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CARIBBEAN WOMAN AMONG MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN TRAVEL |
WASHINGTON, DC (November 25, 2007) - Movers and shakers
in the travel and tourism industry are hailing a top
Caribbean executive for her recognition as one of the most
influential people in the travel industry for 2007.
Travel Weekly, one of the most influential news resources
for the travel industry, included Terestella González-Denton,
executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company in
"Club 33" which according to the magazine, "is filled with
people who, often working in isolation, had ideas that
veered from the status quo and succeeded so spectacularly
that the industry jumped out of its rut and followed.
They're the ones who, when they set their own agendas, set
ours as well."
The top 33 list includes the likes of Sir Richard Branson of
Virgin Atlantic Airways; former U.S. vice president and
Nobel Peace Laureate Al Gore; travel commentator Peter
Greenberg of NBC's Today Show; Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and vice president and prime
minister of the United Arab Emirates as well as Michael
O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, and J. Kim Sorensen, CEO of YTB
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"We know we have phenomenal women in our region," said
Senator Allen Chastanet, Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism
Organization and St. Lucia's Minister of Tourism and Civil
Aviation. "So, it's gratifying to see others are coming to
the same conclusion. Terestella has helped rekindle hope for
a united Caribbean when hope was fading and we salute her,"
he added .
Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization,
Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, welcomed Travel Weekly's
selection of González-Denton. "She is a leader in our field
who has thought long and hard about the issues facing the
Caribbean. She then moved boldly into areas others had not
even thought about. She is very special," he said.
The widely-read trade publication editorialised of its list:
"they've influenced the course travel is taking in 2007, and
we think they'll be just as influential in 2008."
Praising González-Denton the magazine highlighted "Explore
Beyond the Shore, the tourism mantra, is her credo and she
pushes it hard, and with success, to send visitors outside
the city limits of the capital, San Juan."
President of Counterpart International, Lelei LeLaulu, whose
organisation hosted its 10th full edition of the Caribbean
Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx) in Puerto Rico
last May, said "Terestella González-Denton believes in
people and makes people of her islands the core
beneficiaries of sustainable tourism. That and her immense
grace and innovativeness is why she's a champion. "
"Another Level of Innovation" is the focus of the next
Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx)
slated for next month in St. Lucia, from December 6 to 10.
The meeting is supported by Air Jamaica, Almond Resorts,
Anse Chastanet & Jade Mountain, Association of Caribbean
Media Workers, Barbara Pyle Foundation, Bay Gardens Resorts,
Bermuda Department of Tourism, BET J, Carnival Sailing,
Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Caribbean Tourism
Organization, Caribbean World News Network, Choice Hotels,
Coco Resorts, Counterpart Caribbean, Florida-Caribbean
Cruise Association, Harry Edwards Jewelers, Palm Haven
Hotel, Ruder Finn, Sandals Resorts, Scotiabank, SpeakEasy
M.E.D.I.A., St. Lucia Golf Club/ Cap Estate St. Lucia Ltd.,
St. Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association, St. Lucia's
Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, St. Lucia Tourist
Board, The Village Inn & Spa, and Windjammer Landing Villa
Beach Resort & Spa. |
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