Barbados hotelier Patricia Affonso-Dass has become the new president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA).
The group general manager at Ocean Hotels, which has three properties on Barbados, was officially sworn in at the CHTA’s AGM.
She will continue to serve as chair of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Educational Foundation (CHTAEF).
Affonso-Dass, a graduate of Florida International University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, was born in Roseau, Dominica and lived in Trinidad and Antigua before moving to Guyana where she grew up. She has made Barbados her home for the past 20 years.
She has also been president of both the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana and the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association.
She will serve as president of the association for the next two years.
