GRENADA – The Caribbean Tourism Group (CTO), in partnership with the Grenada Tourism Authority, has curated a dynamic lineup of business leaders and improvement companions for its Sustainable Tourism Convention (STC 2024). The gathering goals to discover new methods for enhancing sustainable tourism amidst evolving international challenges.
Slated for April 22-24, 2024, and centered across the theme The 5 Ps – Individuals, Planet, Prosperity, Function and Partnership, the occasion brings collectively specialists who will talk about creating revolutionary tourism experiences that capitalize on the Caribbean’s wealthy pure and cultural assets and presents methods and greatest apply options to learn from rising alternatives and tackle sustainable tourism challenges.
Adam Stewart, Govt Chairman of Sandals Resorts Worldwide and a famend chief in sustainable tourism, will ship the keynote tackle on April 22. His remarks are anticipated to encourage a collection of productive discussions on constructing a resilient and accountable tourism infrastructure within the area.
The convention will characteristic a formidable roster of audio system sharing their experience on sustainable tourism improvement throughout the next periods:
- GENERAL SESSION I – Planet: Preserving Paradise – Nurturing Nature for a Sustainable Future (April 22, 10:30 am – 11:45 am): This session acknowledges the very important connections between the well being of our planet and the well-being of all dwelling beings, together with people. Emphasizing the pressing want for conservation motion, contributors will have interaction in discussions that transcend rhetoric, focusing as an alternative on tangible options and sensible interventions. Audio system embrace:
Christopher Corbin, Coordinator, Cartagena Conference Secretariat, United Nations Surroundings Programme (UNEP)
Giselle Carr, Head of Model and Communications, InPlanet
Maria Fowell, Senior Technical Specialist-Tourism, Financial Growth Unit, Organisation of Japanese Caribbean States Fee
Rosana John, Lawyer-at-Legislation, Dentons Delany
Michael Russek, Artist, Designer, Fabricator & Eco Creator
Maxine Welsh (Moderator), Director, The Nature Conservancy, Japanese Caribbean Division
- GENERAL SESSION II – Individuals: Breaking Limitations, Constructing Bridges: Harnessing Fairness, Training, and Empowerment in Tourism (April 22, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm): The session will discover the pivotal function of range, fairness, inclusion and schooling throughout the tourism sector to empower people and drive sustainable improvement. Audio system embrace:
Tonni Brodber, Consultant of UN Ladies Multi-Nation Workplace, Caribbean
Dr. Acolla Lewis Cameron, Dean, School of Social Sciences, College of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
Amrita Bhalla, Managing Director, A.B. Consulting
Melnecia Marshall, Deputy CEO, St. Kitts Tourism Authority
Christopher Lee, Govt Recruiter & Guide, BIPOC Govt Search
Richard Younger (Moderator), Vogue Director & Inventive Guide, Richard Younger Inc.
- GENERAL SESSION III – Indigenous Excellence: Championing Group, Nation and Congruence with Vacation spot Grenada (April 22, 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm): As Grenada celebrates 50 years of independence in 2024, this session highlights the nation’s achievements in fostering Indigenous Excellence by way of private and non-private partnerships. Audio system embrace:
Dr. Angus Friday, Strategic Partnerships Director, Waitt Institute, and Govt Chairman, Atlantean BioSphere Program
Tiffany Geer, Advertising Supervisor, Occasion Coordinator and Dive Grasp, Aquanauts Grenada
Dr. Guido Marcelle, Pharmacognosist, Environmentalist and Training Pure Farmer
Mr. Phil Saye, Director, Grenada Fund for Conservation
Petra Roach (Moderator), Chief Govt Officer, Grenada Tourism Authority
- MASTER CLASS – Constructing Resilience Throughout the 5Ps: Methods for Tourism Resilience & Competitiveness (April 22, 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm): This dynamic session will discover methods to bolster resilience throughout the Caribbean tourism sector, specializing in environmental sustainability, complete catastrophe administration, local weather variability and local weather change. Audio system embrace:
Dr. Deborah Brown, Catastrophe Restoration Specialist, Caribbean Catastrophe Emergency Administration Company
Barry Collymore, Proprietor and Govt Chairman, Mount Cinnamon Seaside Resort; Co-Founding father of West Indies Faculty of Hospitality (WISH)
Dr. Roché Mahon, Social Scientist, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology & Hydrology
Prof. Lloyd G. Waller (Moderator), Professor of Digital Transformation Coverage and Governance, College of the West Indies; Govt Director, International Tourism Resilience and Disaster Administration Centre
- Market & Trade Insights Panel (April 23, 8:15 am – 9:00 am): A panel convening specialists from the first supply markets and key business stakeholders to supply views on the most recent insurance policies, traits, and developments shaping the tourism panorama. Audio system embrace:
Carol Rose, Head of Sustainability, ABTA, The Journey Affiliation
Hannah Swift, Nation Supervisor – Caribbean, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.
Dr. Allison T. Walker, Chief Surveillance Officer, Vacationers’ Well being Department, Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention
Wealthy Pruitt, Vice President of Environmental Operation, Carnival Cruise Line
Kendra Hopkin Stewart, Deputy Managing Director, Blue Horizons Backyard Resort; President, Grenada Lodge and Tourism Affiliation
Frank Comito (Moderator), Particular Advisor and Former CEO/DG, Caribbean Lodge and Tourism Affiliation
- Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Cooperation and Intersectoral Linkages (April 23, 9:00 am – 9:30 am): This fireplace chat will characteristic spirited contributions from 4 Ministers of the Authorities of Grenada on fashionable challenges and options in sustainable improvement and catastrophe danger discount. Audio system embrace:
Senator Adrian Thomas, Minister for Tourism, Inventive Financial system & Tradition, Grenada
Lennox Andrews, Minister for Financial Growth, Planning, Agriculture and Lands, Forestry, Marine Sources & Cooperatives, Grenada
Kerryne James, Minister for Local weather Resilience, Surroundings & Renewable Vitality, Grenada
Senator Jonathan La Crette, Minister of Youth and Sports activities, Grenada
Bevan Springer (Moderator), President, Market Excellence Company
- GENERAL SESSION IV – Prosperity: Pathways to Prosperity for Sustainable Futures: Sustainable Tourism Financing Donors’ Roundtable (April 23, 9:30 am – 10:30 am): This panel options an illustrious gathering of representatives from main donor companies, regional and worldwide improvement organizations, and monetary establishments supporting the Caribbean’s sustainable improvement. Audio system embrace:
Dr. Louise Twining-Ward, Senior Personal Sector Specialist, The World Financial institution
Dr. Stacy Richards-Kennedy, Regional Supervisor for the Caribbean, CAF – Growth Financial institution of Latin America & the Caribbean
Petipha Lewis, Director, Board of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund; Chair, Community of Caribbean Chambers of Commerce (CARICHAM); Govt Director and Secretary to the Board of Administrators of the Grenada Chamber of Trade and Commerce
Chris McNair, Programme Specialist, Enterprise Growth, CARICOM Growth Fund
Wayne Elliott, Productiveness & Innovation Coordinator, Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility
Amanda Charles (Moderator), Sustainable Tourism Specialist, Caribbean Tourism Group
- GENERAL SESSION V – Function: Function Pushed Tourism: Uniting Function with Ardour for Sustainable Tourism (April 23, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm): This session brings collectively business leaders, stakeholders and fans to discover the intersection of goal and keenness in sustainable journey. Discussions will discover how vacationers and tourism suppliers can align their values and aspirations with significant experiences contributing to sustainable improvement objectives. Audio system embrace:
Alicia Johnson, Creator, Lonely Planet
Dr. Thérèse Yarde, Caribbean Fellow/Senior Director, Caribbean SIDS Programming, Conservation Worldwide
Kirpa Grewal, Co-Chair, Volunteerism Committee and Govt Committee Member, Ladies in Cleantech & Sustainability Board of Administrators
Kitaka Mawuto, Chief Govt Officer, Elevate Media
Russ Fielden, Proprietor, True Blue Bay Resort
Michael Carabash (Moderator), Associate, DMC LLP
- GENERAL SESSION VI – Partnership: Synergizing Sustainability: Fostering Public, Personal, and Group Partnerships in Tourism (April 23, 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm): This session focuses on the transformative energy of multi-stakeholder partnerships in advancing sustainability throughout the tourism business. It goals to chart new pathways towards inclusive and accountable tourism improvement by fostering collaboration.
Michael Akin, President, LINK Strategic Companions
Marc Melville, CEO, Chukka Caribbean Adventures Group
Trevor Jonas Benson, President & Chief Govt Officer, Bannikin
Annie Bertrand, Public-Personal-Group Partnership Guide, SIDS International Enterprise Community
Glenn Mandziuk, CEO, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
Michelle Mason, Social Influence and Recognition Supervisor, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
Kennedy Pemberton (Moderator), Director of Operations, Inexperienced Case Consulting
- MASTER CLASS – Fu-Tech Tourism: Demystifying the Myths and Exploring the Dangers, Advantages and New Alternatives (April 23, 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm): Have interaction with the way forward for know-how (Fu-Tech) in tourism by way of this enlightening dialogue. The session will debunk myths and discover the dangers, advantages, and new alternatives offered by rising applied sciences, setting the stage for innovation within the business. Audio system embrace:
Ed Limon, Co-Founder and Producer, Winged Whale Media
Kyle Maloney, Tech Ecosystem Builder; Digital Marketer; Investor; Co-Founder, Tech Beat Retreat
Stacey Hines, Founder & CEO, Epic Transformation
Orlando Romain (Moderator), Advisor, Grenada Ministry of Planning and Financial Growth, with duty for ICT and the Inventive Financial system
- CONVERGENCE POINT – Bridging Views for Future Tourism (April 23, 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm): The closing session is designed to carry collectively various views and stimulate dialogue and motion that may assist form the way forward for Caribbean tourism. It explores how stakeholders are working to deal with challenges, meet market calls for, faucet into new traits and promote accountable tourism whereas embracing The 5Ps: Individuals, Planet, Prosperity, Function and Partnership. Audio system embrace:
Shelley V. Worrell, Founder, I AM CaribBeing and Little Caribbean NYC
Rodney Payne, Chief Govt Officer, Vacation spot Assume
Oneidge Walrond, Minister of Tourism, Trade & Commerce, Guyana
Aria Laidlow-Ferdinand, Technical Officer, Caribbean Pure Useful resource Institute (CANARI)
Krisma McDonald, Director of Sustainability, Six Senses La Sagesse
Tenille Clarke (Moderator), Managing Director, Chambers Media Options
Companions and sponsors for STC 2024 embrace LINK Strategic Companions, Little Caribbean NYC, Royal Caribbean Worldwide, Silversands Grenada Seaside Resort, and Six Senses La Sagesse Grenada Resort.
Airline companions embrace interCaribbean Airways and Virgin Atlantic.
Sponsors of the Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Awards are the Grenada Lodge and Tourism Affiliation, Grenada Funding Growth Company, Worldwide Institute of Tourism Research on the GW Faculty of Enterprise, and World Sustainable Journey and Hospitality Awards.
Media companions signed up for the convention are Breaking Journey Information, Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Caribbean Media Company, and Wanderlust.
Go to caribbeanstc.com for extra details about the convention, audio system, periods and registration particulars. To be taught extra concerning the Grenada Tourism Authority, go to puregrenada.com
