Charles Maynard, former Dominica Minister of Tourism, and former West Indies Fast Bowler journalist Colin Croft will join Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Windies World Cup 2007, Chris Dehring for the CMExPress one-day workshop at the Courtyard Marriott, Port-of-Spain on Friday, February 25, 2005.

They pitch in with international experts such Emmy-Award winning journalists, now public relations counsel Gail Moaney and Doug Hoyte; Australian ex-Minister of Government, Tom Roper; Warren Solomon, Trinidad and Tobago's Vice President of Tourism; Ernest Littles, President of the Trinidad Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism Association; Bruce Aanensen, Vice President, Queens Park Cricket Club; and Trinidad Guardian Sports Journalist Everard Gordon to discuss among many other things, Cricket World Cup 2007 and the links between the media, sports, tourism and the development sector.

In addition, a select group of regional and international media practitioners will descend on the "Land of Hummingbird" to cover this meeting thanks to generous support from Continental Airlines, Caribbean Star Airlines and Caribbean Sun.

They include Edgar Henry of Caribbean Impact in New York; Don Bobb of United Nations Radio; Glenda Cadogan, a New York-based Trinidadian writer whose freelance outlets include The New York Daily News, the Caribbean-American Weekly and Caribbean Life; Bobby Vieira of The World and the Caribbean; author and media consultant Ian Williams who also writes for The Nation/ Tribune, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Investor Relations Magazine; and Ernie Seon of the Caribbean Media Corporation in St Lucia.

CMExPress recently received confirmation that noted Caribbean journalist Norman "Gus" Thomas of the Cayman Islands-based Caribbean Net News will attend the meeting, along with a reporter from the Dutch Antillean nation of Curacao.

Andria Hall, a former CNN news anchor, now the president of SpeakEasy Media Inc., a media and public presentation consulting firm, will address The Public Relations Association of Trinidad and Tobago (PRATT) at a CMEx-sponsored event on Thursday, February 24 at The Atrium, GHL Corporate Centre on "The Impact of Ethics on Public Relations".

CMExPress sponsors and supporters include American Express, Association of Caribbean Media Workers, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Black Entertainment Television, Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism, Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Caribbean Hotel Association, Caribbean Star Airlines, Caribbean Sun, Coca-Cola, Coco Kreole, Continental Airlines, Courtyard by Marriott Hotel Port of Spain, Half Moon Montego Bay, Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre, Jamaica Pegasus, Jamaica Tourist Board, The East Project, Ruder Finn, Tourism and Industrial Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TIDCO), Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Tourism, United Nations Development Programme, and the United States Agency for International Development.

By: caribbeannetnews