Dona Regis-Prosper turns into first lady to guide Caribbean Tourism Group as Secretary-Basic, CEO

The Caribbean Tourism Group (CTO), the premier tourism growth company for 25 Caribbean nations and territories, has appointed Dona Regis-Prosper as the brand new Secretary-Basic and Chief Govt Officer.

 Starting her task on September 1, 2023, Regis-Prosper, who hails from St. Lucia, is about to make historical past as the primary lady to imagine management of the intergovernmental physique.

Regis-Prosper’s profession journey

With a 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. 

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She has lived and labored in a number of Caribbean locations, and served as Director of Advertising and Product Improvement of the St. Lucia Air and Seaports Authority; Director of Enterprise Improvement 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 presently 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 guide the CTO. Her huge expertise, strategic perception, and spectacular monitor 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 constructive messages of encouragement and inspiration for ladies and ladies throughout the Caribbean.

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Regis-Prosper’s management type

A dynamic and transformative chief who has constructed and sustained a powerful community of execs in each the private and non-private sectors (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 type. “They discovered her to be modern, forward-thinking, results-driven, and solution-oriented,” he stated, noting that her perspective on managing the local weather disaster was significantly well-received, illustrating her deep-seated ardour for sustainability and her potential to develop sensible options to crucial 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 put up embody the late tourism stalwart Jean Holder and Vincent Vanderpool Wallace, former Bahamas Director Basic and Bahamas Minister of Tourism.

Of her new function, 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 stay up for working with our devoted group 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 nicely capable of lead the Caribbean tourism sector right into a shiny and affluent future, Chairman Bryan asserted.

 

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