Synopsis: This session explores the challenges the region faces in competing for tourists and tourism investment and how to maximize the industry’s development impact on economic growth and jobs across the region, in the context of the sub-regional differences in the tourism product and the rapid changes in the global market that are defining the region’s brand and value proposition.
Facilitator: Dr. Rosalea Hamilton, Chair, Entrepreneurship and Development, University of Technology
Panel: Scott Wayne, President, SW Associates, LLC, Consultant to the International Finance Corporation Chris Blackwell, Founder, Island Outpost and Island Records The Honorable George Vincent, Minister of Tourism, Grenada Dominic Alexander, General Manager, Soufriere Regional Development Foundation Louis Lewis, Director of Tourism, St. Lucia Tourist Board
Caribbean Tourism & the Global Market Towards increased linkages & competitiveness :: Scott Wayne