Louis Lewis Is New Saint Lucia Tourism Authority CEO

Louis Lewis is The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority’s (SLTA) new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). According to tourism officials, his former experience as a tourism consultant, economist, and data analyst made him an ideal candidate for the role he is contractually obligated to fill for the next three years. Lewis formerly served as the founding CEO of the Tobago Tourism Agency. The new CEO’s prior experience includes tourism consultancy for Saint Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos and other regional countries. He served as the Director of Tourism on the Saint Lucia Tourist Board from 2008 to 2017. Lewis also served as permanent secretary (PS) in Saint Lucia’s Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation from 2007 – 2008 and as PS in the Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs for over a year after serving as the Director of Economic Affairs within the same ministry from 2003 to 2006. Lewis said he knows the challenges most prevalent in the local tourism and global economic and social climate. The CEO explained that he hopes to use his expertise to create an environment where more Saint Lucians can transition from spectating the tourism industry to becoming “participants and owners”. “There’s a very...