USVIHTA Update | June 2022
Greetings Members,

Thank you for reading these and other important updates. Please remember to use the web link at the bottom to share with your teams.
You're Invited to a Reception to Celebrate the 2022 Edition of Visit! RSVP Today!
Visit St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix 2023 is Coming Your Way! Get Ready to Increase Your Reach!
Back by popular demand! Visit St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix is the best media buy in the USVI by miles. Can you afford NOT to be in it? Visit St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix is a high-quality, full-color upscale magazine that will be EXCLUSIVELY and prominently displayed in hotel rooms, villas and Airbnbs throughout St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix. By supporting our partnership with your advertising, you're also supporting USVIHTA!

Why advertise in Visit St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix?
  • It is the official in-room magazine of the U.S. Virgin Islands Hotel & Tourism Association (USVIHTA).
  • It is distributed EXCLUSIVELY and prominently displayed in thousands of hotel rooms throughout St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix.
  • It reaches all the overnight visitors in St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix, providing advertisers with access to a captive audience and the largest number of accommodations on the islands.
  • You will reach upscale visitors in the comfort of their hotel room or villa while they are planning what to see and do, where to shop, dine and more.

Sales Close: Aug. 16. Material Due: Aug. 23. Don't miss out on this great benefit of your membership! Inquire today by contacting Luis Sardinas at 305-497-0323 or Lsardinas@northsouthnet.com, Bobbie Bryan at 340-998-7025 or bobbie.visitusvi@gmail.com, or Garry Duell at 786-501-3434 or Gduell@northsouthnet.com. Read more.
The Strategy Group Can Help Your Business Take Advantage of the COVID-19 Employee Retention Tax Credit
Take advantage of the COVID-19 employee retention tax credit before it's too late. Business owners get up to $26,000 per employee with employee retention tax credits. If your business has been impacted by pandemic restrictions, you can qualify!
Congress authorized $1.9 trillion in stimulus in 2021 to aid businesses and consumers. This includes a powerful payroll tax credit called the Employee Retention Credit Program (ERC) that can potentially eliminate your business’ payroll tax or generate a cash refund. For most businesses this is one of the largest federal incentives available, providing thousands of dollars per employee. Most importantly, essential and non-essential businesses can claim this credit even if they took part in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) or other COVID relief.
Contact Rodd Goldman at The Strategy Group to get started - 847-204-7548 or r.goldman@strategygroupvi.com.
My Brother's Workshop Campus Thank You Reception Today
Please join us as we recognize those who have made this project possible. Tours of the campus site will be given, refreshments will be served and special announcements and recognitions will be made at 5:45 p.m. Please either park along the road to the campus or in the Home Depot parking lot. A shuttle will be running between the Home Depot parking lot (keep an eye out for parking attendants and signs) and along the campus road to the site between 4:30 and 7 p.m. For directions to the MBW Main Campus click here. Click the invite to the right to expand.
Bryan Williams Tip: Never Undervalue Yourself
One of the greatest gifts you can ever give me is to see my value. I've learned (the hard way) to never allow anyone to treat me any less than who I was born to be. And that is the standard to which I MUST treat others.

️I will value you...because you are amazing.
️I will value you...because you are unique.
️I will value you...because you are essential.

You've worked incredibly hard to be where you are right now. And I will honor that. With overwhelming gratitude in your heart, you must KNOW, with certainty, that your success is not a fluke. It never has been, and it never will be.

You've earned the right to NEVER undervalue yourself ever again.

Takeaway: Value others and insist that others value you.
Association Health Plans Available Now through Elan
The Hotel & Tourism Association continues to work to identify great opportunities for our members. We've recently signed an agreement with Elan Insurance Group to offer Association Health Plans. Click the photo to view the PDF version in your browser. The PDF lets members know about:
  1. This great NEW benefit
  2. Who is qualified to receive it
  3. How to get started

For more information, contact Omar Andres Haedo directly at omar.a.haedo@elan.insure.
Save the Date

Don't forget to share your special events with members today by emailing kaufmann.laurel@gmail.com.
Lisa Hamilton 
USVIHTA President 
340-774-6835