Jamaica Appoints New Tourism Director

Basil H. Smith has been picked to fill the position of Director of Tourism of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB).

Mr. Smith, a Jamaican national, whose term as head of the country´s tourism marketing agency will commence officially on November 1, brings with him many years of tourism and marketing experience.

Mr. Smith was formerly executive vice president of the Bahamas Hotel Association from 2001-2003. Before that he was managing director of the public relations agency Creative Projects Ltd. in Jamaica from 1997 to 1999.

In the course of his career, he has also held the positions of partner and senior vice-president of The Counsellors Ltd., the leading marketing firm in the Bahamas, worked as the special assistant to the Minister of the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, and with Jamaica Information Service, Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, and the Bahamas News Bureau.