The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) is continuing to implement key strategic cruise business actions in preparation for the safe and gradual resumption of the industry.
One of these actions is the completion of an Aquila Centre for Cruise Excellence destination readiness workshop for public and private sector cruise teams including the Grenada Ports Authority, Ministry of Health, Customs, Grenreal, Immigration, Local Agents and Tour Operators.
As part of the workshop (September to October) dubbed ‘How To’, stakeholders completed the 5-part series focused on health and safety as well as maintaining the quality of Pure Grenada experiences based on the new way of doing business in the Tourism industry. Some of the major topics included preparing your community to welcome cruise, building an operational plan that adapts with change, reimagining product development and guest experiences, creating a culture of service and delivering wow experiences for cruise lines and guests.
Nautical Development Manager at the GTA Nikoyan Roberts expressed her appreciation of the stakeholders’ commitment to the programme. She further stated, “As a destination we want to deliver “WOW” experiences to cruise guests, while observing the strictest protocols. I believe our team has already visualised what these experiences will look like. We have a small cruise ship SeaDream arriving on 13 November where we can practice and refine our learnings over the coming weeks.”
CEO of the GTA Patricia Maher was also keen to see that one of the modules delved into having an adaptable cruise operational plan. She further stated, “We’re living in a different time and we have to adapt to the new way of doing business in Tourism. We can offer smaller, more personalised group tours to our many unique experiences on land and at sea. Now is the time to train and prepare to welcome cruise ships back in a safe, efficient, and mutually beneficial way in the year ahead.”
Team Grenada also participated in recent Seatrade Cruise Global virtual meetings. It was an opportunity for the team to learn about current cruise trends as well as network with cruise decision makers while promoting the global digital health and safety campaign, Pure Grenada Just For You. Grenada’s Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Climate Resilience and the Environment Hon. Dr Clarice Modeste-Curwen MP featured prominently during the event when she delivered a cruise update interview for Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
Coming out of the high level discussions with cruise lines there are opportunities for Grenada to be included in more Southern Caribbean cruise itineraries with home porting in Barbados. Prior to the crisis, our main cruise markets were UK and European guests and now we have the opportunity to target North Americans who can fly to Barbados and sail on shorter cruises to Grenada and beyond in 2021.
Grenada Tourism Authority
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This is the problem in Grenada. The expected reaction occurs: if someone does not agree with what you say they start insulting you. My advice: don’t waste your time doing that. It shows how small-minded you are and how intolerant you are to others views. Urhhh. Utter rubbish….
A stupid, highly irresponsible and slave-like enterprise that involves taking untold risks to our nation:’s health security. Absolute nonsense!!!
shut up you dumb. its not the tourist spreading it because they are more sensible and educated than your small minded returning nationals who go around the place spreading covid like crazy. apparently you guys too dumb to see that your own people are going to quarantine facilities to go catch than to stay away from it. I DONT KNOW WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU PEOPLE JUST HATE FOREIGNERS. Get off the propaganda train now before it’s too late. Tourism is the key product in Grenada and it will always be there. You cannot run away from it. smh. Isn’t tourism the same thing when you travel to america or canada or the uk??? yall small minded people so dumb but quick to run blasted yall mouth.
W A L O B. Nobody with any brains would go on a cruise ship. Floating petri dishes breeding germs like e-coli and Covid. Playing bingo and stuffing their faces. How many of those lardassed idiots spend money with local people? They tear round the island in a minibus and leg it back on board having “seen Grenada”.
All the cash goes to corporate fat cats, not locals.
Ban cruise ships from Grenada.
just shut up man. when they ban cruise ships america canada and european countries from ban you from entering their country. you see that is the whole point. why is it a problem when they visit your country but when you visit theirs there is no problem!!!! i told you already you ignorant dumb guy. only returning nationals and locals who spread it not the tourist. tourism is doing good down here. you want us to fall back into being a third world country if we just ditch tourism for agriculture?????? tell me that. barely any money you getting. and what fat cats you talk about???? cant be the vendors or the bus and taxi drivers. you are no benefit to this country or anything. i wanna see how grenada would make it through with tourism.
Totally agree….lazy too decent for them
Totally agree….cruise ship more like virus spreading ship we grenadains have become dependent on tourists..