Archive for August 2015

Want to learn more effective ways of operating your property, ways to train and retain your staff, how to create new revenue streams, and how to be more environmentally conscious and truly save money? All this and more is waiting for you at the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum! At…

Tommy Gala Committee: The USVI Hotel and Tourism Association is excited to invite you to join us on Nov. 14 for the 14th Annual Tommy Star Awards and Gala! We hope our members took the opportunity to acknowledge their outstanding employees with the highest tourism industry honor in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a Tommy Star…

Oct. 2-4: Caribbean Hospitality Industry Education Forum (CHIEF) at the El Conquistador Resort in Puerto Rico. Don’t miss out on the Caribbean’s largest educational forum created specifically for hotel and tourism businesses, large and small. This is your opportunity to meet and learn from the most innovative and knowledgeable experts in the industry. Click here…

The Cybersecurity update from Foley and Lardner LLP offers practical insights for managing cybersecurity across the enterprise with informative pieces about how you can keep yourself secure. Click here to read their newsletter and learn about the risks, steps you can take to prevent breaches, training resources and more.

Beverly Nicholson recently started her third term or ninth year as the governor-appointed Commissioner of Tourism. She and newly elected governor Kenneth Mapp led a delegation on a national promotion tour in the United States to raise awareness of the beautiful vacation destination with a strong eye on business development. “These tours help create a…

Pursuant to federal law, there is an exemption from the hotel room tax for all accommodations that will be paid directly to the hotel by the federal government or with a federally issued credit card, for business use only. Additionally, any person with diplomatic status that grants exemption from locally imposed taxes may present their…

The USVIHTA’s airline partners at Cyril E. King Airport have requested we remind members to instruct their guests to be at the airport three hours prior to their flight departure. Airlines can no longer hold the planes because guests are waiting in the customs/TSA lines. Click here to read a letter from American/U.S. Airways for…

BestHospitalityDegrees.com published an article in July entitled “50 Most Affordable Small Colleges for Hospitality Administration and Management 2015” with the University of the Virgin Islands coming in at #26. Article author Melissa Maypole wrote, “To develop this article, we consulted NCES College Navigator, examining schools with enrollment under 3000 students and offering an associate’s or…

While hurricanes pose the greatest threat to life and property, tropical storms and depressions also can be devastating. The primary hazards from tropical cyclones are storm surge flooding, inland flooding from heavy rains, destructive winds, tornadoes and high surf and rip currents. Employers can best protect themselves, their employees and their business from these hazards…