Newly appointed Tourism Ambassador Amy Farrington has begun her duties by participating in a familiarization tour of the Marriott Beach Resort, Grand Cayman. During her one year stint as Tourism Ambassador, Amy will participate in special industry activities including the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame awards.

Winner of the Tourism Speak-Off and the 2012 Tourism Ambassador Amy Farrington – see photograph – (centre) being escorted on a familiarization tour of various tourism properties and attractions by Dianne Conolly, Coordinator of Tourism Training and Development, Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, seen here with Andrea Gorocica, Sales Inventory Supervisor at the Marriott Beach Resort, Grand Cayman.

Contextual Background

The Tourism Speak Off Competition has been a part of the Department of Tourism’s local tourism awareness programme since 2003. In addition to promoting tourism awareness, the programme’s objective is to assist young students to develop useful communication, reasoning and public speaking skills that will serve them throughout their lives.

Amy Farrington , a student of Grace Christian Academy, topped the 2012 Tourism Speak Off’ schools debating competition held at the Grand Cayman Marriott on Thursday, 27 September and was crowned ‘Tourism Ambassador’, to serve for a period of one year.