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Climate Smart Sustainable Tourism Forum 2017 - St Kitts

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PRESENTATIONS:

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1. Leading The Way – Destination St. Kitts
2. Tourism Resiliency through Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation
3. Innovative Models & Best Practices in Sustainable Tourism
4. Leading the Way – CTO in Action
5. S.M.A.R.T Destinations: Using Climate as an Opportunity
6. Tourism Recovery Roundtable
7. Climate and Disaster Management
8. Communicating Sustainability Workshop – To Be Supplied
9. Sustainable Tourism Enterprise Model – To Be Supplied

PHOTOS:

1. Opening Reception
2. Keynote Address & Day 1 Sessions
3. Day 2 Sessions:
4. Awards Dinner
5. CTO-CDB Strategic Consultations
6. St. Kitts Delegate Tours:

VIDEOS:

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1. Keynote Speaker Presentation
2. Interview Highlights Compilation – Day 1
3. Interview Highlights Compilation – Day 2
4. Individual Delegate Interviews
5. Forum Opening Ceremony

S.T. Technical Committee Presentations

Bermuda, April 2011

Regional Monitoring and Evaluation System for Disaster Risk Management & Climate Change Adaptation in the Caribbean Tourism Sector  — Joanne Persad – Project Coordinator, CDEMA

GEF-IWCAM: Linking Water Resources, Coastal Areas & the Tourism Product in the Caribbean

Caribbean Carnival Conference Championships —  Dr. Vijay Ramlal Rai, President World Carnival Commission (WCC)

Travel Forever –  The new global standard for sustainable tourism  —Global Sustainable Tourism Council

 October 2010

CCRIF: A Natural Catastrophe Risk Insurance Mechanism for Caribbean Nations

Remarks on Sustainable Tourism Marketing — Andy Dumaine, President, Shrinkingfootprint

Barbados, May 2010

What is CHENACT? —Loreto Duffy-Mayers, CHENACT Project Manager

The CARIBSAVE Partnerships & Climate Change: A Sectoral Approach to Vulnerability and Resilience — Dr. Murray Simpson, CEO & Co-Director CARIBSAVE Partnership

Rural Livelihoods and Agrotourism— Ena Harvey, Hemispheric Specialist – Agrotourism, IICA

Responsible Travel — Graham Mackenzie, Responsibletravel.com

The Travel Foundation at a Glance — Travel Foundation

STC 14: Trinidad 2013

Keynote Speech — Carlos Vogeler, Regional Director of the Americas, UNWTO

The Caribbean Fish Sanctuary Partnership Initiative — Judi Clarke,  The CARIBSAVE Partnership

Partnership strategies to Increase Profitability and Visitor Spending — Hugh Cresser & Associates

Towards Long Term Sustainability for Caribbean Tourism, Challenges and Opportunities — Willard Phillips, UN-ECLAC

Promoting Entrepreneurship through Festivals: Exploitation of the mango from seed to table — Gia Gaspard-Taylor, President Network of Rural Women Producers Trinidad & Tobago (NRWP)

Tourist-Flow Biological Biodiversity” in Small Island Developing States — Sonja S. Teelucksingh & Patrick K. Watson, UWI, Trinidad & Tobago

Bluefields Bay Fish Sanctuary: Now and Then — Wolde Kristos, Bluefields Bay Fishermen’s Friendly Society

Good Agro Tourism Practices — Alison Godwin, Grand Agro Tourism Ltd.

Creating & Managing Sustainable Caribbean Destinations: The Midtown St Petersburg Case Study — Shrimatee Ojah-Maharaj

A Green Globe Travelife Gold ISO 14001 Certified Resort — Ewald Biemans, Bucuti & Tara Resorts

Punta Cana Resort — Jake Kheel, Environmental Director, Grupo PUNTACANA

Advancing Destination Sustainability & Profitability During Economic Downturn — Dr. The Hon. Rufus W. Ewing, Premier and Minister of Tourism, Turks and Caicos Islands

The Case for Responsible Travel: Trends & Statistics — Martha Honey, Ph.D., Co-Director, Center for Responsible Travel (CREST)

Tourism – A tool for Conservation- A partnership Approach — Suzan Lakhan, Nature Seekers

Partnerships in the Development of Agrotourism — Ena Harvey, IICA

Marketing Responsible Tourism Products — Trudi Pearce, Head of Destination Partnerships, ResponsibleTravel.com

Building Sucessful Tourism Destination Network — Nildamarie Díaz Hiraldo, MBA Deputy Director, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Quality and Educational Affairs, Puerto Rico Tourism Company

STC 14 Rapporteurs Report

The Seven Rules of Green Marketing — Green Team, Hugh Hough

Tourism, Sea Turtles and the Environment as a catalyst for Developing Sustainable Communities — Dr. Allan Bachan 

CTO Crest Symposium 2014

Presentations:

All presentations are available on the following website:
http://www.responsibletravel.org/events/3rd-Innovators-Symposium.html

Gail Henry: Opening Ceremony Remarks

CWA Agrotourism Seminar, 2013, Guyana

Final Report-Investing in Agrotourism Development in the Caribbean Region

Food Tourism in the Caribbean: Unlocking the Potential ~ Gail Henry, Sustainable Tourism Product Specialist, CTO

Linking Local Production with the Tourism Industry in the Caribbean ~ Gail Henry

CTO UNEP Sustainable Tourism Symposium 2012

Opening Remarks — Gail Henry, CTO Sustainable Tourism Specialist

EU Delegation to the Caribbean – Presentation to Symposium

Recommendations for Sustainable Tourism Activities in the Caribbean; Advancing Sustainable Tourism in the Caribbean: A Regional Progress Report — Gail Henry, Sustainable Tourism Specialist, CTO

A 3-Dimensional View of Sustainable Tourism:The Blue Print for Destinations — Deirdre Shurland, Senior Consultant, UNEP, Coordinator, Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism

Sustainable tourism makes business and economic sense — Eddy Silva, Conservation and Sustainable Tourism Specialist, The Nature Conservancy

Building Sustainable Tourism Worldwide — Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism

OECS Common Tourism Policy – Sustainable Tourism Actions — Lorraine Nicholas

Innovations and Performance Sustainability in the Private Sector, The Crane

CDB: Financing Sustainable Tourism Projects — Andrew F. Dupigny, Divisional Chief (Ag.) Economic Infrastructure Division

IDB: Advancing Sustainable Tourism in the Caribbean Region — Mr. Desmond Thomas, Lead Economist

Sustainable Tourism Programming – Group Session — Sheree-Ann Adams, Leeds Metropolitan University

The Tourism Sector & the Green Economy — Mr. Allan Franklin, Ministry of Tourism, Senior Research Officer (a.g.)

Situation analysis of the sustainable tourism priorities of CTO member countries — Sherma Roberts, Janice Cumberbatch and Catrina Hinds

Small Tourism Enterprises Network (STEN) —OAS Representative to Barbados – Mr. Francis McBarnette

STC 12: Bermuda 2011

Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre—Dr U Trotz

Shirlene Nibbs, Managing Director of Nibbs and Associates

Bermuda Government presentation

Heritage Matters — Dr Edward Harris

Rapporteurs Report

Bermuda Cultural Map — Frances Marshall

Save the Planet, Save Your Money: Cutting Costs through Responsible Resource Use —Bill Meade

Haven’t Been There, Done That: How Experiential Tourism is Transforming the Travel Experience—Judy Karwacki, Small Planet Consulting

Making Green “Work” for Bermuda—Rita Healy, The Fairmont Southampton, Bermuda

The Sustainability Report Card: How to Avoid GreenWashing— Jacqueline Kuehnel, JK Consulting Enterprises

Tourism Master Plan for Barbados— Nicole Alleyne, Ag. Chief Tourism Development Office, Barbados

The Power of Partnerships — Thomas Meller, MARTI

Travel Forever The new global standard for sustainable tourism — Global Sustainable Tourism Council

STC 11: Barbados 2010

STC-11- Rapporteur’s Report

Terestella González Denton, Caribbean Round: Public-Private Sector Cooperation for Innovative & Sustainable Tourism

Maximizing the Potential of Heritage Tourism in the Caribbean — Dr. Keith Nurse, Director, Shridath Ramphal Centre

Keith Nurse, Part 1,   Keith Nurse Part 2;   Keith Nurse Part 3; Keith Nurse- Part 4

The Green Frontier—Andy Dumaine, Shrinking FootPrint

Path to World Heritage Designation: The Barbados Case Study— Alissandra Cummins, Director, Barbados Museum & Historical Society

UNESCO Opportunities for Cultural Heritage Tourism Development in the Caribbean — Kwame Boafo, Director UNESCO Kingston Cluster Office for the Caribbean

The CARIBSAVE Partnership & Climate Change: A Sectoral Approach to Vulnerability & Resilience — Dr. Murray Simpson, CEO and Co-Director CARIBSAVE Partnership

Mary Mahon-Jones, President, Mahon & Jones Associates -–North American Tourist, Part 1 ;    North American Tourist (Part 2);

Global Standards for Tourism — Erika Harms, Executive Director, Tourism Sustainability Council (TSC), UN Foundation

Opportunities for Sustainable Investment and Financing in Tourism: The SIFT Network — Erica Allis, Consultant, UNEP’s Division of Technology,Industry and Economics

The Tsunami Experience: Are there Opportunities to be grabbed in a crisis or disaster ?— Jean-Marc Flambert, Director, Your Tourism Partner Limited

Jonathan Tourtellot, Director, and Geotourism Editor, National Geographic Traveler:
Keynote Address – Tourtellot Part 1,   Tourtellot Part 2,  Tourtellot Part 3,  Tourtellot Part 4, Tourtellot Part 5 (29MB total)

Turks & Caicos Since STC 10 — Brian Been, Senior Product Development Officer, TCI

STC 10: Turks & Caicos 2008 ; Heritage Development Workshop

The Sustainable Dive Market — Stephen Broadbelt

Climate Change and Sustainable Coastal Tourism in the Caribbean:Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation — Dr. Murray Simpson

Sustainability & The Cruise Lines — Ms. Elaine Heldewier

Disaster Risk Managment: Coastal Communities & Tourism Development — Jeremy Collymore, Coordinator, CDERA

Policies & Tools for Sustainable Tourism — Richard Denman

Nature’s Investment Bank: Marine Protected Areas & Poverty Reduction — Eleanor Phillips

Strategies for Managing Marine Sites and Attractions — James Azueta

Sustainability – The Tour Operator’s Role — Eileen Donnelly

The Turks & Caicos Conservation Fund: Financing the preservation effort of our National Treasures — Wesley Clerveaux

Turks & Caicos Government Policy perspective and Environmental Management — Judith Campbell

Preservation of Our National Treasures The Role of Non-governmental Organizations — Ms. Ethlyn Gibbs – Williams

Green Globe Presentation

Coral reef protection and management (Coral Reef Alliance, CORAL) — Rick MacPherson

Bonaire’s Award Acceptance Speech — Lieutenant Governor Herbert Domacasse

Audio– David Suzuki Keynote Speech

UWI/EBCCI Heritage Tourism Workshop: Barbados, March 2009

Good Practices in Community-Based Tourism in the Caribbean – Gail Henry, Sustainable Tourism Specialist, CTO

Heritage Tourism Workshop 2008, Barbados

Barbados Museum as Tourism Product— Kevin Farmer

Mapping the Journey to Success — Jo-Anne Tull

Perspectives and Challenges of Heritage Tourism Development — Dr. Michael Scantlebury

Sustainable Strategic Business Management Models —Keith Nurse

The Importance of Story in Heritage Tourism — Gladstone Yearwood