Apr 8th 2021, 17:02
Petra Roach is leaving Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) to take up a new role with the Grenada Tourism Authority later this year.
She joined the Barbados tourism board in 2002 and is currently global head of markets and interim chief executive.
Roseanne Myers, BTMI chairman, said: “On behalf of the board, management and staff we say a sincere thank you to Petra Roach for her years of service and leadership.
“She has been a tremendous asset to Barbados for two decades and her contribution to the growth and development of tourism sector has been outstanding.”
When she joined the-then Barbados Tourism Authority in 2002, she worked with the UK team as vice-president.
Airport deputy CEO quits
Article by April 8, 2021
The deputy head of the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) Terry Layne has quit his post to take up new duties at the catering company that serves the airport, in yet another high-profile departure of a public official at the helm of tourism.
Layne, whose resignation as deputy chief executive officer takes effect at the end of May, is to move to GCG Catering, the Goddard Enterprises flight kitchen subsidiary that serves 24 locations across the Caribbean and Latin America.
Layne will be joining a firm of 3,000 employees that produces 23 million meals per year servicing more than 75 per cent of the world’s leading airlines and an extensive portfolio of 140 industrial clients.
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Two key figures in Barbados’ tourism have quit their top posts.
Head of global markets at the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), Petra Roach, yesterday confirmed that she had resigned after 26 years and would be taking up a new job, while deputy chief executive officer of Grantley Adams International Airport Inc (GAIA), Terry Layne, confirmed he would be departing May 31 and moving on to a new job.
Roach, who has had a distinguished career and has been the face of Barbados in global tourism markets, will be leaving the BTMI on June 30, a decision she told the MIDWEEK NATION last night was made primarily in the interest of her further personal development.
BTMI chief calls it quits
Article by April 7, 2021
Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Incorporated (BTMI) Petra Roach has resigned from the State-run agency.
Roach, who had been acting in the position for the past six months, said the decision to quit was not easy. However, while not disclosing what her next move would be, she said she felt it was time for the next challenge.
“They say that rather than stagnating when you have climbed your mountains, you need to look for the next challenge. And I certainly feel that I have the ability to choose my own path as a secure woman; and while it’s a difficult choice, I am humbled and proud of the example that my career set for women in the industry,” said Roach, commenting on her departure after nearly 20 years in Barbados’ tourism marketing sector.
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Grenada is expected to officially announce the appointment of Barbadian tourism specialist Petra Roach as that country’s new director of tourism today.
This was revealed in a newscast by the Florida-based CARIBUPDATE News Service which covers the Caribbean.
According to the news report, the announcement will be made in St George’s, making Roach the third CEO of the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) since it became a statutory body seven years ago.
Roach is the third successive non-Grenadian to head the authority and the second Barbadian to hold the position. The first was CEO of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association, Senator Rudy Grant, who was also the first head appointed to the GTA.