MEDIA CONTACTS: KTCpr Richard Kahn / R.Kahn@KTCpr.com Theresa M. Oakes / T.Oakes@KTCpr.com Telephone: 516-594-4100 #1082 CARIBBEAN HOTEL & TOURISM ASSOCIATION NAMES INDUSTRY VETERAN FRANK COMITO CEO, DIRECTOR GENERAL THE CARIBBEAN (Jan. 28, 2015) The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association – (CHTA), representing 32 National Hotel Associations across the region, has appointed hospitality and tourism industry veteran Frank J. Comito as the new CEO and Director General. He assumes the post March 9, 2015. As CEO, Comito will work to raise CHTA’s profile as the leader for the Caribbean hospitality industry and along with the CHTA Executive Committee and Board of Directors he will develop a strategic plan for the association that serves the needs of its entire membership comprised of over 600 hotels and 300 allied members. Comito replaces Jeff Vasser who stepped down as CEO/Director General at the end of December 2014. "Frank Comito brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to CHTA, most recently as Executive Vice President of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association and other organizations," said Emil Lee, president of CHTA adding: "Besides contributing towards the development of The Bahamas’ hotel and tourism industries he helped develop the landscape for individual Caribbean hotel associations during his volunteer presidency of the Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE), the regional association for our 32-member national hotel associations. We are confident that CHTA will continue to grow and gain influence as the voice for the Caribbean hospitality industry under Frank’s leadership." Comito most recently served as Executive Vice President of the Bahamas and Tourism Association, a position he held for over 10 years, and was responsible for guiding and managing the organization’s range of activities in advocacy, business development, workforce
MEDIA CONTACTS: KTCpr Richard Kahn / R.Kahn@KTCpr.com Theresa M. Oakes / T.Oakes@KTCpr.com Telephone: 516-594-4100 #1082 CARIBBEAN HOTEL & TOURISM ASSOCIATION NAMES INDUSTRY VETERAN FRANK COMITO CEO, DIRECTOR GENERAL THE CARIBBEAN (Jan. 28, 2015) – The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA), representing 32 National Hotel Associations across the region, has appointed hospitality and tourism industry veteran Frank J. Comito as the new CEO and Director General. He assumes the post March 9, 2015. As CEO, Comito will work to raise CHTA’s profile as the leader for the Caribbean hospitality industry and along with the CHTA Executive Committee and Board of Directors he will develop a strategic plan for the association that serves the needs of its entire membership comprised of over 600 hotels and 300 allied members. Comito replaces Jeff Vasser who stepped down as CEO/Director General at the end of December 2014. "Frank Comito brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to CHTA, most recently as Executive Vice President of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association and other organizations," said Emil Lee, president of CHTA adding: "Besides contributing towards the development of The Bahamas’ hotel and tourism industries he helped develop the landscape for individual Caribbean hotel associations during his volunteer presidency of the Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE), the regional association for our 32-member national hotel associations. We are confident that CHTA will continue to grow and gain influence as the voice for the Caribbean hospitality industry under Frank’s leadership." Comito most recently served as Executive Vice President of the Bahamas and Tourism Association, a position he held for over 10 years, and was responsible for guiding and managing the organization’s range of activities in advocacy, business development, workforce