BTMI announces new chairman
Article by February 13, 2021
On Friday, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, announced the appointment of longstanding tourism practitioner, Roseanne Myers, to Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) and Barbados Tourism Product Authority (BTPA).
Myers brings 39 years’ experience to the table as she takes up the post, with the mandate to build and execute a revamped tourism framework that will competitively position Destination Barbados coming out of COVID-19.
Speaking on the new appointment, Cummins expressed, “This is a critical time for tourism and we need our best thinkers on economics, investment, business, trade, social policy and industrial relations, education, international and community development. We need our youth, entrepreneurs and every single stakeholder all together at the table of policy development and implementation. Mrs. Myers is an