St Kitts and Nevis to lead Caribbean for next two years
The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) has selected St Kitts and Nevis for the chairmanship of the organisation for the next two years.
Minister of tourism and international transport for St Kitts and Nevis Ricky Skerritt succeeded John Maginley of Antigua and Barbuda as the organisation’s chairman.
New Top Man at CTO – Minister Ricky Skerrit of St Kitts and Nevis
“These are challenging times for tourism around the world, but no sector is more critical to our region’s economic future,” Skerritt said.
“I believe that with the right leadership strategy I am confident that we can achieve our goal of establishing the Caribbean as the world’s premier warm-weather destination, with genuinely caring people and world class products.”
Skerritt was appointed on the eve of the CTO’s first ever leadership strategy conference, which brought together delegates from more than 30 countries to hear from global tourism leaders. Sessions at the conference included security, taxes, new market development, aviation, destination branding and the growing use of social media to build a tourism brand.
By Linsey McNeill
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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