Bahamian economist to address
Caribbean media awards
By Nelson A. King
The New Jersey-based Caribbean
Media Exchange, Inc.
(CMEx) says former Bahamas
Minister of Finance, Zhivargo
Laing, currently the World
Trade Organization chief negotiator
for the Bahamas, will
deliver the feature address at
the 2019 CMEx Leadership
Awards.
CMEx said Leadership
Awards will be held in Miami
on Dec. 14.
“The respected economist,
who also serves as the executive
director and senior policy
fellow of the government and
Public Policy Institute at the
University of The Bahamas, is
a popular Bahamas radio talk
show host, who develops programs
and initiatives to guide
youth leaders,” said CMEx,
referring to Laing.
It said Laing will address
attendees at the event, which
raises money to support Bahamian
scholars impacted by the
devastating Category 5 storm,
which devastated Grand Bahama
and the Abacos in September.
Fellow Bahamian Andy Ingraham,
president and chief
executive officer of the National
Association of Black Hotel
Owners, Operators & Developers
(NABHOOD), is among the
honorees selected for recognition
at the event, CMEx said.
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It said Ingraham was selected
“in part for tirelessly raising
relief and assistance for
Bahamians lashed by Hurricane
Dorian.”
Ingraham, who continues to
lead recovery efforts, has over
26 years in the tourism industry,
“developing specific expertise
in multicultural and Caribbean
tourism,” CMEx said.
It said Ingraham’s NABHOOD
is “well known across
the tourism sector for working
to increase the number of
African Americans developing,
managing, operating and owning
hotels.”
“It also increases vendor
opportunities and executive
level jobs for minorities, and
creates wealth within the African
American community,”
CMEx said.
This year’s CMEx honorees
include leading Caribbean journalist
and entrepreneur Janet
Silvera; veteran airline executive
Christine Kennedy of Delta
Air Lines; Chef José Andrés
and World Central Kitchen;
attorney and philanthropist
Marlon Hill; Caribbean-American
television anchor/reporter
Neki Mohan of WPLG, ABC
TV’s local affiliate in Miami;
Muriel Wiltord, Director of The
Americas for the Martinique
Promotion Bureau; Commissioner
of Tourism of the US
Virgin Islands (USVI) Joseph
Boschulte; and Frank Comito,
director general and chief executive
officer of the Caribbean
Hotel and Tourism Association
(CHTA).
“Providing a neutral platform
for the industry’s movers
and shakers to address pressing
tourism concerns, CMEx,
which is partnering with the
Caribbean Hotel and Tourism
Association Education Foundation
(CHTAEF), as well as the
Errol and Nita Barrow Educational
Trust on the fundraiser,
also helps Caribbean
and American communities
by sharing expertise, financial
and in-kind assistance,” the
statement said.
The 2019 CMEx Leadership
Awards will also feature the
musical talents of Trinidad
and Tobago’s Lord Relator and
Virgin Islands steel pan player
Stan Brown.
CMEx, which is headed by
Barbadian-born journalist
Bevan Springer, said its mission
is “to support and develop
the ability of the media, government,
the travel and tourism
industry and communities
to consider the importance of
tourism in sustainable development,
while lending a hand
to the communities involved
by sharing relevant expertise,
financial and in-kind assistance.”
Andy Ingraham. Zhivargo Laing.
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