STC 2024: Market insights, ministerial dialogue and the future of Caribbean tourism
A landmark morning at the Caribbean Tourism Organization's Sustainable Tourism Conference 2024 in Grenada brought together source market intelligence and ministerial vision in two powerful sessions.
The market and industry panel — moderated by Frank Comito and featuring Kendra Hopkin Stewart of the Grenada Hotel and Tourism Association, the US CDC, Carnival Cruise Line, Virgin Atlantic, and ABTA — tackled decarbonisation, sustainable aviation fuel, Travel Health notices, Generation T travel trends, and the Caribbean's untold pandemic recovery story.
A Grenadian ministerial roundtable followed, with Ministers Adrian Thomas, Lennox Andrews, Jonathan La Crette, and Kerryne James in a candid conversation about agriculture-tourism linkages, renewable energy, youth engagement, safety, and why tourism must be taught in Caribbean primary schools.
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Market & Industry Insights
Kendra Hopkin Stewart - Deputy Managing Director, Blue Horizons Garden Resort, and President Grenada Hotel and Tourism Association (Grenada)
Dr. Allison T. Walker (virtual) - Chief Surveillance Officer, Travelers' Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
Richard Pruitt - VP Environmental Operation, Carnival Cruise Line (USA)
Hannah Swift - Country Manager – Caribbean, Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited (Barbados)
Carol Rose (virtual) - Head of Sustainability, ABTA, The Travel Association (UK)
Moderator: Frank Comito - Special Advisor and Former CEO/DG, Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (The Bahamas)
Ministerial Round-table - Dialogue on Cooperation and Intersectoral Linkages
Adrian Thomas - Minister for Tourism, Creative Economy & Culture
Kerryne Z. James - Minister for Climate Resilience, the Environment and Renewable Energy
Lennox Andrews - Minister for Economic Development, Planning, Agriculture and Lands, Forestry, Marine Resources & Cooperatives
Jonathan La Crette - Minister of Youth and Sports
Moderator: Bevan Springer - President, Marketplace Excellence Corporation