CHTA publicizes 2nd cohort for Younger Leaders Discussion board

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA – The Caribbean Lodge and Tourism Affiliation (CHTA) has decided on an outstanding workforce of applicants for the second one cohort of the Younger Leaders Discussion board (YLF), Magnificence of 2026. Those prominent people hail from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, The Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos.

The choice committee, comprising revered business pros together with Sanovnik Destang, CHTA’s President-Elect and Government Director of Bay Gardens Accommodations; Paul Collymore, CEO, The Landings Lodge and Spa; Laudra Maurille-Willie, Assistant Human Useful resource Supervisor, The Landings Lodge and Spa; Anice O’Neil, Industrial Director, Bay Gardens Accommodations; and Vanessa Ledesma, CHTA’s Appearing CEO and Director Normal, conscientiously assessed each and every candidate to verify the absolute best caliber of contributors.

This system’s kick-off consultation follows Caribbean Go back and forth Market 42, held in Montego Bay, Jamaica ultimate week. This consultation will deliver in combination the categories of 2023 and 2026, at the side of executives from Nationwide Lodge and Tourism Associations, to proportion plans to empower and equip the Younger Leaders Discussion board contributors for good fortune.

YLF Focal point Spaces

The YLF program objectives to equip rising leaders with the abilities and data to excel in a unexpectedly evolving business panorama. Key spaces of focal point will come with:

• Emotional Intelligence: Figuring out and managing feelings to improve private {and professional} relationships, make stronger decision-making, and foster a favorable paintings surroundings.
• Main a Merging Body of workers: Addressing the demanding situations and alternatives offered via a various body of workers comprising Millennials, Gen X, Gen Y, and Boomers. Methods for efficient management throughout generational strains can be a number one focal point.
• Worker Revel in Enhancement: Spotting a favorable worker enjoy is key to provider excellence. This module will discover tactics to improve engagement, pride and retention amongst crew participants.
• Hospitality Ahead: Integrating era inside the business. This phase covers developments and inventions shaping the way forward for hospitality, making sure contributors are at the vanguard of technological adaptation.
• AI and Management: Exploring the position of man-made intelligence in management, from decision-making processes to improving buyer interactions and operational efficiencies.
• Procedure Optimization and Digitization: Delving into strategies for streamlining operations via virtual answers, expanding potency, and decreasing prices.
• Digitization and Our Groups: Creating methods to near crew talent gaps via focused coaching and construction systems, making sure all crew participants are talented in the most recent virtual equipment and applied sciences.

Mentorship Program

Along with those focal point spaces, contributors can be paired with iconic leaders from the business via a structured mentorship program. This initiative will supply useful insights, steering and reinforce from seasoned pros, fostering a tradition of continuing studying and construction.

Those spaces, with a powerful emphasis on other folks and era, are designed to arrange the younger leaders for the dynamic and ever-changing nature of the hospitality business. By means of combining theoretical wisdom with sensible software and mentorship, CHTA is dedicated to shaping a resilient and leading edge management pipeline.

Magnificence of 2026

The category of 2026 comprises:

• Ketrina hamAbra, Account Government, Barefoot Vacations, St. Lucia
• Stacey-Ann Albert, Human Useful resource and Operations Supervisor, Sailrock South Caicos, Turks and Caicos
• Matthew Barnett, Rooms Care Supervisor, Sea Breeze Seashore Area, Barbados
• Pleasure Bernard, Studying and Building Supervisor, Sandals Ochi, Jamaica
• Ashley Boxill-Rivers, Company Products and services & Advertising Supervisor, Barefoot Vacations, St. Lucia
• Layvern Daniel, Reservations Supervisor, Sailrock South Caicos, Turks and Caicos
• Pauline Francis, Advertising Supervisor, Bay Gardens Accommodations, St. Lucia
• Rhea-Michelle Isaac, Social Media and Gross sales Specialist, Sea Spray Cruises, St. Lucia
• Knishnal James, Reservations Supervisor, Bay Gardens Accommodations, St. Lucia
• Jewell Johnson, Reservations & Operations Supervisor, Caribbean Global, Jamaica
• Erin Joseph, Rooms Department Supervisor, Bay Gardens Lodge & Inn, St. Lucia
• Emeka Le Riche, Studying & Building Supervisor, Sandals Regency L. a. Toc Golfing Lodge & Spa, St. Lucia
• Juliette Laurore, Buyer Provider Manager, WINAIR, St. Maarten
• Deneka Linton, Reservations/Operations Manager, Caribbean Global, Jamaica
• Tessalee Moore, Particular Initiatives Supervisor, Barbados Lodge and Tourism Affiliation, Barbados
• Aisha Murrell, Accountability Supervisor, Bay Gardens Lodge, St. Lucia
• Lydia Padmore, Senior Rooms Care Manager, The Rockley/ Ocean Motels, Barbados
• Tanisha Rahming, Human Assets Supervisor, Convenience Suites Paradise Island, The Bahamas
• Chad Rowe, Meals and Beverage Supervisor, O2 Seashore Membership & Spa, Barbados
• Tamar Severin, Eating place and Bar Supervisor, The Landings Lodge and Spa, St. Lucia
• Kerishma St. Remy, Apartments Supervisor/Government Assistant to the CEO, The Landings Lodge and Spa, St. Lucia
• Eugenia Thomas, Visitor Products and services Officer, The Landings Lodge and Spa, St. Lucia
• Jason Todd, Bar Manager, Jamaica Inn, Jamaica
• Nikita Warrington, Gross sales & Advertising Coordinator, Ocean Motels Crew, Barbados
• Shani Watson-Holder, Amenities Supervisor, Mango Bay Crew, Barbados
• Yanika Yarde, Spa Concierge Specialist/Manager, The Landings Lodge & Spa, St. Lucia
• Winsia West, Meals & Beverage Manager, Blue Waters Lodge & Spa, Antigua

As well as, 3 CHTA crew participants will sign up for the YLF: Kjerstin Carlson, Communications and Advertising Affiliate; Tenielle Guppy, Member and Spouse Building Affiliate; and Latonia Knowles, Member Products and services Affiliate.

“I’m so satisfied to be part of a community of Caribbean pros in an business that’s riding our economies to the following degree. The Younger Leaders Discussion board is an excellent area to be informed new abilities to make the Caribbean tourism business even more potent than it already is,” shared Magnificence of 2026 player Pauline Francis, Advertising Supervisor at Bay Gardens Accommodations in St. Lucia.

YLF is a dynamic platform designed to have interaction and empower rising leaders within the Caribbean hospitality and tourism business. By means of providing networking alternatives, skilled construction sources, and mentorship systems, CHTA objectives to facilitate the development of younger pros and foster their contributions to the business.

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