Caribbean women win big at CMXe
Three women journalists walked away with honours from the Ninth Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx) held in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia on October 19.
From Guyana, Miranda La Rose, for the third time in the five year-history of CMEx, was honoured for her work in Stabroek News on the relationships between Cricket World Cup, the expansion of ecotourism at Kaieteur National Park, and the involvement of the indigenous peoples of the region in preserving the environment.
Barbadian Marsha Branch, managing director of Avant-Garde Media, won for her contribution to the BBC Caribbean Service on the effect of hotel development on the environment.
Kristy Ramnarine of the Trinidad Guardian excelled for her examination of the importance of tourism to Tobago – and the vital importance not just of crime but of perceptions of crime to the industry.
At the ceremony held at Sandals Grande St. Lucian in front of a packed and audience of media, industry and government professionals, chairman of the judges panel, Ian Williams, described their work as being in the best traditions of a profession increasingly under siege from media moguls and trivialization and also in the best traditions of CMEx, whose purpose is to foster insightful journalism in the field of sustainable tourism.
Counterpart International, producers of CMEx, also bestowed honours on St. Lucia’s Minister of Tourism Philip J. Pierre; Allen Chastanet, Managing Director of Coco Resorts; Ignacio Perez, Regional Director of the Eastern Caribbean for Sandals Resorts International; Berthia Parle, General Manager of Bay Gardens Resorts; and Chairman of Almond Resorts, Ralph Taylor, for their continued commitment to sustainable tourism development
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