The Grenada Board of Tourism has announced that Simon Stiell has been appointed as Director of Tourism, based in the island capital, St George’s. He brings to the Grenada Board of Tourism over two decades of accomplishments in sales, marketing and enterprise management garnered during his tenure at a number of international companies. Stiell holds an MBA from the London Business Centre (University of Westminster) and has previously served as both a member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Grenada Board of Tourism. Stiell’s initial appointment will focus on strategy development and a renewed organisational focus and he emphasized his plans “to bring strategic direction to the Grenada Board of Tourism that are relevant and achievable.”

City.Mobi

Also in Caribbean today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to Grenada.

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However, each city retains its own mobile identity via a dedicated domain. Already on offer are Brussels.Mobi, Paris.Mobi, Sanfrancisco.Mobi and Sydney.Mobi.

Grenada.city.mobi is the latest in this illustrious line up, offering click to call functionality – which means no scribbling down telephone numbers.

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City.Mobi guides include user reviews and traveller utilities such as a translation guide, currency converter, news and local weather guide.