Minister for Tourism of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Josephine Connolly was nominated and elected as Vice Chairman to represent the British Overseas Territories as part of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) for a period of two years.
Connolly was in the Cayman Islands attending the CTO’s Business Meetings which began September 12 and ended on September 15. These were the first face-to-face meetings to be held since 2019.
The meetings included the Caribbean Youth Congress where a Youth Minister of Tourism was selected.
Miss Chelsea Been, the Turks and Caicos Islands Junior Minister of Tourism, represented the islands. She was chaperoned and coached by Blythe Clare Training Manager of the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board.
On Thursday the Turks and Caicos Islands will defend their title as Regional Junior Minister of Tourism. In 2019 Miss Danae Dennie won the Regional award as Junior Tourism Minister.
The delegation included the Permanent Secretary, Cherylann Jones, Director for Tourism, (acting) Mary Lightbourne, and Executive Assistant, Ms. Leandrea Missick.
They attended the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Caribbean Aviation Day on Wednesday, September 14 under the theme, “Recover, Reconnect, Revive”.
The Caribbean Aviation Day brought together industry experts, senior aviation executives, and government authorities to discuss the sector’s largest opportunities and key challenges across the Caribbean region with the aim of identifying how we can jointly rebuild a more competitive air transport sector in a post-COVID world. https://caribbean.loopnews.com
