Caribbean Hotelier of the Year

The Caribbean Hotelier of the Year Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association, recognizes excellence in Caribbean hotel operations by demonstrating superior achievement in: Resort Operations, Food & Beverage, Marketing and Sales, Resort Maintenance, Staff Training and Motivation, Innovative Management, Environmental Practices, Community Affairs, and Involvement with National and Regional (CHTA) lodging industry associations.

This award is sponsored by Y Partnership and The New York Times.

Previous winners
2009 - Richard Doumeng, Bolongo Bay Beach Resort
2007 - Josef Forstmayer, Jamaica
2006 - Anthony Bowen, St. Lucia
2005 - Eustace Guishard, Anguilla
2004 - Robert Dubourcq, Sint Maarten
2003 - Berthia M. Parle, MBE, St. Lucia
2002 - Ewald Biemans, Aruba
2001 - Robert Sherman, Antigua
2000 - Peter Odle, Barbados
1999 - William Aguiton, Trinidad
1998 - Frank Rainieri, Dominican Republic
1997 - Stephen Sawyer, Bahamas
1996 - Ed Malone, Aruba
1995 - Ralph Taylor, Barbados
1994 - John Issa, Jamaica
1993 - Betty Sperber, St. Croix, USVI
1992 - Butch Stewart, Jamaica
1991 - Sir Royston Hopkin KCMG, Grenada
1990 - John Jefferis, Bermuda
1989 - Alfred Taylor, Barbados
1988 - Dick & Joyce Doumeng, St. Thomas, USVI
1987 - Ken Kennedy, Jamaica
1986 - Hugh Andrews, Puerto Rico
1985 - Richard Williams, Barbados
1984 - Lorette Resch, St. Thomas
1983 - Osmund Kelsick, Antigua
1982 - Jag Mehta, Jamaica
1981 - Heinz E.W. Simonitsch, Jamaica
1980 - George Myers, Bahamas
1979 - Howard Hulford, Antigua
1978 - Ike Cohen, Aruba