CHTA CELEBRATES THE LIFE OF ICONIC CARIBBEAN HOTELIER
Tributes pour in following the passing of Professor Heinz Simonitsch, CD MIAMI (July 20, 2020) – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) saluted legendary hotelier Professor Heinz Simonitsch, CD, who passed away over the weekend, as the foremost pioneer of sustainable tourism development in the region. “Professor Heinz was a pioneer in […]
CHTA Honors the Memory of Barbara Furey
Barbara Furey, a publishing specialist and long-time supporter and contributor to the promotion and marketing of the Caribbean region, has died from complications following a short illness. She was 76 years of age. She worked alongside her partner and husband, James Furey, for more than 40 years representing the interests of the Caribbean in an […]
CHTA Remembers… Raymond Joseph
Chefs, food aficionados and food & beverage industry professionals alike bid a mournful farewell to Chef Raymond Joseph who died of cancer over the weekend of July 8th. Members of the Trinidad and Tobago National Culinary Team, which Joseph formerly led, attended his funeral. Born and grown in Snake Valley, Laventille, the youngest of five […]
La CHTA Lamenta el Fallecimiento de Hugh Cresser
Hugh Cresser fue un experto en turismo sostenible y en el desarrollo de empresas rurales en su país natal, Jamaica, y a través de toda la región caribeña. Desempeñó una función muy importante para formalizar la colaboración de la CHTA y el Programa Caribeño de Energía Limpia de USAID. Hugh comenzó su carrera en sostenibilidad […]
CHTA Mourns the Passing of Mr. Hugh Cresser
Hugh Cresser, was an expert in sustainable tourism and rural enterprise development in his native Jamaica and throughout the Caribbean. He was also played an invaluable role in the partnership of CHTA and USAID Caribbean Clean Energy Program. Hugh came upon his career in environmental sustainability “by accident,” he says. After earning both a bachelor’s […]
In Memoriam
CHTA Mourns the Loss of Mr. Andre Niederhauser It is with great sadness that we share the news of the sudden death of Andre Niederhauser this past Tuesday, October 11th on a motorcycle accident in Panama. Andre will always be remembered as a pioneer in Caribbean cuisine but more importantly his legacy will continue as […]