On Friday, November 18, the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board held a Tourism and Hospitality Career Fair on the Yellowman and Sons Auditorium in Grand Turk.
“The goal of our Tourism and Hospitality Career Fair was to provide an opportunity for students to see that careers in tourism and hospitality go far beyond those that initially come to mind. Through the Career Fair, we displayed that no matter what one’s passion is, there is almost always an opportunity to be working within the tourism and hospitality industry,” mentioned Blythe Clare, TCI Tourist Board’s coaching supervisor and coordinator of TEAM, in a press release.
“We are extremely thankful for the attendance and attention of the students of the H.J. Robinson High School, as well as for the participation of the various business entities,” Claire added.
The truthful aimed to showcase the various careers and potential within the nationwide tourism trade.
Gift-form college students from Grand Turk’s Helena Jones Robinson High School have been invited to listen to shows from the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board in addition to the Junior Minister of Tourism of 2022-23, Chelsea Been of H.J. Robinson High School.
The attendees had the chance to community with representatives from numerous organizations together with the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR), Beaches Turks and Caicos, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, the Turks and Caicos National Museum, Yummies Tasty Treats, the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College, Antonio Clarke, CHUKKA, Exclusive Escapes Tours, the Grand Turk Cruise Center, Aunty Nann’s Homemade Delights, Invest Turks and Caicos Islands, in addition to the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board.
The official welcome was offered by the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board’s monetary controller, Diedra Been, who additionally attended the H.J. Robinson High School, adopted by a speech from Minister of Tourism, Chelsea Been and a presentation on tourism and the hospitality trade by the director of tourism, Mary Lightbourne.
“The Turks and Caicos Islands has one of the best tourism products in the world and it has provided for our citizens for decades. In order to maintain our rank amongst the best of the best, we need to invest into the future of our industry – beginning with our youth – which is what we sought to do through our Tourism and Hospitality Career Fair,” mentioned Mary Lightbourne.
“We look forward to continuing to invest in our youth and would like to thank everyone who was involved in making this year’s Tourism and Hospitality Career Fair such a success” added Lightbourne.
After a month of actions titled Rediscover the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board concluded its Tourism Environmental Awareness Month on November 29.