CHTA and USVIHTA Ready for Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum in October

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…

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Committee Updates

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…

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Save the Date

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…

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Cybersecurity Newsletter

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.

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Tourism Commissioner Sees U.S. Virgin Islands Business Development, Infrastructure as Key to Jobs and Tourism

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…

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Government Per Diem for U.S. Virgin Islands

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…

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Airport Cut-off Times for Departing Guests

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…

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UVI Makes “50 Most Affordable Small Colleges for Hospitality Administration and Management 2015” List

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…

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OSHA Update: Hurricane Preparedness

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…

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14th Annual Tommy Star Awards & Gala

The annual Tommy Star Awards recognize hospitality employees for excellence and dedication. This is a major black tie event and that gives the HTA and it’s members a chance to highlight and showcase the work of their staffs throughout the tourism industry. This years event will take place on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at the Frenchman’s Reef…

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