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By Nelson A. King
Former Grenada Minister
of Tourism, Brenda Hood is
among six stalwarts of Caribbean
tourism to be honored
by the Caribbean Tourism
Organization (CTO) allied
membership at the Travel
Industry Awards Dinner during
Caribbean Week New York
(#CWNY2019) next month.
Hood is the chairman of
the Grenada Tourism Authority,
and has served at various
stages during her career on
the CTO’s human resources
technical committee, and
the boards of the then Caribbean
Disaster Emergency
Response Agency (now the
Caribbean Disaster Emergency
Management Agency)
and the Inter-Parliamentary
Forum of the Americas.
CTO said on Monday that
Hood, along with Colin
James, chief executive officer
of the Antigua & Barbuda
Tourism Authority, will
receive the Allied Award for
outstanding contributions to
the region’s development.
The Allied Award was
established in 2005 to recognize
individuals within the
CTO family - government,
airline, cruise line, allied and
affiliate members and CTO
staff - who have done an
extraordinary job of contributing,
in a tangible way, to
the sustainable development
of the region.
Director of Tourism of the
Cayman Islands, Rosa Harris,
along with Laura Davidson,
president and founder of
Laura Davidson Public Relations,
will be celebrated with
the Jerry Award for the passion
with which they serve
the region, CTO said.
Established in 1997 in
memory of the late Jerry
Magit who represented the
allied members on the CTO’s
board of directors, CTO said
the Jerry Award recognizes
people who demonstrate a
passion for the region and
have dedicated time, energy,
financial, and other personal
and professional resources to
its development.
Meanwhile, Noel Mignott,
president and chief executive
officer of The PM Group, and
Vincentian Annette Stowe,
internet and conference
administrator at CTO-USA,
Inc., will receive the Special
Recognition Award, CTO
said.
“This award honors highperformance
individuals
whose contributions, particularly
in the last year,
have truly made a difference
among the region or Caribbean
community and/or
industry,” CTO said. “It is not
limited to service directly in
the travel arena but for service
in any ancillary industry
that supports tourism and
brings continuous positive
recognition to the region.”
In addition to the CTO
allied membership awards,
CTO will announce the winners
of the travel media
awards and will present its
Lifetime Achievement Award,
its Distinguished Caribbean
Citizen Award and its Award
of Excellence, among others,
while Jamaica will present
the Marcella Martinez and
the Marcia Vickery-Wallace
awards.
The Travel Industry Awards
Dinner will take place on
Thursday, June 6 from 7 - 10
pm at the Wyndham New
Yorker, 481 8th Ave., Manhattan.
CTO said Caribbean Week
New York is the largest
regional tourism activity in
the New York area.
“Artistes, performers,
celebrity chefs, the Diaspora,
investors and other strategic
partners join government
officials and the media for a
week of festivities designed
to raise awareness of the
Caribbean’s diverse tourism
industry and provide opportunities
for member destinations
to promote their individual
products and services,
participate in meetings,
seminars and other business
development activities to further
enhance the Caribbean
brand, and provide updates
and critical support to travel
agents and the media who
influence key travel demographics,”
CTO said.
Grenada’s former Minister of
Tourism, Brenda Hood.
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