Namuhla kuphawulwe ukuvulwa kwe-FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show, ingqungquthela yezokuvakasha enkulukazi nesemthethweni kuphela kanye nombukiso wezohwebo e-Caribbean. Uqhubeka kuze kube nguNov. 9, umcimbi usuqoqe abawuhambeli abangaphezu kwe-1,000 kanye nezikhulu eziningi ze-FCCA Member Lines emlandweni weminyaka engama-25 womcimbi, ngaphezu kwesamba esingu-150 nomongameli abangaphezu kwe-10 nangaphezulu, ochungechungeni lwemihlangano, izinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi kanye nemibukiso. kanye namathuba okuxhumana ukuze kukhuthaze ukuqonda, ubudlelwano kanye nebhizinisi.
"Kunezizathu eziningi zokujabula kulo nyaka, ngamathuba omlando wokwakha ibhizinisi nobudlelwano nemboni yezokuvakasha," kusho uMichele Paige, umongameli we-FCCA, ngenkathi evula umcimbi. "Sibonga kakhulu kubo bonke ePuerto Rico ngokwenza ukuthi kungabi nalo mcimbi kuphela, kodwa futhi nazo zonke izinketho ezithokozisayo kanye nobudlelwano obuhle besikhathi eside phakathi kwemboni yendawo kanye nezokuhamba ngomkhumbi."
“Leli yithuba elibalulekile lezindawo okuyiwa kuzo nabasebenzi ukuthi bafunde ukuthi bathinteka kanjani futhi bangasebenzisa intuthuko yakamuva yemboni,” kusho u-Adam Goldstein, iphini likasihlalo weRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. kanye nosihlalo we-FCCA. “Ulwazi olushintshiwe kanye nobudlelwano obuthuthukisiwe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo kuzosiza ukuhlahla indlela yokuphumelela kolayini bokuvakasha kanye nababambe iqhaza.”
UGoldstein uphinde wasiza ukwethula umcimbi ngokuphawula eMkhosini Wokuvula encoma ubudlelwano obukhonjiswe phakathi kwemboni nezindawo okuya kuzo, ikakhulukazi onyakeni odlule, ngaphambi kokwamukela ezinye izikhulumi ukuze zisize ngokuqhubekayo ukuhlonipha lobo budlelwano futhi kukhunjulwe umcimbi oyingqophamlando: UMhlonishwa. uLuis Rivera Marin, umbusi wasePuerto Rico; Carla Campos, umqondisi omkhulu wePuerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC); kanye noMhlonishwa. Allen Chastanet, uNdunankulu waseSaint Lucia kanye noSihlalo Wenhlangano Yamazwe AseMpumalanga Caribbean (OECS).
U-Pierfrancesco Vago, usihlalo omkhulu we-MSC Cruises, wethula inkulumo yosuku, egcizelela ukubambisana nokuphonsela inselelo isimo esikhona.
"Sibonga i-FCCA, kuleli sonto imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi nezindawo oya kuzo zinethuba eliyingqayizivele lokuzibandakanya ezingxoxweni ezinengqondo futhi ndawonye siqinisekise ukuthi ikusasa lethu esifundeni saseCaribbean liyachuma," kusho uVago. “Siyazi ukuthi ngokusebenza ngokubambisana singakwazi ukuzuza izinto ezimangalisayo, futhi kukithina sonke ukuthi siqhubeke nokuvela futhi siqinisekise ukuthi siletha ulwazi olungcono kakhulu lwamakhasimende, kokubili ebhodini nasogwini.”
Njengoba umcimbi usuvuleke ngokuphelele, anjalo namathuba abahambele lo mcimbi okuthuthukisa ukuqondana kanye nempumelelo nethimba lezikhulu ezingokomlando ze-cruise ngokusebenzisa i-ajenda yokulinganisa ibhizinisi nokuzijabulisa, kusukela emihlanganweni kuya emisebenzini yomphakathi.
Imihlangano izoba khona kuwo wonke umcimbi, kusukela esithangamini seZinhloko Zezifundazwe phakathi kwezikhulu zikahulumeni ezisezikhundleni eziphezulu kanye nabaphathi be-FCCA Member Member, ukuya emihlanganweni ekhethwe kusengaphambili yezithunywa zezithunywa, lapho zinganikeza khona inkulumo futhi thola yonke into kusukela ekufakweni komuntu ngamunye kuye emathubeni ebhizinisi kubaphathi abanquma ukuthi imikhumbi ibiza kuphi, ukuthi yini ethengiswayo ebhodini nokuthi izotshala kanjani emikhiqizweni nengqalasizinda.
I-Trade Show ikhulise okuhlosiwe ukuze idonse ukunaka kwezithameli ezinethonya. Noma yiliphi idokodo lizobeka umkhiqizo, inkampani noma indawo emiqondweni yabahlanganyeli nabaphathi, kodwa izinketho ezikhethekile zenkundla zizokwenza umthelela omkhulu ngosayizi omkhulu, izindawo eziyinhloko kanye nethuba lokubonisa indawo noma inkampani njengeqembu ngisho nokubamba imihlangano yangasese. nabaphathi bezinga eliphezulu ngqo emphemeni wabo.
Bonke ababambiqhaza bangahlangana futhi bahlangane nabaphathi emisebenzini yokuxhumana ehlukile enikeza ukunambitha kwalokho iPuerto Rico okufanele ikubone, ikwenze futhi ikudle. Eceleni kwemibuthano engahlelekile kanye nezidlo zasemini kuyo yonke imihlangano, izinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi, iTrade Show kanye negumbi le-VIP, umcimbi uhlanganisa amadili omphakathi asebusuku. Ivulekele bonke abahambele umcimbi kanye nabaphathi ababambe iqhaza, bazohlanganisa iqembu ukuze bakhe noma bakhulise ubudlelwano obuholela ekuzwisiseni nasekuphumeleleni - konke lokhu bethakathwa ezinye zezinto ezibonwayo, imisindo nezinambitheka zase-Puerto Rico. I-Casa Bacardí, i-Vivo Beach Club, i-Bella Vista Terrace kanye ne-Trade Show floor ngokwayo ephethe imicimbi, izici zihlanganisa umculo obukhoma, ukudansa kwamasiko nokunye ukunambitheka kwasendaweni okufana neziteshi zokudla kusukela kunyama yengulube eyosiwe kuya ku-ayisikhilimu kanye nama-buffet namasaladi, izinkwa zengcweti kanye nendawo. izibiliboco kusuka enkukhu kanye noshizi kuya kuphayinaphu kebabs nesoso evela ku-Bacardi rum.
Kuzoba khona nokuvakasha okutholakala kubo bonke ababambiqhaza nabaphathi. Ithula ekuseni ngoLwesihlanu, Nov. 9 futhi isonga umcimbi, ukuvakasha kuzonikeza ithuba elingenakulibaleka lokuthuthukisa ubudlelwano nebhizinisi. Ngenkathi ngikhuluma e-Cueva Ventana futhi ngithola isiko lendawo le-Taíno, ukuthola ukunambitheka okuhlukile kwesiko ngohambo lokunambitha i-Bacardi rum noma uhambo lokuhamba lokudla endaweni yokudlela entsha yase-San Juan, e-La Calle Loíza, noma ukuyothenga kuze kube yilapho befika eMall of San. UJuan, abahambele umcimbi kanye nabaphathi bazofunda kabanzi mayelana nePuerto Rico kanye nomunye.
Ukwengeza, izifundo mayelana nokusebenza kwangaphakathi kwemboni kanye nokwakha impumelelo efanayo zizokwakha ikharikhulamu yezinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi eziholwa amaphaneli ochwepheshe babaphathi nabamele indawo. Osihlalo ababambe iqhaza be-FCCA Member Lines—Micky Arison, usihlalo, Carnival Corporation & plc; URichard Fain, usihlalo kanye ne-CEO, iRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.; kanye no-Pierfrancesco Vago, usihlalo omkhulu, i-MSC Cruises-bathathe isondo kulandela uMkhosi Wokuvula. Ngesikhathi “sokukhuluma kukaSihlalo,” baqhakambisa izitayela nentuthuko eqhuba impumelelo yamarekhodi emboni nokukhula kwesikhathi esizayo, kanye nokuthi konke kuhlobana kanjani nezihloko ezithile, futhi kungakhulisa ibhizinisi kubabambiqhaza abakhona.
Omongameli nama-CEO bazongena esiteji ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ntambama. UMichael Bayley, umongameli kanye ne-CEO, iRoyal Caribbean International; Christine Duffy, umongameli, Carnival Cruise Line; Roberto Fusaro, umongameli, i-MSC Cruises (USA); Jason Montague, umongameli kanye ne-CEO, i-Regent Seven Seas Cruises; kanye no-Andrew Stuart, umongameli kanye ne-CEO, i-Norwegian Cruise Line, bazojoyina umongameli kanye nomongameli we-FCCA, uMichele Paige. Bazokwethula “Inkulumo Kamongameli,” bedingida ezinye zezinto ezihlukene kanye nokuqanjwa kabusha okugqugquzela izinhlobo ezihlukile ze-cruise ezizogqama futhi zihehe izimakethe zazo eziqondiswe kubo kokubili esikebheni nasemhlabeni - nokuthi kanjani futhi kungani kusebenza ndawonye nezindawo okuyiwa kuzo. kanye nababambiqhaza kuholela ezinzuzweni zabo bonke.
Abaphathi abasezingeni eliphezulu abamele imikhakha eminingi kuyo yonke imboni bazothola inkundla kusasa. UCarlos Torres de Navarra, iphini likamongameli, ukuthuthukiswa kwechweba kanye nendawo okuyiwa kuyo, iCarnival Corporation & plc, kanye nosihlalo weKomidi Lezokusebenza le-FCCA, uzongamela "Ukudala Izindawo Ezinhle: Ukusuka Kwesidingo Kuya Kokuhlangenwe nakho, Amachweba Kuya Ezokuvakasha" ngephaneli elihlanganisa uRussell Benford, isekela likamongameli, ubudlelwano bukahulumeni, Americas, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.; Russell Daya, umqondisi omkhulu, imisebenzi yasolwandle kanye nechweba, ukuthuthukiswa kwechweba nokuhlela uhambo, i-Disney Cruise Line; U-Albino Di Lorenzo, iphini likamongameli, i-cruise operations, i-MSC Cruises USA; kanye no-Chrstine Manjencic, iphini likamongameli, imisebenzi yesevisi yendawo, i-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Bazokwabelana ngalokho okudonsela abagibeli ezindaweni okuyiwa kuzo futhi badale izinkumbulo ezingenakulibaleka lapho sebelapho, beveza indlela yokukhulisa kokubili ukufunwa nokwaneliseka kwezihambeli kusukela ezingeni eliphakeme lendawo ukuya echwebeni ngalinye, izinketho zokuvakasha nezokuthutha.
I-workshop yokugcina izoba ngoLwesine, Nov. 8 futhi iqoqe abameleli abaphezulu abavela kuzo zombili izinhlangothi ze-cruise line nezindawo oya kuzo, kuhlanganise no-Adam Goldstein, iphini likasihlalo, iRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., nosihlalo, i-FCCA; Richard Sasso, usihlalo, MSC Cruises USA; I-Giora Israel, iphini likamongameli omkhulu, ukuthuthukiswa kwechweba lomhlaba wonke, I-Carnival Corporation & plc; Beverly Nicholson-Doty, ukhomishana wezokuvakasha, e-United States Virgin Islands; kanye noCarla Campos, umqondisi omkhulu wePuerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC). Kokuthi “Ukufaka Ikusasa Lakho,” bazobuyekeza izindlela izinhlangothi zombili ezilungiselela ngazo ikusasa labo lesikhathi eside, nokuthi lezo zinhlelo zivame ukubandakanya kanjani ubudlelwano phakathi kwazo, kusukela ekuthuthukisweni kwechweba nezindawo okuyiwa kuzo, izindawo ezikhangayo ezintsha ngisho nezivumelwano ezigcina izinto zemvelo. , ekuqhubekeni kwebhizinisi, izinhlelo zezimo eziphuthumayo kanye nezindlela ezihamba phambili.
Sekukonke, inhlanganisela yezikhathi zebhizinisi kanye nokuxhumana okungajwayelekile kuzodala inkundla ekahle yokushintshisana ngolwazi nezitayela zemboni, ukwabelana ngemibono neziphakamiso, futhi kuhlakulele ubudlelwano obubalulekile—futhi isilinganiso esilindelekile somphathi oyedwa ohamba ngomkhumbi kwabayisikhombisa abakhona sizonikeza amathuba amahle okuhlangabezana nawo. futhi uthole ukuqonda kubaphathi abavelele.
