New Chairman of Trinidad and Tobago Tourism Development Company

By: - May 16th, 2016

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Trinidad and Tobago’s Tourism Development Company has a new chairman.

The TDC has appointed attorney Richard Duncan in the position, following the termination of former Chairman Dennise Demming last week.

Duncan had already been serving as a board member of the TDC.

The TDC is the implementation arm of the country’s Ministry of Tourism, mandated to develop and market Trinidad and Tobago’s tourism product and improve local tourism.

The TDC’s management team is intact, led by CEO Keith Chin.

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