Yesterday, the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers' Confederation collaborated with Royal Caribbean Group, The Ministry of Tourism, and The Small Business Development Center to present a workshop to introduce Royal Caribbean's homeporting initiative beginning in June. The webinar was open to all business owners and provided them with essential information on how they could participate in providing goods and services to Royal Caribbean, which will be provisioning its ship Adventure of the Seas in The Bahamas.
The webinar featured two presentations, starting with Royal Caribbean’s Associate Vice President of Gaming and Onboard Revenue Elisa Shen, who provided information on how Bahamians could provide shore excursions for the cruise line’s guests. The second presentation was made by RCI Associate Vice President of Global Hotel Food and Beverage Procurement Vina Jumpp, who relayed information on how goods can be provided for the ship.
Both women and the RCG team laid out the specifics of what businesses need to do to provide the ship with things like liquor, fish, leafy greens and excursions (which can be viewed in the PowerPoint presentation below).
Nassau Shore Excursions
This can include activities such as:
Guided walking or bus tours
Cultural activities
Beaches
Aqua Adventures
Site visits
If you have a shore excursion business or activity that you would like to submit, or for more information, email Elisa Shen - Associate Vice President of Gaming and Onboard Revenue at eshen@rccl.com
Hotel, Food and Beverage Procurement
Sourcing suppliers, for example:
Seafood: Snapper, Grouper, Lobster, Lionfish
Produce: Herbs, Fruit/Vegetables
Grocery: Baked Goods, Grains, Sauces
Local Products - offer locally manufactured/produced/raised products that fit a description for an item currently used by Royal Caribbean Group.
Wines & Spirits - alcohol/rum locally made
The Group’s Culinary and Beverage operations teams will review the products and provide approval to source and use onboard.
If you would like to become a supplier or for more information, kindly send an email to:
Vina A. Jumpp - AVP, Global HF&B Procurement - vjumpp@rccl.com
Mario A. Fuentes - Sr. Procurement Manager - mfuentes@rccl.com
Michael Reda - F&B Buyer - mreda@rccl.com
Download the presentation from the Royal Caribbean Group:
Watch the Webinar Here:
Presenters Websites:
Royal Caribbean Group: https://www.royalcaribbeangroup.com/
Small Business Development Center: https://www.accessaccelerator.org/
The Ministry of Tourism: https://www.facebook.com/tourismtodaynetwork
