Executive Committee | Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2020 – 2022
President
Pablo Torres, General Manager, Caribe Hilton
Immediate Past President
Patricia Affonso-Dass, Group General Manager, Ocean Hotels
Treasurer
Jim Hepple, Tourism Analytics, Aruba*
1st Vice President
Nicola Madden-Greig, Courtleigh Group, Jamaica
2nd Vice President
Gregor Nassief, Secret Bay, Dominica
3rd Vice President
Sanovnik Destang, Bay Gardens Resorts, St. Lucia
4th Vice President
Leo Garbutt, Calabash Resort, Grenada
5th Vice President
Bill Clegg, Best Western/World Hotels, At-Large*
Regional Vice Presidents
CTO Acting Secretary General
Neil Walters – Caribbean Tourism Organization
President, Caribbean Society Of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE)
Noorani Azeez, Executive Director, St. Lucia Hotel & Tourism Association
Strategic Partners
Neil Kolton, Interval International
Chairman, Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association Educational Foundation (CHTAEF)
Karolin Troubetzkoy, Executive Director, Marketing & Operations, Anse Chastanet & Jade Mountain
COMMITTEES & INITIATIVES
CHTA’s Standing Committees are charged with the tasks to meet the strategic goals of the Association. In addition, they make policy recommendations to the Board of Directors. Each Standing Committee has the support of a professional staff member of the CHTA to facilitate its work and to act as liaison. For full committee descriptions, please contact the CHTA Staff Liaison.
For the Committee Minutes click here (Members Only).
Advocacy
- Chair: TBA
- Staff Liaison: Frank J. Comito
Finance
- Chair: TBA
- Staff Liaison: Vanessa Ledesma
Marketing
People Development
- Chair: TBA
- Staff Liaison: Vanessa Ledesma
Membership
Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association Educational Foundation (CHTAEF)
- Chair: Karolin Troubetzkoy, Anse Chastanet & Jade Mountain
- Staff Liaison: Tracy Bell
Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST)
- Chair: Richard Williams, Richard Williams & Associates
- Staff Liaison: Frank Comito
Caribbean Travel Marketplace
- Chair: Karen Whitt, Regent Palms, Turks & Caicos
- Staff Liaison: Vanessa Ledesma
BOARD OF DIRECTORS – UPDATED LIST COMING SOON
ANGUILLA
- Delroy Lake, General Manager, Anacaona Boutique Hotel
- Joshua Torai, General Manager, Zemi Beach Resort and Spa
ANTIGUA
- Alex De Brito, Vice President of Operations, Galley Bay Resort and Spa
ARUBA
- Ewald K. Biemans, Managing Director/Owner, Bucuti & Tara Beach Resorts
- James Hepple, President & CEO, Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association
- Edgar Roelofs, General Manager, Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa
BAHAMAS
- Magnus Alnebeck, General Manager, Pelican Bay At Lucaya
- Stuart Bowe, Sr. VP & General Manager, Atlantis Paradise Island Resort
- Russell M. Miller, President/Owner, Castaways Resort & Suites
- Dean Spychalla, Managing Director, Valentines Resort and Marina
BARBADOS
- Patricia Affonso-Dass, General Manager, Ocean Two
- Rudy Grant, CEO, The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association
BELIZE
- Tessie Duran Tonaco, Marketing Director, Belize Hotel Association
BERMUDA
- J.P. Martens, General Manager, Grotto Bay Beach Resort
- Stephen Todd, CEO, Bermuda Hotel Association
BONAIRE
- Irene Dingjan, CEO, Bonaire Hotel & Tourism Association
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
- Romney Penn, Owner, Treasure Isle
- Louis Potter, Chairman, BVI Chamber Of Commerce & Hotel Association
CAYMAN ISLANDS
- Tiffany Dixon-Ebanks, Executive Director, Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA)
- Marc Langevin, General Manager, The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman
CURACAO
- Cedric Nubul, General Manager, Hilton Curacao
- Robbin Vogels, General Manager,Avila Beach Hotel
DOMINICA
- Gregor Nassief, Managing Director, Fort Young Hotel
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- Alberto Abreu, Hospitality Director, PUNTACANA Resort & Club
- Andres Marranzini, Executive Vice President, Asociación Nacional de Hoteles y Restaurantes
- Luis Rodriquez Amiama, Casa De Campo
- Joel Santos, Executive Vice President, Coral Hospitality Corporation
- Simón Suárez, President, Asociacion Nacional De Hoteles & Restaurantes
GRENADA
- Pancy Cross, Executive Director, Grenada Hotel And Tourism Association
GUADELOUPE
- Daniel Arnoux, General Manager/CEO Chairman, PDT La Creole Beach Hotel & Resort
HAITI
- Fred Pierre-Louis, Le Plaza Hotel
JAMAICA
- Wayne Cummings, Director, Business Processes and Administration, Sandals Resorts International
- Nicola Madden-Greig, Group Director of Marketing & Sales, The Courtleigh Hotel & Suites
- Evelyn Smith, General Manager, Tensing Pen
MEXICO, CANCUN
- José A. Rivera Campos, AMResorts
- Marissa Setien, Executive Director, Asociacion de Hoteles de Cancun & Puerto Morelos
PUERTO RICO
- John Bartholomew D. Brull, Principal, AWCI, Corp.
- Clarisa Jimenez, President and CEO,Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association
- Pablo Torres, General Manager, Caribe Hilton
- Miguel Vega, Regional Director, Holiday Inn & Tropical Casino Mayaguez
ST. BARTHELEMY
- Vanessa Panza, Association Executive, Association Des Hôtels Et Villas De Saint-Barthélemy
ST. KITTS & NEVIS
- Tara Hendrickson, Acting Executive Director, St. Kitts and Nevis Hotel and Tourism Association
- Richard Williams, General Manager, Ocean Terrace Inn
ST. LUCIA
- Sanovnik Destang, Executive Director, Bay Gardens Beach Resort & Spa
- Ross Stevenson, General Manager, Cap Maison
- Karolin Troubetzkoy, Executive Director, Marketing & Operations, Anse Chastanet & Jade Mountain
ST. MAARTEN
- Wyb Meijer, Executive Director, St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association
ST. MARTIN
- Claudie Nanni-Calvayarc, General Manager, Esmeralda Resort
- Stephen Wright, General Manager, Grand Case Beach Club
ST. VINCENT AND GRENADINES
- Kim Halbich, President, St. Vincent & The Grenadines Hotel & Tourism Association
SURINAME
- Sinfra Zaandam, Executive Director, Suriname Hotel and Tourism Association
TOBAGO
- Christopher James, MBE, Sales & Marketing, Chic the Boutique Hotel and Conference Centre
TRINIDAD
- Brian Frontin, CEO, Trinidad Hotels, Restaurant & Tourism Association
- Russell George, General Manager, Hyatt Regency Trinidad
TURKS & CAICOS
- Stacy Cox, Executive Director, Turks & Caicos Hotel & Tourism Association
- Karen S. Whitt, General Manager, The Regent Palms
USVI
- Richard J. Doumeng, Managing Director, Bolongo Bay Beach Resort
- Joel M. Kling, General Manager, Best Western Emerald Beach Resort
DIRECTORS FOR ALLIED MEMBERS
- Warren E. Binder, President, Creative Travel Consultants
- William “Bill” Clegg, Regional Director, Best Western
- Robert Clements, Vice President Regulatory Affairs, American Resort Development Association (ARDA)
- Lauren Funke, Advertising Director, The New York Times
- Richard Kahn, President, Kahn Travel Communications
- Javier Morales, President, Social Caddie
- Fatima I. Thompson, CHIA, Associate Director of Business Development, Hotels Caribbean & Mexico, STR
- Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, Principal Partner, BedfordBakerGroup
- Peter Vitori, Managing Director, American Airlines
DIRECTORS FOR CSHAE
- Brian D. Frontin, Trinidad Hotels, Restaurants & Tourism Association
- Gilda Gumbs-Samuel, Executive Director, Anguilla Hotel and Tourism Association
- Lisa Hamilton, President, US Virgin Islands Hotel & Tourism Association
DIRECTORS FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
- Niel Kolton, Director, Caribbean and Florida, Resort Sales and Services, Interval International
- Gabriele Zuliani, Group Head / Senior Vice President, Mastercard Worldwide
DIRECTORS FOR CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION
- Joy Jibrilu, Director General, Ministry of Tourism, Bahamas
- Hugh Riley, Secretary General, Caribbean Tourism Organization
- Dionisio James D’Aguilar, Minister of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism, Bahamas
DIRECTORS FOR EXCHANGE MEMBERS
- Carol Ayoung, CEO Executive Director,Caribbean Association of Industry & Commerce
- Annalee Bobb, Aviation Solutions Manager – Caribbean, International Air Transportation Association (IATA)
- David Jessop, Executive Director, Caribbean Council
- Sally Yearwood, Executive Director, Caribbean Central American Action (CCAA)
HONORARY DIRECTORS
- John Bell, Former Director General & CEO, Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association
- Jag Mehta, Director, Club Ambiance
- Alec Sanguinetti, CD, Former Director General & CEO, Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association
CHTA PAST PRESIDENT ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Click here to view a listing of all of our past presidents.
