To date, 19 conferences have been held in Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, New York, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago where an estimated 250 journalists have traveled from across the region and the world to join in these CMEx sessions. Each of these conferences highlight and discuss major issues where reporters, editors, young people and development specialists interact over four days with representatives of the hospitality sector, civil society and government to explore such themes as “Multicultural Marketing: A Climate for Change.” Resilience to the double threats of global recession and climate change as well as how tourism can improve the health, wealth, environment and culture of destinations in a “climate‐friendly fashion”.
Each of these sessions offers limited training opportunities for Caribbean journalists:
- To improve the quality of media coverage of sustainable tourism in the Caribbean
- To increase the input of the media in the design of sustainable tourism policies, and highlight the necessity of tourism to the economies of small states
- To improve the relationship between tourism officials and media operatives
The following table shows an anthology of the various CMEx conferences to date:
| CMEx # | City | Country | Dates | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMEx I CMEx II CMEx III CMEx IV CMEx V CMEx VI CMEx VII CMEx VIII CMEx IX CMEx X CMEx XI CMEx XII CMEx XIII CMEx XIV CMEx XV CMEx XVI CMEx XVII CMEx XVIII CMEx XIX CMEx XX |
Ocho Rios Nassau Montego Bay Montego Bay St. Peter Rodney Bay Kingston Port-of-Spain St. John’s Santo Domingo Brooklyn Nassau Old San Juan Rodney Bay San Juan Rodney Bay San Juan Castries Kingston St. Thomas |
Jamaica Bahamas Jamaica Jamaica Barbados Saint Lucia Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Antigua & Barbuda Dominican Republic NY, USA The Bahamas Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Jamaica US Virgin Islands |
10/6-10/10 5/16-5/20 10/17-10/21 5/15-5/19 12/4-12/8 6/24-6/28 11/19 2/25 6/14 8/10-8/12 11/4 12/8-12/12 2/9-2/13 10/12-10/16 5/17-5/20 12/6-12/10 5/15-5/19 12/3-12/7 9/30-10/4 12/1-12/5 |
2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 |
