The Uncover Dominica Authority has named a brand new CEO to succeed longtime prime govt Colin Piper, Caribbean Journal has realized.
The island’s vacationer board has tapped Marva Williams to the position, efficient Aug. 1.
Williams beforehand served as festivals and occasions supervisor on the DDA, working to advertise and market main occasions and festivals on the island like Jazz ’n Creole.
She was most just lately the advertising supervisor at Digicel in Dominica.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Marva Williams to the crew. Her ardour and modern method shall be helpful belongings to the Authority as we proceed to raise Dominica as a horny vacation spot for guests,” stated Dominica Tourism Minister Denise Charles-Pemberton.
The purpose, Charles-Pemberton, is to achieve 500,000 annual stayover guests by 2030 — together with 1 million cruise guests.
“I’m excited to return to the Uncover Dominica Authority on this new place and sit up for working with the crew to develop our tourism sector additional,” Williams stated in a press release offered to Caribbean Journal. “I’m keen to steer the tourism business’s promotion, improvement, and regulation to drive socio-economic exercise and create a variety of alternatives for the broader inhabitants.”
