ST.GEORGE'S Grenada, July 16th, 2012 -- The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism, is organizing a Forum for managers of small tourism enterprises as well as public officials in the tourism sector to discuss a number of issues considered critical to the survival and wellbeing of small hotels in the Caribbean region and important for strengthening their roles in the sustainable growth and development of the tourism industry.
The Forum, to be held in Antigua and Barbuda on July 12 and 13, 2012, will discuss a range of opportunities for small hotels to access important information on the provision of quality service, developing a culture of hospitality, social responsibility, marketing strategies, utilizing technological tools, introducing suitable tourist information systems and the effective use of social media to make their businesses more competitive.
The gathering will bring together representatives of small and medium tourism enterprises from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago. Richard Boon of the Timothy Beach Resort will attend from St. Kitts and Mr. Kenneth Skeete of the Mount Nevis Hotel will attend from the island of Nevis.
Starret Greene, the OAS Representative in St. Kitts and Nevis said that the initiative was part of the OAS’s Program for Sustainable Tourism and that the event was being conducted under the auspices of the Small Tourism Enterprise Network (STEN) project.
The OAS Diplomat also revealed that his organization had a long history of working in partnership with small hotels in the region that dated back to the late 1980’s. Mr. Greene explained that the OAS’s collaboration with these entities had resulted in bringing about improvements in their administrative, management and marketing processes.
The Organization of American States (OAS) is a multilateral political body with membership comprising 34 Independent Countries of the Hemisphere.
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