{"id":70689,"date":"2019-10-05T09:33:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T13:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=70689"},"modified":"2019-10-05T09:33:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T13:33:20","slug":"tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"TCI student wins CTO’s tourism youth congress"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

The representative of the Turks & Caicos Islands emerged the winner of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Tourism Youth Congress held in the Antigua and Barbuda parliament building on Friday 4 October.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Fifteen-year-old Helena Jones Robinson High student Danae Dennie was among 14 \u2018junior ministers of tourism\u2019 from CTO member countries who exchanged thought-provoking and spirited presentations on topics related to the future of the industry.<\/p>\n

Dennie presented a compelling presentation and offered suggestions to enhance the national tourism product of the Turks & Caicos Islands through a national tourism service programme, a visitor satisfaction review app dubbed \u201cMy Absolute Truth\u201d, and a STAR awards programme.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The junior ministers each spoke on one of the topics of: \u2018Towards Smart Travel Experiences Within The Caribbean Region\u201d, \u201cEquipping Our Youth To Thrive In A Changing Tourism Environment\u201d, and \u201cMaking Excellence A Habit In Caribbean Tourism\u201d. The youth delegates were also each given a \u2018mystery\u2019 topic on which to speak.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

In second place was Hailey Mahy, 15, of the Ursuline Convent School in Barbados, while Tobago\u2019s Kayleigh Lewis, 16, of Scarborough Secondary placed third.<\/p>\n

Dennie received a cruise for two compliments of Royal Caribbean International, while Mahy received two return tickets compliments of JetBlue, and Lewis received a cash prize of US$500 compliments of the CTO Scholarship Foundation.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The other junior ministers and commissioners of tourism who took part were: Jody-Ann Parker, 15, of Antigua & Barbuda; Akeya Herbert, 17, of the British Virgin Islands; Leanna Allen of the Cayman Islands; Jenna Thomas, 16, of Jamaica, Me\u00efssane Carpin, 15, of Martinique; Brianne Chapman, 14, of Nevis; Anastasia Korstanje, 16, of St. Eustatius; Aneeda Hardat, 14, of St. Martin and Kenisha Castello, 15, of St. Vincent & the Grenadines.<\/p>\n

The youth congress, which simulates a CTO council of ministers and commissions meeting, was chaired by the last year\u2019s winner, Bryanna Hylton, 18, of Jamaica. It brought to an end two days of activities by the CTO – including business meetings and a Caribbean tourism sector outlook forum \u2013 held in collaboration with the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority and the ministry of tourism.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The representative of the Turks & Caicos Islands emerged the winner of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Tourism Youth Congress held in the Antigua and Barbuda parliament building on Friday 4 October. Fifteen-year-old Helena Jones Robinson High student Danae Dennie was among 14 \u2018junior ministers of tourism\u2019 from CTO member countries who exchanged thought-provoking and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":70692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"yoast_head":"\nTCI student wins CTO's tourism youth congress - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TCI student wins CTO's tourism youth congress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The representative of the Turks & Caicos Islands emerged the winner of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Tourism Youth Congress held in the Antigua and Barbuda parliament building on Friday 4 October. Fifteen-year-old Helena Jones Robinson High student Danae Dennie was among 14 \u2018junior ministers of tourism\u2019 from CTO member countries who exchanged thought-provoking and […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-05T13:33:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1878\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1057\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"TCI student wins CTO’s tourism youth congress\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-05T13:33:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-05T13:33:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1878\/h:1057\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Tourism\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/\",\"name\":\"TCI student wins CTO's tourism youth congress - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1878\/h:1057\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-05T13:33:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-05T13:33:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1878\/h:1057\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1878\/h:1057\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg\",\"width\":1878,\"height\":1057},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"TCI student wins CTO’s tourism youth congress\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"TCI student wins CTO's tourism youth congress - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"TCI student wins CTO's tourism youth congress","og_description":"The representative of the Turks & Caicos Islands emerged the winner of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Tourism Youth Congress held in the Antigua and Barbuda parliament building on Friday 4 October. Fifteen-year-old Helena Jones Robinson High student Danae Dennie was among 14 \u2018junior ministers of tourism\u2019 from CTO member countries who exchanged thought-provoking and […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2019-10-05T13:33:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1878,"height":1057,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"TCI student wins CTO’s tourism youth congress","datePublished":"2019-10-05T13:33:20+00:00","dateModified":"2019-10-05T13:33:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/"},"wordCount":346,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1878\/h:1057\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg","articleSection":["Tourism"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/","name":"TCI student wins CTO's tourism youth congress - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1878\/h:1057\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg","datePublished":"2019-10-05T13:33:20+00:00","dateModified":"2019-10-05T13:33:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1878\/h:1057\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1878\/h:1057\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg","width":1878,"height":1057},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/tci-student-wins-ctos-tourism-youth-congress\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TCI student wins CTO’s tourism youth congress"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/70692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}