London 6th September 2010 - Sian Foster, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Head of Business and Sustainability and Nathan Stower, Virgin Atlantic Airways Manager of External and Parliamentary Liaison met the senior Caribbean delegation in London today as part of the concerted push to lobby the British government against the Air Passenger Duty.
Attendees at the meeting included
Hon. John Maginley MP, Minister of Tourism Civil Aviation and Culture for Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation
Hugh Riley, Secretary General, Caribbean Tourism Organisation
His Excellency Tony Johnson, High Commissioner JamaicaHon. Edmund Bartlett MP, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
David Jessop Managing Director, The Caribbean Council
John Lynch, Director of Tourism, JamaicaSenator the Hon. Allen Chastanet, Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation,St Lucia
His Excellency Hugh Anthony Arthur, Barbados High Commission
Nathan Stower, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Manager of External and Parliamentary Liaison
Sian Foster Virgin Atlantic Airways, Head of Business and Sustainability
Stephanie Whittle, Director Programmes and Business Development, The Caribbean Council
Senator the Hon. Richard Skerritt, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, St Kitts and Nevis
Hon. Glynis Roberts MP, Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Grenada
Debbie Hindle and Ruth Haffenden at bgb Tel: 020 902 2990. email dhindle@bgb.co.uk, rhaffenden@bgb.co.uk
The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), with headquarters in Barbados and marketing operations in New York, London and Toronto, is the Caribbean’s tourism development agency and comprises membership of over 30 governments and a myriad of private sector entities. The CTO’s mission is to provide to and through its members, the services and information needed for the development of sustainable tourism for the economic and social benefit of the Caribbean people. The organisation provides specialised support and technical assistance to member countries in the areas of marketing, human resource development, research and statistics, information technology and sustainable tourism development. The CTO disseminates information on behalf of its member governments to consumers and the travel trade.
CTO’s London office is located at 22 The Quadrant, Richmond TW9 1BP, UK. Tel: + 44 20 8948 0057; Fax: +44 208 948 0067; Email: ctolondon@caribtourism.com; CTO’s New York office is located at 80 Broad Street, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10004, USA; Tel: +1 (212) 635-9530; Fax: +1 (212) 635-9511; Email: ctony@caribtourism.com. CTO Headquarters is located at One Financial Place, Collymore Rock, St. Michael, Barbados; Tel: +1 (246) 427-5242; Fax: +1 (246) 429-3065; Email: ctobarbados@caribtourism.com.
For more information, please visit www.caribbean.co.uk or www.onecaribbean.org Get the latest CTO updates on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ctotourism or connect with CTO on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTourismOrganisation.
