With a formidable profession that spans greater than 22 years, Dona Regis-Prosper brings an unparalleled depth and breadth of information and expertise within the tourism trade to the CTO.
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – The Caribbean Tourism Group (CTO), the premier tourism growth company for 25 Caribbean international locations and territories, has appointed Dona Regis-Prosper the brand new Secretary-Basic and Chief Government Officer. Starting her project on September 1, 2023, Regis-Prosper, who hails from St. Lucia, is ready to make historical past as the primary girl to imagine management of the intergovernmental physique.
With a formidable profession that spans greater than 22 years, Regis-Prosper brings an unparalleled depth and breadth of information and expertise within the tourism trade to the CTO. She has lived and labored in a number of Caribbean locations, and served as Director of Advertising and Product Growth of the St. Lucia Air and Seaports Authority; Director of Enterprise Growth for Margaritaville Caribbean Group in Jamaica; CEO of the Tortola Pier Park within the British Virgin Islands; and Basic Supervisor of the Antigua Cruise Port the place she is at present employed.
Chairman of the CTO, Kenneth Bryan, who’s the Minister of Tourism and Ports of the Cayman Islands, welcomed Regis-Prosper to the regional physique. “We’re extraordinarily happy to have Dona Regis-Prosper come on board to steer the CTO. Her huge expertise, strategic perception, and spectacular observe document within the tourism sector make her an distinctive option to propel our group into a brand new period,” he acknowledged, including that having extra ladies in positions of affect enhances the effectivity of the area’s main financial earner and sends optimistic messages of encouragement and inspiration for girls and ladies throughout the Caribbean.
A dynamic and transformative chief who has constructed and sustained a robust community of execs in each the private and non-private sector (working carefully with regional authorities officers, tourism stakeholders, and trade professionals), Regis-Prosper emerged because the best choice from a pool of greater than 60 extremely certified candidates. The rigorous choice course of included a number of rounds of interviews and a complete evaluation associated to addressing a few of the most urgent points confronted by the regional tourism trade.
Chairman Bryan disclosed that all through the choice course of, ministers, commissioners and administrators lauded Regis-Prosper’s transformational management model. “They discovered her to be progressive, forward-thinking, results-driven, and solution-oriented,” he mentioned, noting that her perspective on managing the local weather disaster was notably well-received, illustrating her deep-seated ardour for sustainability and her potential to develop sensible options to essential trade points.
Regis-Prosper takes over the group’s management reins from Appearing Secretary Basic and CEO Neil Walters, CTO’s Director of Finance and Useful resource Administration, who has been filling the place following the retirement of Barbadian Hugh Riley in 2019. The opposite two Caribbean tourism professionals to serve within the area’s high tourism publish embody the late tourism stalwart Jean Holder and Vincent Vanderpool Wallace, former Bahamas Director Basic and Bahamas Minister of Tourism.
Of her new position, Regis-Prosper acknowledged, “I’m deeply honored to have been chosen to function Secretary Basic of the CTO and am grateful for the belief and confidence the CTO Council of Ministers and Commissioners of Tourism and the Board of Administrators have positioned in me. I eagerly sit up for working with our devoted crew and various stakeholders to advertise the Caribbean tourism sector, champion sustainability, and proceed to foster impactful relationships and ship ROI for our members.”
With a Grasp of Enterprise Administration diploma, Licensed Skilled Marketer qualification, and important expertise in enterprise growth, technique, advertising and sustainability, Regis-Prosper is properly in a position to lead the Caribbean tourism sector right into a vivid and affluent future, Chairman Bryan asserted.
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