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Confirmed: KB New Boss At BTB
posted (April 2, 2014)

Exactly one week ago, we showed you former BTL senior executive Karen Bevans going into the headquarters of the Belize Tourism Board to talk to Minister of Tourism Manuel "Juniour" Heredia about taking on the post of Director of Tourism. Bevans had been hand-picked for the job by Cabinet, but last week she hadn't said "yes" yet.  Well, she has now.  A BTB release issued an hour and a half ago confirms that she is the new Director of Tourism and that she takes up the job next week Wednesday, April 9th.

Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia is quoted in a release as saying "Her impeccable reputation precedes her and we certainly expect to see great things from her. "  Of course, we are told Heredia had little say in the matter, this was, as we said, a Cabinet call – since Heredia and his board's last two hirings for the Director post - resulted in abrupt and tumultuous resignations. 

Tourism industry types – who have come to look somewhat disdainfully on the BTB for institutional bloat and irrelevance – will be watching developments closely since Bevans has no prior experience in tourism.  She does have a stellar reputation as a telecoms executive honed in 25 years at BTL where she worked her way up from Administrative Officer to Chief Operations Officer.

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