CARIBBEAN: Former CNN Anchor to Land in Barbados

For Immediate Release

Contact: Samira Cherrouk 202 296-9676
              scherrouk@counterpart.org

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FORMER CNN ANCHOR TO LAND IN BARBADOS

WASHINGTON, DC (September 28, 2003) – Award-winning broadcast journalist, 
Andria Hall, who has more than 20 years experience in television, will lead a 
distinguished group of speakers to address the fifth Caribbean Media Exchange 
on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx V) at Almond Beach Resort in Barbados, December 
4-8, 2003.

Counterpart International, which produces the biannual parley, announced that 
Hall, a weekend anchor with CNN/USA from 1999 to 2001, will address Caribbean 
and international journalists and tourism industry officials under the theme 
"Tourism and the Media: The Next Generation".  

Also confirmed to attend this fall's event are chairman of the Barbados 
Tourism Authority, Hudson Husbands; Bahamas tourism director, Vincent 
Vanderpool-Wallace; St. Lucia's Minister of Tourism Phillip J. Pierre; Dwyer 
Astaphan, Minister of Tourism, St. Kitts and Nevis; Berthia Parle, 
president-elect of the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA); CHA’s 
Director-General Alec Sanguinetti; Royston Hopkin, chairman of the Caribbean 
Alliance for Sustainable Tourism; and Clayton Sizemore, CNN New York's 
Director of Operations.

Before joining CNN, Andria Hall was a weekend anchor with New York's NBC 
affiliate and a national news correspondent with FOX. Currently, Andria is 
the president of SpeakEasy M.E.D.I.A., Inc., a media and public presentation 
consulting firm specializing in media coaching and broadcast quality 
productions. She also is the host of a Faith and Values Media Sunday morning 
program called America at Worship, which reaches nearly 50 million homes each 
week on the Hallmark Channel.

Andria is quickly becoming known as a "faith and work" expert, showing that 
the two need not be separated but rather, when faith is lived out in one’s 
everyday vocation, true success is achieved.

Joining Andria for the talks will be Dale Enoch, President of the Media 
Association of Trinidad and Tobago; cruise industry analyst and author Ross 
"Cruise Junkie" Klein; Allen Chastanet, managing director of Coco Kreole; 
Charles Spence, Air Jamaica’s Regional Director of Marketing and Sales for 
the Caribbean; Claire Robinson, Air Jamaica's Special Markets Manager in the 
Northeast USA; Patrick Cozier, Secretary General of the Caribbean 
Broadcasting Union; and Miles Stoby, Special Advisor to the President of the 
United Nations General Assembly, Julian Hunte.

Counterpart International President, Lelei LeLaulu is upbeat about bringing 
the conference to Barbados: "Barbados has been a loyal supporter of our talks 
since we began two years ago and, as such, is deserving of top quality 
discussions on how we can develop tourism communications strategies to 
safeguard both the natural environment and the quality of life of the 
region's people," he said.

CMEx is produced by Counterpart International, its Barbados-based partner - 
Counterpart Caribbean, Caribbean Hotel Association, Caribbean Alliance for 
Sustainable Tourism, Air Jamaica, Caribbean Hotel Association Charitable 
Trust (Life Needs the Caribbean), EarthVoice and the Caribbean Broadcasting 
Union. 
 
CMEx V is supported by Almond Beach Resorts, American Express, Bahamas 
Ministry of Tourism, Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association, Barbados Tourism 
Authority, Bay Gardens Hotel, Black Entertainment Television, Cable & 
Wireles, Central Bank of Barbados, Half Moon Montego Bay, Hilton Caribbean, 
Jamaica Pegasus, Ruder Finn, Sandals Resorts, Scotiabank, United Nations 
Population Fund, and Virgin Atlantic Airways.

For further information, visit www.caribbeanmediaexchange.com . 

ENDS