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New BHTA Board

July 6, 2023
3:09 pm

The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association has appointed a new board of Directors and Chairman.

The new Chairman-elect is Javon Griffith who will take over the role next year when the present Chairman Renee Coppin completes her two-year term.

Mr. Griffith is the General Manager at the Atlantis Historic Inn and the Sales and Marketing Manager for both Atlantis and Little Good Habour.

The other board members include Stephen Austin, Patricia Affonso-Dass, Jo-Ann Roett, Karen Capaldi, Leroy Browne, Mark Kent, Tania Wallace, Kavita Sandiford, Raymond Gill, Dr. Jens Thraenhart, Davina Layne and BHTA Chief Executive Officer Ryan Forde.

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