Miles Mercera, one of many prime tourism administrators within the Caribbean, is stepping down, Caribbean Journal has discovered.
Mercera, who has helped lead Bonaire to record-breaking tourism arrivals since taking on again in 2021, is departing as CEO of Tourism Company Bonaire.
Tourism Company Bonaire’s board will start the method of discovering a successor “over the approaching months,” it mentioned in an announcement.
Mercera’s tenure included a brand new branding identification, the introduction of the brand new customer entry tax, new flight routes together with the first-ever flights to Bonaire from JetBlue and a powerful push within the occasions sector, together with occasions like the favored Bonaire Rum Week.
Mercera can be serving within the function via the rest of the 12 months.
“It’s with combined emotions that we announce my departure. I’m grateful for the belief and alternative I’ve been given these previous few years. As you possibly can think about, it wasn’t a straightforward determination to go away the group or the completed staff I really feel so grateful to have labored alongside,” Mercera mentioned. “The timing appeared proper to pursue different avenues and permit a successor to share a brand new imaginative and prescient or method. My focus within the subsequent few months lies on a easy transition interval and to finalize initiatives such because the 2025 Motion Plan, the launch of JetBlue and Corendon, the Tourism Summit in September 2024, and the execution of the 2024 Regatta Competition.”.”
