WASHINGTON, D.C. – Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) is supporting the combined efforts of industry, government and media to ensure tourism helps improve the wealth, health, culture and environment of Caribbean and Latin American destinations by sponsoring the Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx).
“We are pleased to continue to support CMEx’s dynamic meetings in the Caribbean, especially as bridges are being built between journalists across Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States and beyond,” said Frank Galán, Senior Director for the Caribbean and Central America of Continental Airlines, who will be in Puerto Rico to address the meeting.
Frank Galán
“Continental Airlines’ support of the Caribbean Media Exchange series is one of those actions which enhances the ability of the region to take advantage of its most important industry,” said Lelei LeLaulu, President of Counterpart International which organizes the media exchange. “Continental gives wings to people trying to make sustainable tourism a fixture in the Caribbean.”
Continental Airlines, which offers nonstop flights to 76 destinations in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, is the preferred airline partner of Counterpart International’s 10th Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism for media professionals, the travel and tourism industry, and the public and private sector from May 17 to 20, 2007 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Media and tourism delegates from across Latin America and the Caribbean, North America and Europe will examine the theme “Enhancing Culture and Protecting Ecology through Tourism,” exploring topics such as the impact of global warming on small island developing states; protecting and promoting Caribbean cultural tradition; the impact of HIV/AIDS on Caribbean culture; aerial highways; the voice of the young people; energy conservation and recycling; multi-destination tourism; and crossing the old Colonial boundaries to build a multilingual Caribbean culture.
