General Manager of the Antigua Hotels and Tourist Association Neil Forrester has been awarded by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association.
Forrester received Caribbean National Hotel Association Executive of the Year award over the weekend in Puerto Rico.
The CHTA recognized Forrester and three other individuals at the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF).
The other individuals recognized are Caribbean Tourism Employee of the Year: Andre James, Hyatt Regency Trinidad.
Caribbean Tourism Supervisor of the Year: Lissa Cuffy, Frenchman’s Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort and Caribbean Allied Member of the Year: William “Bill” Clegg, Choice Hotels International
In the release the CHTA said these individuals reflect the true spirit of Caribbean tourism professionals.
Forrester is the Vice President of the Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives and was recently named to the Board of Trustees of the CHTA Education Foundation (CHTAEF) for a three-year term.
Forrester has over 30 years of industry experience having started his career in finance with Hilton International and EuroDisney in France and then InterContinental Hotels in Africa before transitioning to the position of General Manager in Gabon.
Various positions subsequently took him to the Ivory Coast, Ghana and Texas before arriving in Antigua in 2001. He has been with the AHTA since early 2005.