• Phone(242) 605-8126
  • Address209 Marina Lane, Sandyport
  • Open HoursP.O. Box N-7799 | Nassau, The Bahamas

Who We Are

The tourism industry plays a most important role in the Bahamian economy and the hotel sector makes a major contribution in this effort. The Bahamas Hotel & Tourism Association (BHTA) represents the interests of the country’s leading hotels and a large allied membership of companies that support the industry.

Meet our Executive Board

PAST PRESIDENTS

1952 – 1953 Reginald Nefzger
1954 – Frank McHugh
1955 – D. Murray Delahey
1956 – Wesler D. Keenan
1957 – John Cota
1958 – 1959 Denis S. Hickman
1960 – Reginald Nefzger
1961 – G. M. Anderson
1962 – Richard E. Slee
1963 – 1964 David E. Richardson
1965 – 1956 James M. Painton Jr.
1967 – 1968 Norman Anderson
1969 – Roy Maltby/George R. Meyers
1970 – George R. Meyers/Gene Barrett
1971 – Gene Barrett
1972 – Charles Schlakman
1973 – C. Schlackman A. Wilberg
1974 – 1975 Andres Wilberg
1976 – 1977 William Naughton
1978 – 1979 George R. Myers
1980 – Ron Overend
1981 – Michael J. Williams
1982 – William Naughton
1983 – Berkley Evans
1984 – 1985 Aaron Rubenstein
1986 – 1987 Michael J. Williams
1988 – Peter M. Krollpfeiffer/Michael J. Williams
1989 – Michael J. Williams
1990 – 1991 Robert D. L. Sands
1992 – Michael J. Williams
1993 – Stephen Sawyer
1994 – Stephen N. Sawyer
1995 – 1996 Robert D. L. Sands
1997 – 1998 R. Andrew Barnett
1999 – 2000 Dion B. Strachan
2001 – 2002 Barbara Hanna-Cox
2003 – 2004 Jeremy L. McVean
2005 – 2006 Earle R. Bethell
2007 – 2008 Russell M. Miller
2009 – 2010 Robert ‘Sandy’ Sands
2011 – 2016 Stuart Bowe
2017 – 2020 Carlton Russell
2021 – 2024 Robert ‘Sandy’ Sands

Bahamas Hotel & Tourism Association Lifetime Directors

Nettica Symonette
Anders Wiberg
William ‘Bill’ Saunders (Deceased)
J. Barry Farrington (Deceased)
George Myers (Deceased)

Past Hoteliers of The Year

Dean Spychalla
Gordon “Butch” Stewart
Stuart Bowe
George Markantonis
Russell Miller
Michael Hartman
Earle Bethell
Paul O’Neil
Paul Thompson
Michael F. Hooper
Alfred Gorlick
Iris Dillet
Barbara Hanna-Cox
Dion B. Strachan
Jeremy Macvean
Brendan Foulkes
J. Barrie Farrington
George R. Myers
Robert D. L. Sands
Ruth Pinder
Charles Pflueger
William Naughton
Stephen Sawyer
R. Andrew Barnett
Netica Symonette
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