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Heidi Clarke, Executive Director of the Sandals Foundation, just snagged the 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award—honoring women reshaping travel—for turning tourism into a force for good across the Caribbean. Since 2009, her work has uplifted over 1.8 million lives, touched 2,600+ schools, and mobilized 32,500+ volunteers through education, conservation, and community projects across nine islands. As a Jamaican native, Clarke believes real success means lifting others—and she’s proving that tourism, when guided with purpose, can be a powerful engine for sustainable change, uniting locals, governments, and travelers to build thriving destinations.

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