Frank Comito – CEO of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association quits from current role

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

The CEO of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, Frank Comito, has quit from his current position.

This move comes after Comito helped guide the association in view of the pandemic, along with several devastating hurricanes and a number of other global challenges facing the tourism industry.

Comito spent almost 40 years working for local and regional private sector organizations in the wider Caribbean region. He will now work as a part-time special advisor to the organization. Industry veteran and longtime CHTA executive Vanessa Ledesman will be serving as the acting CEO and director general of the organization in the meantime.

Comito said that the pandemic remained a critical concern, and that the Caribbean’s tourism industry “needs CHTA.”

He said, “Our work has a bottom line impact on restoring tourism and economies. While we immediately shifted course, adapting to the newfound needs of the industry, we have not lost sight of the long-game of CHTA’s ongoing viability and our role in continuing to support tourism’s development.”

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