{"id":32470,"date":"2013-03-05T08:57:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T13:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=32470"},"modified":"2013-03-05T10:35:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T15:35:36","slug":"bhta-showcasing-tourism-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/03\/bhta-showcasing-tourism-champions","title":{"rendered":"BHTA Showcasing Tourism Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29211\" title=\"bahamas-hotel-bhta-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bahamas-hotel-bhta-logo-250x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bahamas-hotel-bhta-logo-250x180.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bahamas-hotel-bhta-logo-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bahamas-hotel-bhta-logo.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Since 2011 the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) has partnered with the Nassau Guardian to produce a weekly column in the Business section called &#8216;Tourism Champions&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>This has featured interviews with over 100 persons from all walks of our industry who are making a difference in their own way.<\/p>\n<p>The BHTA invites you to recommend employees, managers, vendor reps, a taxi driver, etc. at any level (line, management, ownership) who you believe exemplifies the very best that our industry offers.<\/p>\n<p>The weekly feature not only highlights the individual but it also highlights your company and can include a photo of the Champion with a captioned shot in the feature.<\/p>\n<p>Our goals are quite simple:<\/p>\n<p>(1) To recognize and showcase the depth and breadth of talent in our industry;<\/p>\n<p>(2) to broaden the public&#8217;s appreciation and understanding of the industry; and<\/p>\n<p>(3) to motivate others to consider pursuing one of the more than 1,000 different job\/career classifications in tourism.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great motivational tool. \u00a0We look forward to receiving your recommendation(s).<br \/>\nPlease take a moment and complete the section below and return to us. \u00a0You can recommend more than one employee in different departments and we will then contact them and assist with writing their story.<\/p>\n<p>NAME OF EMPLOYEE:<\/p>\n<p>JOB TITLE:<\/p>\n<p>DEPARTMENT:<\/p>\n<p>EMAIL ADDRESS<\/p>\n<p>TELEPHONE CONTACT:<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to featuring your champion and bringing additional recognition to your property.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: In the theme of recognizing Bahamians also visit: <\/em><\/span><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bahamianproject.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Bahamian Project<\/a><\/em><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em> which seeks to provide recognition, foster\u00a0 cultural awareness and create a record of the people who make The Bahamas so unique.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association invites recommendations for its weekly column which showcases people from all walks of the tourism industry who are making a difference in their own way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[55,210,25,33],"class_list":["post-32470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-awards","tag-employees","tag-hotels","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}