Scholarship & Grant Awardees

It is great sincerity that I thank the Caribbean Tourism Organization Scholarship Foundation for believing in my dream of revolutionizing the Caribbean by selecting me to be the Arley Sobers Memorial Scholar of 2022.  …

I am pursing a Master of Science in Management with distinction in Marketing as part of the graduate on-line program at the University of West Indies, Anguilla Open Campus, with expected completion date of August 2018. I…

Thank you so very much for this generous offer, which I am pleased to accept.  With the 15% scholarship waiver I have received from the school, my yearly course fees will amount to €8,458.  In February we submitted the…

After receiving the CTO Study Grant, I was able to attend and complete the first year of my studies at the University of Technology. I made new friends and memorable experiences while focusing on my classes. This grant also…

For many years I have worked in the hospitality field, starting from a commi waitress at Sandy Lane Hotel where I learned what hospitality meant. Because of the training on the floor and in the dining room, I was able to…

My name is Crystal Hoyte. The place I call home is the beautiful island of Barbados. I attended the Combermere Secondary School and from there I went on to attend the Hospitality Institute of Barbados. I fell in love with…

In the summer of 2014, I made the difficult decision to take a leave of absence from my studies in Tourism and Hospitality Management at the University of the West Indies, Mona in Kingston, Jamaica. This was primarily due to…

It is an honor and privilege to be a CTO grant recipient. It is an accolade I take with great pride and appreciation.  This financial support allowed me the opportunity to complete my studies when I ran out of funding to…

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has helped me tremendously in fulfilling my goals through the attainment of the study grant which I was awarded. This study grant helped me to meet my financial obligations at the…

The financial support I received from CTO definitely made it possible to pursue my study of interest that otherwise would of been very difficult to achieve.  The CTO Foundation has definitely been and continues to be a…

I decided to pursue a BA (Hons) International Hospitality and Tourism Management in an effort to increase my educational, professional and personal development and to create better opportunities to be qualified and…

With over 18+ years of experience in sustainable tourism, training, human resources development, and administration, Davina Layne currently serves as Executive Director of the Intimate Hotels of Barbados. Davina has worked…