January 2017 | Business View Caribbean

48 49 R ecently, Business View Magazine talked with Frank Comito, the CEO and Director General of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA). The following is a transcript of a wide-ranging discussion that touched on many issues and ac- tivities in which the Association is engaged: BVM: Can you give me some back- ground on the history of the Associ- ation and how it may have changed and grown over the years? COMITO: “The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association was orig- inally called the Caribbean Hotel Association. It was founded in 1962, as part of a federation of national hotel and tourism associations in the region at that time. And we con- tinue, to this day, being a federation of 32 national hotel and tourism associations with all of our respec- tive memberships drawing from that number, as well as company mem- bers we garner from international sources.We have over 1,000 mem- bers today. It was founded, original- ly, to help market the industry and to work collaboratively on issues that The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association caribbean hotel and tourismassociation Serving and representing the hotel and tourism industry in the Caribbean