻekolu mau makana hanohano. ʻO kēia mau mea i komo pū me ka Mea Hanohano Denzil Douglas, ka mea i loaʻa i kēia makahiki Lifetime Achievement Award; ʻO Rosemary Parkinson, ka mea i loaʻa i ka makana Hoʻohanohano Kūikawā; a me Karl lāua ʻo Faye Rodney o NY Carib News, nā mea i loaʻa i ka Excellence Award.
