Airports Authority of Trinidad & Tobago, Emmanuel Baah, at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit – Latin America & Caribbean 2024
Airports Authority of Trinidad & Tobago, Emmanuel Baah, spoke to CAPA TV at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Latin America & Caribbean 2024, in Trinidad & Tobago, about latest industry trends and company developments.
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Transcript
Emmanuel Baah:Hosting the 2024 CAPA Airline Leaders Summit has been a real dream that, you know, we were looking forward to. Trinidad and Tobago is really blessed with beautiful nature, it's an attractive destination, but many people don't know all that we offer. So we were looking forward for years for the chance to bring airlines to our country so they would be able to discover what is largely undiscovered. Tobago, for example, is really a gem that is hidden away. It has beautiful coral reefs, it has beautiful snorkeling and diving sites, and yet it's unspoiled. We don't have large-scale hotels. It's wonderful for boutique tourism and persons who are looking to to escape. Trinidad, on the other hand, is the business capital of the Caribbean. We have very strong business travel throughout the year, so airlines can benefit from having their business class and first class seats sold out. And also, we're excellent for ecotourism. So we were very happy to have CAPA choose to do this event here in Trinidad and Tobago. Thank you, Emmanuel. Happy to see the response of the airlines. Some of the airlines that came are airlines that we were targeting, that we would have been trying to meet at airline conferences like Routes of the Americas or Routes World. So we were happy to be able to bring them here, expose them to tours of Trinidad and Tobago, and really share with them our compelling reasons as to why Trinidad and Tobago is an attractive destination for high yields. What we've heard so far is that the airlines have been well pleased by what they saw. They were happy with the culture. They recognize that it's an attractive destination to their passengers, and they also recognize that because of the mix of business and VFRs and leisure, Trinidad and Tobago has low seasonality, so they'll be able to come here and enjoy load factors, consistent load factors through the year. And that is something very unique about Trinidad and Tobago compared to many of the destinations in the Caribbean. Thank you.
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