International Seminar: Multidestination Opportunities for Regional Integration
Increasingly, multi-destination can be an efficient and profitable tool to attract visitors that might otherwise not consider visiting the destination. This is particularly true in the case of tourists from long-haul source markets, who want to make the best of a long-haul trip by combining various countries in the same area that complement each other and enrich the travel experience. Read more...
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Basic Introductory Report, Prof. Donald Hawkins
Panel 1a: The role of the industry operators
Pierre Chauvet, President Director-General, Agence Citadelle, Haiti
Luis Molina, President, Association of Receptive Tourism Operators (OPTURH), Honduras
Yari Ying, Destination Manager, Dom Rep Tours, Dominican Republic
Denise Reyes, Vice-President, OPETUR, Dominican Republic
Panel 1b: The role of the hospitality industry
Richard Buteau, General Manager, Hotel Karibe, Haiti
Manuel Quiterio Cedeño, Communications Director, Hotel and Tourism Association (ASONAHORES), Dominican Republic
Gonzalo del Peón, President, AM Resorts, USA
Agnes Pierre-Louis, Director, Le Plaza Hotel, Haiti
Oliver Singer, Director of Sales & Development - Europe and Africa, Decameron Hotels & Resorts
Panel 2: A strong regional integration system: Air and land connectivity & travel facilitation
Carlos Vogeler, Director Executive-Secretary of Member Relations and Regional Director for the Americas, UNWTO
Richard Sealy, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Barbados
Alain St. Ange, Minister of Tourism and Cultur, Seychelles
Radhames Martínez Aponte, Vice Minister of Tourism, Dominican Republic
Obediah Wilchcombe, Minister of Tourism, Bahamas
Nildamarie Díaz-Hiraldo, Assistant Director a.i., Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC)
María del Carmen de Reparaz, Vice Minister of Tourism, Peru
Panel 3: Financing tourism infrastructures: The role of the development banks and the regional organizations
Kesner Pharel, CEO & Chairman, Group Croissance S.A, Haiti
Maxime D. Charles, President, Association of Private Banks and Scotiabank, Haiti
Jean-Marc Bourreau, COO, Director of Aviation, IOS Partners, Costa Rica
Manorma Soeknandan, Deputy Secretary-General, CARICOM, Guyana
Adela Moreda, Tourism Lead Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), USA
Panel 4: Multidestination product development
Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin, Minister of Tourism and Creative Industries, Haiti
Hugh Riley, Secretary-General, Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Barbados
Edmund Bartlett, Chairman & Co-Founder, CTICO, Jamaica
Anasha Campbell, Secretary, Central American Tourism Integration Secretariat (SITCA), Nicaragua
Panel 5: The importance of tourism routes as part of regional cooperation agreements
Wykeham McNeill, Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Jamaica
Sandra Howard, Vice MInister of Tourism, Colombia
Marcela Bacigalupo, Minister of Tourism, Paraguay
Maru Acevedo, Deputy Director, Guatemala Tourism Institute (INGUAT), Guatemala
Alejandro Varela, Deputy Regional Director for the Americas, UNWTO
Presentation: Strengthening regional image for the benefit of multidestination, Anita Mendiratta, Lead Consultant, T.A.S.K. Group, CNN International, and Petra Malenicka, Senior Vice President, CNN International
Documents
- Concept Note
- Final Programme
- Sequence of Activities
- Basic Introductory Report
- Information Note
- Information Note 2
- Technical Visit
- Donald Hawkins, George Washington University
- Yari Ying, Dom Rep Tours
- Denise Reyes, OPETUR
- Gonzalo del Peón, AM Resrots
- Agnes Pierre-Louis, Le Plaza Hotel
- Michel Trudel, Kéroul
- Richard Sealy, Barbados
- Jean-Marc Bourreau, IOS Partners
- Manorma Soeknandan, CARICOM
- Hugh Riley, CTO
- Anasha Campbell, SITCA
- Julio Orozco, ACS
- Sandra Howard, Colombia
- Maru Acevedo, INGUAT
- Alejandro Varela, UNWTO
- Antonio López de Ávila, SEGITTUR
