CHTA’S Chief Awards Open for Nominations

Sherrica Thompson

Staff Writer

#TheCaribbean, August 26, 2022 – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is calling for nominations for its Caribbean Hotel Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF) Awards.  This award recognizes best practices in four areas: business operations, human resources, sales and marketing, and sustainability.

The CHIEF awards, honour and celebrate successful practices that CHTA member hotels and tourism-related enterprises have adopted to improve the quality of tourism, which is the Caribbean’s major economic driver.

The awards are open to all members of CHTA or one of the region’s National Hotel and Tourism Associations (NHTA), ministries or departments of tourism, travel industry partners, online travel agencies (OTA), travel Intermediaries, trade press, CHTA strategic partners and sponsors as well as the general public.

Nominations should be submitted to CHTA and subsequently endorsed by the NHTA.  A panel of judges representing top industry professionals in their respective areas will review all nominations and make their selections.

Visuals, videos, charts, graphs, and other illustrative material are encouraged for inclusion with nominations. Submissions will be rated on approach undertaken, application of approach as a practice, and results achieved, and the judges will select three finalists with an overall winner identified for each category.

President of CHTA, Nicola Madden-Greig, said this year’s awards have taken on significant importance.

“The awards this year take on significant importance, especially coming out of two years of the pandemic and the level of skills that needed to be employed to drive recovery.  Being able to recognize our members at this time for their efforts will go a long way and allow us to share best practices,” said Madden-Greig.

Chair of the CHIEF Awards, Bill Clegg, said his organization is excited to have the awards ceremony after a hiatus.

“We are excited to be able to once again have the awards ceremony after the pandemic-related hiatus,” said Clegg.

The top three finalists in each category and winners will be announced at an Awards Luncheon during the inaugural Caribbean Travel Forum in Puerto Rico on Monday, October 3, just before the official opening of the 40th annual CHTA Caribbean Travel Marketplace on October 3-5.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, September 9, 2022.

For more information, visit https://caribbeanhotelandtourism.com/events-calendar/chief-awardsor  or contact CHTA at events@caribbeanhotelandtourism.com.