JTB appoints Angella Bennett regional director of tourism for Canada
DONOVAN WHITE, Jamaica’s Director of tourism, has announced the appointment of Angella Bennett to the position of regional director of tourism, Canada, at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB). She will be based in Toronto and assumed her role in early April.
Bennett brings more than 20 years of hospitality sales and marketing experience to the position, having worked extensively in several markets, including Canada, the US, Europe, Latin America, and her native Jamaica.
“It is with great pleasure that we welcome Angella to the JTB team,” said White.
“Canada remains a vital market for Jamaica and we intend to aggressively push to increase our visitor arrivals from that country. Given her experience across the hospitality sector and her penchant for devising revenue-generating strategies to increase sales, she is well suited to aid the JTB in achieving growth in this important region.”
Bennett recently served as director of sales at RIU Hotels & Resorts, Jamaica, overseeing sales and revenue-management activities for 2,500 rooms across five resorts. During her tenure, she successfully opened five of the six RIU Hotels in Jamaica and, most recently, launched the opening of the Melia Braco Village hotel in Trelawny.
Earlier in her career, she served as Caribic Vacations Limited’s director of tour operator management, where she oversaw product development, quality control, and accounting management for a myriad of tour operators, including Airtours International, TUI Germany, DerTours, MiersWeltreizen, and Jetair.
Bennett holds a MSc in hospitality and tourism management from Revans University, United Kingdom; certification in Marketing from The University of the West Indies, and is a confirmed Fellow with the International Management Centres Association.