- Hāʻawi kēia kula hou i kahi aʻo immersive a me ka ʻike hoʻomaʻamaʻa ola maoli i loko o kahi hale ʻokiʻoki, alakaʻi ʻia i ka noiʻi.
- Hoʻokumu kēia i kahi moeʻuhane o Gordon "Butch" Stewart - e hana i ka manawa ma o ka hoʻonaʻauao.
- E hōʻike ana ke kula i ka hiki o ka ʻāina ke alakaʻi i ke kamaʻilio ʻana o ka honua a me ka hoʻokipa.
ʻO kahi keʻena ʻokiʻoki, alakaʻi ʻia i ka noiʻi, ʻo Gordon "Butch" Stewart International School of Hospitality & Tourism i ʻae piha ʻia e hāʻawi i nā haumāna lae a me ka post-grad mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua me kahi aʻo immersive a me ka ʻike hoʻomaʻamaʻa ola maoli, e pili ana i ka ka maikaʻi hoʻonaʻauao o ka UWI a me FIU me nā manawa kūpono e hoʻohana i kā lākou mau haʻawina ma waho o ka lumi papa.
Wahi a Adam Stewart, ka luna hoʻomalu o SRI a me ke keiki a Naʻu Huikau ʻO ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu, ʻo Gordon "Butch" Stewart i hala, ua hoʻokō ke kula hou i kahi moeʻuhane o kona makuakāne e hana i ka manawa ma o ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana a hōʻike i ka hiki o ka ʻāina ke alakaʻi i ka kamaʻilio kamaʻilio honua a me ka hoʻokipa.
"He mea nui ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka manawa ma o ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i kā mākou hui a me ka holomua o ka Caribbean, e like me ka poʻe a pau e ʻimi nei i kahi ola maikaʻi aʻe no lākou iho a me ko lākou ʻohana. ʻO kēia manaʻo paʻa i paʻa loa e koʻu makuakāne, ua hānai ʻia e ka ʻike a ma nā kamaʻilio lōʻihi i hoʻomaka ʻia i nā makahiki he nui aku nei me ke Kumu Nui, ʻo Sir Hilary Beckles (The UWI Vice Chancellor). He mea koʻikoʻi loa kēia hui ʻana a he mea koʻikoʻi ka hana ma mua. Ua hōʻike ʻo Sandals i ka mea i hānau ʻia ma kēia ʻāina hiki ke hoʻokūkū kūleʻa i kekahi hōʻailona ma ke kahua honua. I kēia manawa, me nā hale mana ʻO ka UWI a me kaʻu alma mater FIU - ʻelua mau kula hoʻonaʻauao alakaʻi honua, hoʻomaka mākou i ke kūkulu ʻana i ke kula nui o ka honua no ke aʻo ʻana i ka hoʻokipa a me ka mākaʻikaʻi, ka ʻenekini hoʻokele waiwai o ka Caribbean. .”
Aia ka Gordon "Butch" Stewart International School of Hospitality of Tourism ma Western Jamaica Campus o The University of the West Indies ma Montego Bay, Jamaica, kahi e hoʻomaka ai nā hoʻolālā e wāwahi a hoʻopau ʻia no 2023.
“Haʻaheo mākou e hui pū me ʻO Sandal Resorts International a me ke Kulanui o West Indies, ʻelua mau ʻoihana i mahalo nui ʻia ma ka Caribbean a me nā alakaʻi ʻelua i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, "wahi a Kauka Mark B. Rosenberg, Pelekikena o ke Kulanui International Florida. "Ma FIU, ua hoʻokipa mua mākou i nā haumāna honua mai ka Caribbean mai 20 mau ʻāina like ʻole. ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haumāna hou aʻe, ʻo ka manawa e aʻo ai, aʻo a noho i ʻelua mau wahi hoʻokipa e aʻo ana a me ka hana ʻana mai nā ʻoihana alakaʻi kaulana a me nā hōʻailona e like me Sandals, UWI a me FIU. Pono mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i ka Luna Hoʻokele SRI Adam Stewart BS '03, ka mea i hahai i ka wāwae o kona makuakāne ma ka ʻoihana, alakaʻi a me ka lokomaikaʻi. Na kēia hui e hana i kahi ala kūpono no nā haumāna e ʻimi nei e holomua i kā lākou hoʻonaʻauao hoʻokipa ma ʻelua o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka honua, e hopena i kahi hanauna hou o nā alakaʻi hoʻokipa.
Ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana e pili ana i ka hui pū ʻana o ka pae ʻāina, Hope-Chancellor, The University of the West Indies, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Polofesa Sir Hilary Beckles: "ʻO ka huakaʻi kā mākou ʻoihana helu ʻekahi ma ka Caribbean a ʻo ka UWI kāna kulanui helu ʻekahi. He hoa mahalo ʻia ʻo FIU i ka poʻe Caribbean a me nā ʻoihana no nā makahiki he mau makahiki a, helu ʻia he nui o nā Jamaican kaulana i waena o kāna mau haumāna puka a me nā kumu. No laila, pono mākou ʻekolu e hui pū i mea e hoʻopaʻa ai i ko mākou hui pilikino a hui pū kekahi. ʻO ka brand Sandals a me kāna huahana he maikaʻi a nani. Hoʻohanohano ʻia ka UWI e hana pū me Adam Stewart, kona alakaʻi, e hoʻolauleʻa i ka hoʻoilina hanohano o kona makuakāne, ʻo Gordon 'Butch' Stewart. ʻO ka manaʻo o ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi kula mākaʻikaʻi a me kahi kula hoʻokipa i loko o ka UWI e hoʻohanohano i kēia moʻolelo he mea hoihoi a ikaika hoʻi. ʻO ka hui ʻana o UWI-Sandals-FIU he hui ikaika a holomua e lawelawe maikaʻi loa i ko mākou ʻāina i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
Ua haʻi ʻo Stewart: "Ua manaʻo koʻu makuakāne i ke aʻo ʻana ma o ka ʻike - 'hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma ka hana,' e like me kāna ʻōlelo pinepine ʻana. Ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana hoʻokō a me ka moeʻuhane ola, ʻike ʻo ia ua hānau ʻia ka kūleʻa ma waho o ka lumi papa, loaʻa ma kahi o ka ʻimi ʻana a me ka ʻike. ʻO kēia ʻike ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka papahana papa honua a mākou e hana nei e hoʻokomo i nā haumāna i nā ʻike honua maoli ma ke ʻano o kā lākou ulu ʻana. He hoʻonaʻauao i mahalo nui ʻia e koʻu makuakāne.”