Delegates from 16 Caribbean countries have descended on the Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman this week for the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference which starts Monday.
"It is a great honour to be the host country for this significant conference and we look forward to welcoming CTO and the delegations from the member countries to the Cayman Islands," said Hon. Kenneth Bryan, Minister for Tourism and Transport. "The CTO does vital work for the region, and this is an opportunity for regional Ministers and industry leaders to meet face-to-face to have key discussions as the region continues to recover from the pandemic and plan for the future."
While business meetings will continue as planned, there are some changes to the schedule as part of the mourning period of the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week.
"The countries and its territories are in mourning" Mona Lisa Meade, Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Tourism and Transport, Cayman Islands said in a media briefing. "It is as though a member of our family has passed away."
The following countries will be providing press briefings Monday:
Cayman Islands - Hon. Kenneth Bryan, Minister of Tourism
Anguilla - Hon. Haydn Hughes, Minister of Tourism, and Infrastructure
Barbados - Sen. Hon. Lisa Cummins, Minister of Tourism
St. Kitts - Ellison Thompson, CEO St. Kitts Tourism Authority
The Bahamas - Mrs Latia Duncombe, Acting Director General Tourism
Dominica - Colin Piper, CEO Discover Domenica Authority
Turks and Caicos - Hon Josephine Connolly, Minister of Tourism, Mary Lightbourne, Director of Tourism
Trinidad - Ms Carla Cupid, CEO Tourism Trinidad Ltd
Tobogo - Councillor Tashia Burrris, Secretary for Tourism
Saint Lucia - Hon Ernest Hilaire, Minister of Tourism
Nevis - Devon Liburd, CEO Nevis Tourism Authority
Belize - Hon. Anthony Mahler Minister of Tourism
Grenada - Petra Roach, CEO Grenada Tourism Authority
Antigua and Barbuda - Colin James, CEO Antigua & Barbuda Tourism Authority
British Virgin Islands - Clive McCoy, Director of Tourism
The organization's annual Business Meetings, hosted in a member destination, bring together CTO members to discuss and plan key items. The conference has been on hold for the past two years due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and consequently the 2022 CTO Business Meeting hosted in the Cayman Islands will be the first in-person occurrence since the start of the pandemic.
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