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Growing interest in CTO’s Air Connectivity Summit

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Momentum is building for CTO’s Air Connectivity Summit, with a strong slate of companies and destinations underscoring both the urgency and the opportunity around strengthening airlift across the Caribbean.

Senior airline executives, destination leaders and aviation specialists are coming together to share practical insights on route development, regional connectivity and partnerships that can unlock new growth for the Caribbean. Their participation signals growing alignment around a shared goal – making Caribbean travel more seamless, competitive and resilient.

Confirmed registrants to date include:

Ministers

  • Owen Darrell, Minister of Tourism & Transport, Culture & Sport, Bermuda
  • Charles “Max” Fernandez, Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Transportation and Investments, Antigua and Barbuda

Directors and Destination Leaders

  • Lawrence Scott, Chairman, Bermuda Airport Authority
  • William Griffith, Acting Chairman, Bermuda Tourism Authority
  • Rosa Harris, Director of Tourism, Cayman Islands
  • Stacey Liburd, CEO, Grenada Tourism Authority
  • Kurt Menal, Managing Director, BVI Airports Authority
  • Dona Regis-Prosper, Secretary-General & CEO, Caribbean Tourism Organization
  • Donovan White, Director of Tourism, Jamaica

Airline and Industry Executives

  • Claudio Buncamper, Chief Commercial Officer, Sunrise Airways
  • Raoul Cooper, Director, Digital Identity, SITA
  • Rafael Echevarne, Director General, Airports Council International – Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Jonathon Freye, Executive Director, Association of Value Airlines
  • José María Giraldo, Managing Director of Operations – Mexico, Central America, Canada and the Caribbean, American Airlines
  • Felipe Andrés Gómez, Vice President of Sustainability, Avianca
  • Nicolás Gurwicz, Founder and Managing Director, Altura Aviation Consulting
  • Kiaran MacDonald, Regional Vice President (Caribbean) & General Manager – Fairmont Southampton, Bermuda
  • Beverly Nicholson Doty, CEO, Figment Design
  • Adam Scott, Founder and CEO, BermudAir
  • Trevor Sadler, CEO, interCaribbean Airways

The message is clear: collaboration is strengthening, and the momentum behind Caribbean air connectivity is accelerating.

For more information, visit https://bit.ly/ctoairconnectivity

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