Volume 3 Small business recovery amid covid-19, Lessons from the Caribbean

Event Overview

Covid-19 is an utterly black swan event. It attacked by surprise the tourism industry at its heart: accessibility and social interaction. By restricting both, the global tourism industry came screeching to a standstill. The after-effects were deleterious. Nowhere were these effects more damaging than in small islands. Most of them depend on tourism, and their economies has taken a significant hit from curtailed tourism. Curtailing it has been lethal to many small businesses.

Small businesses are the hallmark of the small island tourism ecosystem in the Caribbean. They are the source of jobs, incomes, and opportunities for thousands of people. They are the tourism soul of the islands. While they have weathered many storms, their resourcefulness has never been severely challenged by the current pandemic. How small businesses cope with the pandemic and how they navigate these uncharted waters have become the road to survival for many such islands.

This webinar sheds light on the efforts and recovery strategies of small businesses in the Caribbean during this pandemic. Its focus is to discuss and distill elements from a small business practice that suggest survival and recovery in this brave new world.

Speakers

Jafar-Jafari

Jafar Jafari

Moderator

Jafar Jafari

Jafar Jafari is Founding Editor, Annals of Tourism Research; Chief Editor, Tourism Social Science Series

Robertico-Croe

Robertico Croes

Moderator

Robertico Croes

Dr. Robertico Croes served as the Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs of Aruba

Diana-McIntyre-Pike

Diana McIntyre Pike

Speaker

Diana McIntyre Pike

Marguerite Diana McIntyre-Pike OD, BSc  Community Tourism Consultant/Trainer

Rudi Page

Rudi Page

Speaker

Rudi Page

Rudi Page has extensive and accomplished cross-sectoral expertise in change

Clive-Muir

Clive Muir

Speaker

Clive Muir

Clive Muir, PhD, an educator and social design consultant

Jody-Grizzle

Jody Grizzle

Speaker

Jody Grizzle

managing and coordinating projects with international development organisations and the Government of Jamaica

PowerPoints

Jody-Grizzle

Jody Grizzle

Speaker

Jody Grizzle

managing and coordinating projects with international development organisations and the Government of Jamaica

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Clive-Muir

Clive Muir

Speaker

Clive Muir

Clive Muir, PhD, an educator and social design consultant

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Diana-McIntyre-Pike

Diana McIntyre Pike

Speaker

Diana McIntyre Pike

Marguerite Diana McIntyre-Pike OD, BSc  Community Tourism Consultant/Trainer

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Rudi Page

Rudi Page

Speaker

Rudi Page

Rudi Page has extensive and accomplished cross-sectoral expertise in change

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Program

Welcome Remarks

Jafar Jafari
University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA

Moderators

Robertico Croes
University of Central Florida, USA

Panelists

Diana McIntyre-Pike
Countrystyle Community Tourism Network

Jody Grizzle
University of the West Indies (UWI) OPEN CAMPUS

 Clive Muir
Caribbean Diáspora,
USA

 Rudi Page
Making Connections Work Ltd,
UK

Break 

Cultural Intermission

Q/A 

Participants and Panelists

Wrap up

Robertico Croes
University of Central Florida,
USA

Jafar Jafari
University of Wisconsin-Stout,
USA

Partners

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