William Griffith
Managing Director, WCG Consulting LTD
A little bit about William…
Mr. Griffith, an Honours graduate in Hotel Management from the University of the West Indies, started his career in 1979, as a management trainee at Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados. During his nine years at Sandy Lane Griffith rose quickly through the ranks and held positions of Front Office Manager, Assistant Food and Beverage Manager, Food and Beverage Director and Director of Sales and Marketing.
Mr. Griffith was promoted by UK hotel chain, Forte Hotels, as General Manager of the Harmony Club in Bermuda in 1988, and was subsequently promoted to Executive Director in 1991, managing both the Harmony Club and the Belmont Hotel. In recognition of his outstanding work, he was voted Bermuda’s Hotelier of the Year in 1997.
He served as President of the Bermuda Hotel Association; President of the Hotel Employers of Bermuda; Chairman of the Bermuda Hotel Association, served on the Board of Governors of the Bermuda College, the Board of Tourism, as well as the Board of Trustees of the Government Golf Courses.
Mr Griffith was appointed Director of Tourism of Bermuda in August 2008 and served in this capacity until March 2014.
Griffith was appointed CEO of Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) in October 2014, the position he held until December 2019. He oversaw a historic turn around in tourism fortunes in that country to historic highs in 2019.
Mr Griffith was one of two Barbadians honored in the November 2016 special 50th Anniversary Independence festivities with a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by the Barbados Association in Bermuda for outstanding contribution to the tourism industry on that island.
In December 2018 Griffith received further outstsnding recognition as ‘Tourism Director of the Year’ by Carib Journal in their annual Caribbean Travel Awards.
Griffith, a Bermudian, established WCG Consulting Ltd in 2014 geared towards Tourism Marketing and Development with the aim to serving clients throughout the Caribbean.
How to connect with William and WCG Consulting LTD…
WCG Consulting LTD’s Website
William’s LinkedIn Page