42    June 2015  - Business View Caribbean
        
        
          the group’s executive chef, but the balance of man-
        
        
          agement at each property is of local origin, Chatrani
        
        
          said, which helps positioning as a “traditional Barba-
        
        
          dian company.”
        
        
          The corporate headquarters facility is located in Bar-
        
        
          bados, but all sales, marketing and distribution ser-
        
        
          vices are based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
        
        
          “We know the product and we know the island, so
        
        
          whenever and wherever we can use local products
        
        
          and local services and local knowledge, we try and do
        
        
          that,” he said. “We like to be seen as that.”
        
        
          Additional sales staffs are located in the group’s pri-
        
        
          mary markets, which include the United Kingdom, the
        
        
          United States and Canada. The U.K. is responsible for
        
        
          about 70 percent of overall resort traffic, while another
        
        
          20 or so percent typically arrives from North America.