Save the Date for the USVIHTA Annual General Meeting!

USVIHTA will hold its Annual General Meeting on March 9 at 10 a.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas. Members will hear from the association and its board members on HTA and industry updates. Gov. Albert Bryan will also join as guest speaker. During the meeting, members will vote on the Board of Directors. Please click here to view the 2023 Election Slate. Click here to read nomination bylaws. Thank you to HTA member Viya for sponsoring the meeting. We’ll be requesting RSVP information in the coming weeks.

Membership Mixer Feb. 23 - RSVP Today!

You’re invited to USVIHTA’s upcoming Membership Mixer on Feb. 23 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. at the St. Thomas Yacht Club hosted by the St. Thomas Sailing Center. Join us for casual networking, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Get a sneak peek at the 2023 Hotel and Tourism Regatta slated for May 13 as well as new corporate leadership and team-building programs from the St. Thomas Sailing Center. Attendees will also hear membership updates and have an opportunity to provide their own. RSVP to Lisa Hamilton at lisa@usvihta.com.

Town Hall Meeting for Employers - Feb. 21, 22 and 27

MPE Caribbean Report Newsletter: USVI's Return to CTO Recognized in Curaçao

The return of the U.S. Virgin Islands to the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) was marked with an official tie-pinning activity during the organization’s business meetings in Curaçao last week. In the photograph, CTO’s Director of Membership Services Faye Gill affixes the CTO pin to USVI Commissioner of Tourism Joseph Boschulte. Looking on are Anguilla’s Minister of Tourism Haydn Hughes (left) and CTO Chairman Kenneth Bryan, who serves as the Minister of Tourism and Transport for the Cayman Islands. The U.S. territory joins more than two dozen multicultural, multilingual country members as well as private sector allied members supporting the region’s tourism development agency.