Ma ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāna hana ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana a me ke aloha aloha, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Sandals Resorts International (SRI) Executive Chairman Adam Stewart me kahi kauka kauka hanohano (LLD) ma ka 2022 graduation ceremony of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona Campus , i mālama ʻia i kēia Pōʻaono i hala, Nowemapa 5, 2022.
He poʻokela koʻikoʻi o ka hiki i Jamaica a me ka Caribbean holoʻokoʻa, alakaʻi ʻo Stewart i kahi hui hoʻokipa ʻo ia ka mea hana pilikino nui loa o ka ʻāina me ka ʻoi aku o 15,000 mau lālā o ka hui i hoʻolaha ʻia ma nā hōkele 24 a me nā mokupuni ʻewalu. Ma waho aʻe o Sandals Resorts, alakaʻi ʻo Stewart i kāna ʻohana ākea ākea, kaʻa a me nā ʻoihana paʻa ʻoihana, a ʻo ia ka ikaika ma hope o nā hōʻailona honua AC e Marriott a me Starbucks® e komo ana i ka mākeke Caribbean. A ʻoiai e mahalo nui ʻia kāna ʻoihana ʻoihana a me kāna ʻoihana, kāna hana luhi ʻole i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi o ka ʻāina - mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama olakino a me ka pale ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe a hiki i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka hoʻonaʻauao - ʻo ia kahi e hoʻomālamalama ai ʻo Stewart. No kēia mau kumu i loaʻa ai iā Stewart ke kēkelē.
"Ua haʻahaʻa wau a haʻaheo i ka ʻike ʻia e ka UWI no ka hana aʻu i makemake nui ai. Ua aʻo mai koʻu makuakāne, ʻo Gordon “Butch” Stewart i make, ʻo ka manawa kūpono he makana ʻaʻole e hoʻopau ʻia. ʻO kona kūpaʻa a me kona hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke ola ʻaʻole wale nona a me kona ʻohana, akā no kāna mau limahana, kaiāulu a me ka ʻāina i hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka ʻike mua i ka mea hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia i nā kānaka. Ua ʻae wau i kēia kēkelē me ka puʻuwai piha a me ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki e hoʻomau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hilinaʻi a kēia kino hanohano i kau mai iaʻu, "wahi a Stewart.
"Hoʻohanohano ʻia ke Kulanui o West Indies i ka hui ʻana ʻo Adam Stewart i kā mākou papa hanohano o nā mea i loaʻa i nā Doctorates Honorary."
Ua hoʻomau ʻo Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Hope-Chancellor o ke Kulanui o West Indies, "ʻO ʻAdam ke ʻano o ke kanaka renaissance hou e alakaʻi nei i ka hana ma ka Caribbean i ka hana hou a me ka hoʻomohala koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka ulu. ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka acumen a me ka agility e haʻaheo ka UWI iā ia iho i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pono o kā mākou ʻāina ulu. Hoʻomaikaʻi iā Dr. The Hon. Adamu Stewart. Pono pono!”
Ua hoʻouna aku ke Kuhina Kaikaʻi ʻo Jamaica Edmund Bartlett i kāna aloha mai World Travel Market (WTM) ma Lākana, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻae i kahi hanana koʻikoʻi e hala me ka ʻole o ka hōʻike ʻana i kona hauʻoli nui" a hāʻawi i kāna mau hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i "kēia poʻokela ʻōpio o ka Caribbean Tourism." ʻAʻole wale ʻo ia i lawe maikaʻi i ka ʻaʻahu i hāʻawi ʻia e kona makuakāne make, ʻo Hon. ʻO Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, akā ua lawe ʻo ia i ke kaulahao alakaʻi ma ka Caribbean i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa," wahi a Bartlett.
Ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i Luna Hoʻokele o SRI, ua lilo ʻo Stewart ma mua o hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki ma ke ʻano he Hope Luna Nui a me Luna Nui o ka hui, e alakaʻi ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka brand i kāna inoa Luxury Included® i kēia manawa a me ka nānā ʻana i kahi manawa o ka hoʻonui nui ʻana i hoʻolauna mua i ka ʻāina. - ka hale noho wai. Ua ʻike ʻia kāna mau hana e ka nui o nā makana ʻoihana hoʻokipa me ka kapa ʻia ʻo 2015 Caribbean Hotel a me Tourism Association Hotelier o ka Makahiki.
He kanaka ʻoihana ma kona kuleana ponoʻī, ʻo Stewart ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka Luna Nui o ke alakaʻi alakaʻi a me ka hui huakaʻi ʻo Island Routes Adventure Tours, hāʻawi ʻoi aku ma mua o 500 mau huakaʻi ma 12 mau huakaʻi Caribbean, e maʻalahi ai nā malihini e hoʻopili maoli me nā kamaʻāina a ʻike i ka ʻāina.
ʻO Stewart ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka Pelekikena o ka Sandals Foundation, ʻo ka 501 (c) (3) ʻoihana ʻole i manaʻo ʻia e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa i nā kaiāulu Caribbean kahi e hana ai ʻo Sandals Resorts. Hoʻokahi haneli pakeneka o nā kālā i hāʻawi ʻia e ka lehulehu i ka Sandals Foundation e hele pololei i nā papahana e pono ai ka Caribbean. ʻO ia hoʻi ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻomalu o ka 'We Care for Cornwall Regional Hospital,' ka mea e hōʻiliʻili kālā ai e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hale hoʻokipa a noho noho i ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā Kūkākūkā o ka ʻāina, e ʻimi ana e hoʻonui i ka hiki a me ka hoʻokūkū o nā mea hoʻolako kūloko. ka ikaika o ka hana makaikai no na mea a pau.
No kāna haʻawina koʻikoʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka ʻoihana hōkele, ua loaʻa iā Stewart ka Order of Distinction (Commander Class) ma 2016 a ma hope o kēlā makahiki, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ka Caribbean American Mover and Shaker - Humanitarian of the Year e ka Caribbean Media Network. Ma 2017, ua hoʻohanohano ka Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) iā Stewart me ka Jerry Award no nā haʻawina koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka Caribbean. Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana i ka makahiki 2020, ua pane ʻo SRI i ke kāhea ʻana o ke Aupuni Jamaica no ka hoʻomaha COVID-19, hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Sandals Carlyle Resort me ka uku ʻole no 18 mau mahina a hāʻawi ʻo JA $ 30M no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻeke mālama.
Noho ʻo Stewart ma ka Papa Hoʻokele o Wysinco Group Limited a he lālā o ke Kōmike Hoʻokō o ka World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). He haumāna puka a me ka ikaika o The Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management ma Florida International University (FIU) ma Miami, ua hoʻonohonoho hou ʻo Stewart i kahi hui ma waena o FIU a me The UWI, kahi i lawelawe ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻelele o ka Western Jamaica Campus. ʻO ka hoʻohiki ʻana iā US $10 miliona i ke kākoʻo mai SRI, a me ke kau inoa ʻana i kahi MOU, e hana pū ka UWI a me FIU e hoʻokumu i The Gordon "Butch" Stewart International School of Hospitality and Tourism no ka hanohano o ka makuakāne o Stewart a me ka mea hoʻokumu SRI, ʻo Gordon "Butch" Stewart.
Ma waho aʻe o ke kēkelē i hāʻawi ʻia iā Stewart, ua ʻae ke Kulanui o ke Kulanui i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā degere hanohano i 15 mau kānaka kaulana ʻē aʻe me Sir Richard Benjamin Richardson o Antigua a me Barbuda no kāna hāʻawi ʻana i ka Sport; ʻO Alston Becket Cyrus o St. Vincent a me nā Grenadines no kāna hana ma ke ʻano he Soca Artiste/Composer; Kauka Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, PhD, LLM o Dominica no kāna hana ma International Labor and Maritime Law; ʻO Sir Hugh Anthony Rawlins o St. Kitts a me Nevis no nā haʻawina i ke kahua hoʻokolokolo; ʻO Kauka Joy St. John o Barbados no kāna hana ma ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ke olakino lehulehu; ʻO kāna Mea Hanohano ʻAmelika ʻo Gabriel Abed o Barbados/UAE no ka ʻoihana ʻoihana a me ka pioneering Digital Currency; ʻO Mr. E. Neville Isdell o Ireland no nā haʻawina i ka ʻoihana a me ke aloha; ʻO Kauka Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted o Trinidad a me Tobago no nā haʻawina i ka ʻepekema Mahiʻai a me ka Nutrition; Ms. Ingrid LA Lashley o Trinidad a me Tobago no kāna hana ma Corporate Banking/Finance; ʻO Ms. Rosalind Gabriel o Trinidad a me Tobago no kāna hana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi Bana/Entertainer; ʻO Kauka Wayne AI Frederick o Trinidad a me Tobago no nā haʻawina i ka ʻepekema ʻEpekema; ʻO Lord Robert Nelson o Trinidad a me Tobago no nā haʻawina i ka moʻomeheu a me Calypso; Polofesa ʻO ka Mea Hanohano Orlando Patterson o Jamaica no kāna hana ma ke ʻano he Historical and Cultural Sociologist; Senatoa Ka Mea Hanohano Dr. Rosemary Moodie o Jamaica/Kanada no ka Lapaau Pediatric and Philanthropy; a me Ms. Diane Jaffee o ka USA no kana hana ma ke Waiwai.
E pili ana i nā Sandal Resorts International
ʻO Sandals Resorts International (SRI) ka ʻohana ka hui makua o kekahi o nā hōʻailona huakaʻi kaulana loa o ka honua, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Sandals® Resorts a me Beaches® Resorts, nā hale hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa o ka Caribbean; moku kūʻokoʻa ʻo Fowl Cay Resort; a me ka hōʻiliʻili home pilikino ʻO kāu Jamaican Villas. Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1981 e Gordon "Butch" Stewart i hala, aia ʻo SRI ma Montego Bay, Jamaica a kuleana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hōkele, nā kūlana lawelawe, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa mākaukau a me nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā. No ka 'ike hou aku, e kipa ʻO Sandal Resorts International.
