Barbados Tourism Minister Named Chairman of Caribbean Tourism Group 

GRAND CAYMAN — Barbados Tourism Minister Ian Gooding-Edghill has been named chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Group. 

Gooding-Edghill was named throughout the CTO’s State of the Tourism Trade Convention. 

He’ll take over the function as chairman of the CTO’s Council of Ministers and Commissioners from outgoing chairman Kenneth Bryan, Tourism Minister of the Cayman Islands. 

Bryan exits the function after having helped lead the CTO’s rebirth within the post-pandemic interval, injecting new power into the group and cementing its function as a distinguished regional tourism physique. 

“I’m really honored to have been entrusted by my friends throughout our vibrant area to guide this group over the subsequent two years,” Gooding-Edghill mentioned. “I need to specific my heartfelt thanks to every of you for affording me this chance and for the arrogance you’ve positioned to me as I tackle this function. I’m conscious about the numerous strengths which were made below the dynamic and energetic management of our former chairman, Minister Kenneth Bryan. I can say with confidence and I consider members will agree with him that his tenure has reinvigorated the membership and introduced a renewed sentence of goal and unity to our group.”

Gooding-Edghill additionally counseled the management of Cayman Islands Director of Tourism Mrs. Rosa Harris, the outgoing chairman of the CTO’s Board. Andrea Franklin, CEO of Barbados Tourism Advertising and marketing Inc., will function Chairman of the CTO’s Board of Administrators.

SOTIC, the Caribbean Tourism Group’s annual high-level gathering, is being hosted this week on the Westin Seven Mile Seashore resort in Grand Cayman.