I-Saint Lucia Tourism Authority iqoka i-CEO entsha

Ibhodi labaqondisi be- I-Saint Lucia Tourism Authority uqoke uNkk Lorine Charles-St. UJules esikhundleni sokuba Isikhulu Esiphethe (i-CEO), kusukela ngoFebhuwari 1, 2022.

Ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amabili yesipiliyoni sezokuvakasha nobuholi, uNkk Charles-St. U-Jules uthole impumelelo enkulu emkhakheni wezokwamukela izihambi futhi muva nje usebenze njengoMphathi we-akhawunti yase-USA kubhodi le-Anguilla Tourist. Usebe yi-CEO ye-ejensi yokumaketha yomhlaba i-PEAEYE7 Marketing International iminyaka emihlanu, ephethe ukuthuthukiswa kwebhizinisi kanye nokumaketha kwezindawo zokungcebeleka okunethezeka kulo lonke elaseCaribbean, US, neCanada.

UNkz. Charles-St. UJules unolwazi olunzulu ekusetheni nasekusebenziseni amasu ebhizinisi kuzo zonke izici zemboni yezokuvakasha, okuhlanganisa izindawo zokumaketha, ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zokuthengisa zezindawo zokungcebeleka zikanokusho, kanye nokuphathwa kwezohwebo kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele. Ungumcabango wamasu owine imiklomelo, ungumholi wezokuthengisa ophumelele, umeluleki wocwaningo weNhlangano Yamazwe aseMelika, isikhulumi somphakathi, kanye no-Adjunct Lecturer e-Monroe College eNew York nase-University of New Haven, e-Connecticut.

Isikhundla sika-CEO siletha uNkk. Charles-St. UJules ubuyela ezimpandeni zakhe Saint Lucia, lapho ngaphambilini ebambe izikhundla eziphezulu e-Saint Lucia Tourist Board iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye okuhlanganisa noMqondisi Wezokumaketha, kanye neSikhulu SokuHlelwa Kwezokuvakasha eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha waseSaint Lucia iminyaka emibili.

“Kuyintokozo enkulu ukuthi samukele uNkk Charles-St. Jules enhlanganweni futhi asingabazi ukuthi irekhodi lakhe njengengcweti yezokuvakasha lizohola uhlobo lwe-Saint Lucia emgudwini wokukhula okuqhubekayo. Ulwazi lwakhe olwahlukene kwezokukhangisa, ukuthengisa kanye namasu kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu emsebenzini wethu,” kusho uMnu. Thaddeus M. Antoine, uSihlalo weBhodi le Isiphathimandla Sezokuvakasha SaseSanta Lucia.

“Ngikuthatha njengelungelo elihlukile ukunikwa ithuba lokunikela ngolwazi lwami lomsebenzi, izinsiza, kanye namanethiwekhi, ukujoyina ithimba lobuholi obuhlonishwayo Isiphathimandla Sezokuvakasha SaseSanta Lucia. Ngihlose ukukhulisa amakhono abalulekile, ukuqonda, nokuxhumana okutholwe ngezindima zami ezihlukahlukene ezizimele nezikahulumeni ezimakethe zethu ezibalulekile zemithombo yezokuvakasha, ukuze kuzuze i-Saint Lucia njengendawo yezokuvakasha nesizwe. Lokhu kuqokwa kungilethela ungqimba olungeziwe lokwaneliseka komuntu siqu njengoba kunginikeza ithuba lokuqhubeka nokubuyisela ngendlela ephawulekayo ezweni lakithi ngomkhakha wethu wezokuvakasha oyimpilo yonke,” kwabelane noNkk. Charles-St. Jules.

Ekuvalelisa ku-CEO ophumayo, u-Beverly Nicholson-Doty, uSihlalo we-SLTA waphawula, “Sibonga uNkk. Nicholson-Doty ngobuholi bakhe obumangalisayo nothando lwakhe lwentuthuko olukhonjiswe eminyakeni emibili nengxenye edlule. Uhole uhlobo lwethu esikhathini esiyinselelo esinzima kakhulu sobhubhane, lapho iSaint Lucia yahlonitshwa ngezindondo ezinkulu eziyisishiyagalombili ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene. Isithelo sesikhundla sakhe saziswa kakhulu, futhi njengoba esekhethe ukuqhubeka, simfisela okuhle kodwa emizamweni yakhe yesikhathi esizayo.”

UNkz. Charles-St. UJules uthweswe iziqu eNyuvesi yaseStrathclyde eScotland, oneziqu ze-master in International Tourism Development and Sustainability. Uphinde abe neGraduate Certificate in Digital Marketing ayithola eCornell University kanye neBachelor of Science Degree in Management and Tourism ayithola eNyuvesi yaseWest Indies.

Umphathi Omkhulu uzoba nesibopho sokuphatha jikelele kwe-Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, okuhlanganisa nokwengamela ukuthuthukiswa kwezinsizakalo zokumaketha nezindawo okuyiwa kuzo, kanye nokuphatha jikelele. Yasungulwa ngo-Agasti 2017 futhi isebenza njengengalo yomthetho kaHulumeni wase-Saint Lucia, ezinye zezindima ezibalulekile ze-Saint Lucia Tourism Authority ukusebenza njenge-ejensi yokuthengisa ehamba phambili yale ndawo ngemikhankaso eqondiwe emhlabeni jikelele yokubonisa i-Saint Lucia emhlabeni wonke, ukubeka iSaint Lucia ezimakethe zendabuko kanye nezimakethe ezisafufusa kanye namathuba amasha okukhula.