- Ma ke kuʻekuʻe wāwae o Bonaire e koho ana i kāna Luna Hoʻokele hou, ua hauʻoli ʻo Miles Mercera, ʻO Bonaire Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Bonaire (TCB) e hoʻolaha i ka hoʻohui o Kauka Robertico R. Croes ma ke ʻano he Strategist Tourist & Advisor.
- ʻO Kauka Croes, kahi Polofesa a me ka Associate Dean e lawelawe nei i kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ka Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Studies Studies ma ke Kulanui o Central Florida's Rosen College of Hospitality Management e lawe mai i 40 mau makahiki o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā hana haole i ke kuleana.
- "He manawa pīhoihoi kēia e hāʻawi i ka hoʻolālā mākaʻikaʻi no Bonaire ke nānā aku ka mokupuni ʻaʻole e hoʻi hou akā e hoʻomaikaʻi hou i kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi," wahi a Croes. "Hoʻohanohano wau i ka hiki ke hāʻawi kālā i koʻu mākaukau e kōkua iā Bonaire a me kāna hoʻokele waiwai i kahi ala maikaʻi e like me ka ʻike i nā ʻāpana hou."
ʻO kāna palapala nui e pili ana i ka paʻi ʻana i ʻehā mau puke e pili ana i ka hoʻokele hoʻokipa ma nā wahi mokupuni wai mehana, ka hoʻokipa a me ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi ilihune, nā pilikia e kū ana i nā wahi mokupuni liʻiliʻi, a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona koi i kahi hoʻokele waiwai liʻiliʻi
E paʻi ʻo Croes i kāna puke ʻelima, Mokupuni liʻiliʻi a me ka huakaʻi liʻiliʻi, ma Kēkēmapa 2021. Eia hou, ua kōkua ʻo ia i nā puke hou aku he nui, ua hoʻopuka ʻoi aku ma luna o 130 mau hana i paʻi ʻia, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma mua o 30 mau hōʻike ʻoihana, a ua hōʻike i kēia mau kumuhana ma nā honua, ua kūkākūkā pū ʻo Croes i nā ʻāina he nui e like me Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Grenada, Italia, a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Mai ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna kekelē laepua mai ke Kulanui o Twente, ka Netherlands, ua paʻi ʻo Croes i nā ʻatikala he nui i nā puke pai huakaʻi like ʻole a lawelawe ʻia ma ka papa hoʻoponopono o ʻehā. ʻO Croes ka mea i loaʻa ka 2015 a me ka Thea Sinclair Award 2018, ka 2015 UCF Research Insent Award (RIA), 2015 Pepa ʻImi Haumāna Haumāna ʻOi loa, i hōʻike ʻia ma ka 32nd International Association of Hospitality Financial Management Education Symposium. Ke Kulanui o New York, NY, Nowemapa 7, 2015, a me kekahi mau makana ʻē aʻe.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- "He manawa hauʻoli kēia e hāʻawi aku i ka hoʻolālā mākaʻikaʻi no Bonaire no ka mea ʻaʻole e hoʻōla wale ka mokupuni akā e hoʻololi hou i kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he wahi huakaʻi," wahi a Croes.
- Mai ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna kauka kauka mai ke Kulanui o Twente, Netherlands, ua paʻi ʻo Croes i nā ʻatikala he nui i loko o nā puke moʻolelo huakaʻi like ʻole a lawelawe ʻia ma ka papa hoʻoponopono o ʻehā.
- "Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hiki ke hāʻawi i koʻu ʻike e kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana iā Bonaire a me kāna ʻoihana i kahi ala maikaʻi i ka wā e loaʻa ai ka ʻike ma nā ʻāpana hou.