BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):

Organisers of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) introduced yesterday that they’ve employed Deanna Weekes because the league’s new tourism companion supervisor to strengthen their drive to develop sports activities tourism throughout the Caribbean.

Weekes will work with CPL’s vacationer board companions to create packages for travelling followers to go to all CPL host nations in the course of the 2024 match.

“This can be a actually thrilling alternative to be concerned within the largest annual sporting occasion within the Caribbean,” she stated. “I’m wanting ahead to working with all CPL’s tourism companions to construct on the prevailing sturdy relationships to push CPL’s influence on the regional economies to a different stage.”

The match’s organisers stated they might be working extra intently with companions throughout the Caribbean to develop sports activities tourism and construct useful market share.

“We’re tremendously excited to have the ability to start providing followers journey packages to allow them to watch CPL groups in six fantastic places throughout the Caribbean,” CPL chief govt officer Pete Russell stated.

“We’re blessed with vastly passionate followers and by using a devoted tourism supervisor who will work with motels, airways, and vacationer boards. We shall be making it simpler than ever for followers to journey to observe CPL cricket.

“With the ICC T20 World Cup within the Caribbean, this 12 months shall be a bumper 12 months for sports activities tourism, and CPL are wanting ahead to constructing on the momentum from that occasion.”

Guyana Amazon Warriors are the present CPL champions, and the opposite present franchise groups are Barbados Royals, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, St Lucia Kings, and Trinbago Knight Riders.

They are going to be joined this 12 months by a franchise primarily based in Antigua after the possession of the Jamaica Tallawahs repatriated the franchise to the league.