Director of Everson R. Elcock & Company Limited, Adrian Elcock, is the new chairman of the Barbados Tourism Authority.
He is replacing industry stalwart Ralph Taylor at the head of the board.
Elcock, 41, a graduate of The Lodge School and Pace University, is a former deputy chairman of Barbados Conference Services and an immediate past president of the Optimist Club.
Taylor, chairman and chief executive officer of Almond Resorts Inc., who also previously served as deputy BTA chairman and president of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA), was appointed BTA chairman in March 2008 by the two-month-old David Thompson administration.
Full details in the MIDWEEK NATION