Ke Kuhina Hoʻokipa ʻO Jamaica, Hon. Ua hōʻike ʻo Edmund Bartlett i ke kaumaha nui i ka hala ʻana o kahi hoa lōʻihi a me ka hoa hana ʻo Edith Baxter, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻoponopono o ka hui hoʻopuka Kanada ʻo Baxter Media.
"Makemake wau e hāʻawi i kaʻu mau hōʻalo aloha i ke kaikamahine a Mrs. Baxter ʻo Wendy McClung, me kona ʻohana nui a me ka hoʻokele a me nā limahana Baxter Media holoʻokoʻa i kēia manawa paʻakikī. He leo mana ʻo Ms. Baxter i loko o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi ʻo Kanada no ʻelima mau makahiki a e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia kāna hoʻoilina no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, "wahi a Kuhina Bartlett.
ʻO Edith, a i ʻole ʻo Mrs. B ʻoiai ʻo ia i aloha nui ʻia i waena o nā hoa aloha, he alakaʻi lua ʻole ia ma kā Kanada huakaʻi ʻoihana. No nā makahiki he 50 a ʻoi aku, lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke poʻo o ka Canadian Travel Press and Travel Courier - ʻelua o nā mea i mahalo nui ʻia a heluhelu nui ʻia i nā pule kalepa huakaʻi.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka hui pāpāho koʻikoʻi i ka makahiki 1968 ma ka ʻaoʻao o kāna kāne a me kāna hoa pili ʻo William William (Bill) ʻO Henry Baxter, i hala i 2004.
Ke noʻonoʻo nei i ka hala ʻana o Baxter, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lunahoomalu o ka Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) ʻo John Lynch, "E hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ʻo ia me he mea kākau nūhou maikaʻi lā, he wahine ʻoihana akamai a he hoa aloha maoli ʻo Jamaica. Ua hele pinepine ʻo ia i ka mokupuni - e leʻaleʻa ana i kona manawa ma Half Moon Resort - a ua ulu ʻo ia i mau aloha aloha me nā alakaʻi o ka JTB Regional Pat Samuels lāua ʻo Sandra Scott. "
Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Edith Baxter, ua hana nui ʻo Baxter Media i ka nānā ʻana iā Destination Jamaica i ka mākeke Kanada ma nā makahiki he ʻelima i hala.
I ka makahiki 2018, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Baxter i ke Kauoha o ka Distinction e ke aupuni Jamaica no ka ʻae ʻana i kāna mau kōkua i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa a me nā hana nui āna i hana ai no Jamaica.
No nā 25 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Baxter Media i ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū ʻoihana huakaʻi ʻo Kanada, i hoʻokipa ʻia ma ka mokupuni me ka launa pū ʻana me Sandals Resorts. Lawe ka hanana ʻoihana makahiki i nā ʻākena huakaʻi, nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi, nā ʻelele mokulele a me nā hoa mākaʻikaʻi ma Jamaica no hoʻokahi pule o nā hanana pūnaewele, hoʻokūkū aloha ma nā loulou a me ka hoʻokipa aloha mokupuni ikaika.
Ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Jamaica ma ke ʻano he hopena lanakila a me ka papa hoʻokipa ma Baxter Media's Agents 'Choice Awards, kahi noiʻi nui loa a piha o nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi ma Kanada. No 15 mau makahiki ma hope, ua koho ʻia ʻo Jamaica 'Papa Hoʻolālā Mea Makamae - Caribbean' ma nā makana koho a ka poʻe heluhelu makahiki.
"ʻO Edith Baxter ka mea he trailblazer maoli i hana i kahi hopena nui loa i ke kaiāulu huakaʻi ma aneʻi ma Kanada a ma ʻō aku," i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Angella Bennett, Luna Hoʻokele Regional, Kanada, JTB.
"I ka manawa aʻu e ʻoluʻolu ai e launa me ia, ua makaʻu mau wau i kāna kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i kāna ʻoihana a kaʻana like i kāna mau huakaʻi i Jamaica. He aloha aloha maoli kāna me ka mokupuni a e haʻo nui ʻia ʻo ia. ”
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- I ka makahiki 2018, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Baxter i ke Kauoha o ka Distinction e ke aupuni Jamaica no ka ʻae ʻana i kāna mau kōkua i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa a me nā hana nui āna i hana ai no Jamaica.
- The annual industry event brings dozens of travel agents, tour operators, airline representatives and tourism partners together in Jamaica for a week of networking events, friendly competition on the links and vibrant island hospitality.
- Reflecting on Baxter's passing, Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) John Lynch said, “She will be remembered fondly as a brilliant journalist, a savvy businesswoman and a true friend of Jamaica.
