A three person delegation of the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), will visit Dominica from Monday, July 31, 2017, to Wednesday, August 2, 2017, to hold a Town Hall meeting with cruise stakeholders.
The delegation will comprise of the President of the FCCA Michele M. Paige, and Cruise Executives: Leon Sutcliffe – Director, Commercial Ports of Call & Government Relations of Carnival Cruise Lines and Federico Gonzalez Denton, Associate Vice President-Government Relations – Latin America & Caribbean of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
The Minister of Tourism and Urban Renewal Honorable Senator Robert Tonge has extended invitations to cruise stakeholders to be part of the discussion, creating an opportunity for stakeholders to hear directly from the FCCA officials on the cruise industry trends and expectations among other topics.
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 1, 2017, from 5:30 pm at the Fort Young Hotel. Additionally, while on island the delegation will hold meetings with government officials and visit specific locations including the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth.
Dominica hopes that following this visit there will be a much greater collaboration with tourism stakeholders in terms of the Lines’ expectations so as to improve visitors’ experience on island which, hopefully, would ultimately influence additional calls by the various Cruise Lines.
FCCA last visited Dominica in May, 2013. On that trip, the focus was on experiencing the island’s popular cruise sites.
Dear FCCA delegation, I am ashamed to say that nothing has improved since last season. Roseau is still in a dilapidated state, it still smells, the general post office stands derelict and is a safety hazard. Vagrants are still hustling the public. I am a Dominican and love my country and feel embarrassed the way it is presented to visitors by our government. who are only interested in their own pockets. I know a lot of our people depend for their little income on the cruise industry but the government will do very little unless you read them the riot act. Please help us by telling them that in no uncertain terms.
Yes we do need some radical change to step up to the full potential of Dominica for our visitors and citizens alike.
The paro’s are still in the streets.
I would suggest they also confer with members of the opposition and not only government officials.. They represent a seizable part of the population and there is a common interest in this important sector of our economy. I’m sure they too want to see growth in Dominica and would have something to contribute.
Good news other than Dominica would benefit more if the FCCA delegation would meet with the opposition instead of the government…I cant point a finger on any one government minister or clown,that is able to think in the interst of Dominica.The record is there for even the blind to see,after 17years of severe mismanagement,and an economy which is in tatters.
SKERRIT MUST GO
SKERRIT MUST GO
SKERRIT MUST GO NOW!