Richard Doumeng, Managing Director of Bolongo Bay Beach Resort on St. Thomas, takes office as President of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) and has set his agenda to reinvigorate and reinvent the CHTA by strengthening its individual National Hotel Associations. Doumeng,a second-generation hotelier and past recipient of the CHTA Caribbean Hotelier of the Year award, takes the helm of the CHTA as the organization celebrates its 50th anniversary. He officially takes office as President for a two-year term (2012 – 2014) at the CHTA Annual General Meeting held on June 14, 2012 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. During the meeting, the CHTA will elect the five Vice Presidents and Treasurer who will serve with Doumeng during his presidency. His goals for the next two years are to: return CHTA to strong fiscal responsibility, focus CHTA’s energy and resources on programs and events that benefit the majority of the membership, strengthen the improved relationship between CHTA and the Caribbean Tourism Organization through the Caribbean Tourism Development Company, continue the CHTA advocacy awareness with the Tourism is Key campaign, enhance the Taste of the Caribbean Culinary Competition,