“The Caribbean Is the Soul of Royal Caribbean”

The Caribbean Tourism Group hosted a significant summit with Royal Caribbean this month in Miami, gathering ministers and administrators of tourism to speak about sustainability, sourcing and financial progress within the area. 

The summit, held on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, was highlighted by a dialogue with Michael Bayley, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean, moderated by Market Excellence President Bevan Springer. 

“The Caribbean is the soul of Royal Caribbean. About 60 p.c of all our enterprise is the Caribbean,” Bayley mentioned. 

A part of the agenda included a dialogue of the potential for frameworks just like the Philippine Abroad Employment Administration, which may assist extra Caribbean nationals be part of the cruise workforce. 

One other precedence, Bayley mentioned, was bettering native sourcing within the Caribbean. 

““It does require a number of cooperation from the Ministry of Agriculture to work with the cruise strains to try to work out how one can create cooperatives to combination product in order that we will buy it … It takes time, dedication and focus, however we’re very open to that,” he mentioned. 

“This iconic summit underscores the facility of partnerships and collaboration as we reimagine our strategy to tourism growth and deepen our engagement with the cruise business,” mentioned Dona Regis-Prosper, CEO and Secretary Normal of the CTO.