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Karolin Troubetzkoy

Chair

Karolin Troubetzkoy, is the Executive Director, Marketing and Operations of Anse Chastanet and Jade Mountain Resorts in Soufriere, Saint Lucia. She served as President of the Saint Lucia Hospitality and Tourism Association (SLHTA) for 4 terms. During her presidency, Mrs Troubetzkoy was able to gain support from the hotel sector to establish the Saint Lucia Tourism Enhancement Fund and served as chairperson of this fund for several years. She was a board member of the Saint Lucia Tourist Board and the Chairperson of the Tourist Board Marketing Committee for many years and also played a regional role with the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA). In 2014, Mrs Troubetzkoy re- energized CAST (Caribbean Alliance of Sustainable Tourism) and serves as deputy chair of this CHTA initiative. From 2016-2018, Mrs. Troubetzkoy served as President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), only the second woman to serve as President in CHTA’s 50+ year history. Since 2019, she serves as Chairperson of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation. In Jan 2019, she was appointed Envoy to the Caribbean Challenge Initiative to bring awareness and build up resilience of the marine and coastal resources in the Caribbean. In July 2020, she became the Chairperson of the Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund and in this capacity, joined the board of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund. In April 2022, she was appointed to the Board of Directors of GLISPA ( Global Island Partnership). In 2022, Mrs. Troubetzkoy was appointed as the first female Chair for the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund. She is the Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Saint Lucia and is a citizen of Saint Lucia where she has lived for the past 40 years. On May 24, 2019, the Federal Republic of Germany bestowed on Karolin the Order of Merit to acknowledge her work as Honorary Consul and her volunteer leadership in Saint Lucia and the Caribbean to promote sustainable operations, building resilience, and mitigating the effects of climate change.
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