Premier To Receive Caribbean Tourism Award
Premier Dr Ewart Brown will receive the highest honor bestowed by the Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism [CMEx] at its conference which begans in Jamaica yesterday [Sept 30], and runs to October 4th.
Reacting to news of this accolade, Dr. Brown, who also is Minister of Tourism, said, “I am humbled and deeply gratified to be selected as a recipient of the CMEx 2010 World Leadership Award. In Bermuda, we have made tremendous strides to revive our once moribund tourism industry. From targeting new air carriers to improving existing hotel properties and attracting new properties to our island, we have begun a tourism turnaround that will continue for years to come.”
Premier Dr Brown, who attended St. Jago high school in Jamaica, said “To accept this award in Jamaica is particularly rewarding as their leadership on tourism is one that has inspired many throughout the region. It is also personally significant, as Jamaica is the country where I attended high school and spent many of my formative years.”
Premier Dr Brown urged Caribbean neighbors to build on their traditional ties to Bermuda: “While Bermuda is separated from our regional partners by a vast ocean, we are deeply connected through historical, social and familial ties. We have much to learn from each other and we are proud of the leadership displayed throughout the region to develop tourism models that are innovative, resourceful and successful.”
The CMEx World Leadership Award is a special recognition established to “recognize those who inspire others with their life’s work to the cause of sustainable tourism and development.”
Since 2001, CMEx has produced 18 conferences and symposia throughout the Caribbean and North America to underscore the value of the region’s largest industry, tourism, in improving the health, education, culture, environment and wealth of Caribbean communities. The Caribbean Media Exchange produces interactive symposia that match journalists from the Caribbean, North America and Europe with representatives of the government, business hospitality and development sectors to discuss tourism policies aimed at improving the lives of Caribbean people. For additional details, visit their website as Cmexmedia.org.
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- New Onion » Blog Archive » Bye Dr. Brown | October 1, 2010
Are you f*ing kidding me?
Less hotels and beds since his tenure began…
Worst tourist #’s and spending in decades…
And he gets an award?
What a joke…at least the kool aid drinkers will get their sugar rush today…pathetic
If he’s that s… hot, maybe the Jamaicans will keep him (permanently this time).
I didn’t know they gave out awards for ruining Tourism…
He didn’t ruin Tourism for them…..
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That is a very good point. He helped tourism in the Caribbean by ruining it for us.
ps. Your Alias is too close to mine. There go only be 1 D
nah.. nothing wrong with double d
….
Brown did a real boob job on BDA torism
LOL
that was funny loll
How come then in my 20 years of working in the Hospitality Industry this has so far been one of the worst. Few tourists in town, even less after 9:30pm, thanks to no ferries, I think we have 4 hotels open and have never been close to 100% full.
I am currently working 3-4 days due to not enough business. Yet Dr. Brown gets an award…maybe this award is like the raspberry (worst of the worst)they give out for movies.
He seems to be getting a lot of accolades these last few weeks – I wonder how many more he can deliver before the month is out. Of course, apart from the true blue believers, the only one being fooled is himself.
If this man cut a fart that went on for more than five seconds some obscure group would surface out of nowhere to give him an award .
And he’d just love it …like all the other phoney awards he’s accumulated.
He’s already been cuttin the cheese….and stuffin it in his pockets
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Is he getting the award for boosting Caribbean tourism by making Bermuda a less desirable destination? They probably have loads more business thanks to him.
We are not part of the Caribean by the way,