George Myers (hotelier)

George Myers (c. 1939 – 17 February 2023) was a Bahamian hotelier and businessman.

Background

Myers was born in Jamaica, where his family was in the hotel business.^[1] As a child, he worked in family-owned Miranda Lodge in Montego Bay.^[1] He worked in London as a management trainee at the Westbury Hotel before moving to the Bahamas in 1963.^[1]

Career

Myers was a businessman in the Bahamas. He was credited with playing a major part in the development of Paradise Island into a premier tourist destination in the Bahamas.^[1]

Myers was chair and CEO of the Myers Group which was created in 1992. The Myers Group owns the Bahamian

Quiznos Subs.^[1] The group previously operated the Radisson

Cable Beach Hotel.

Myers was executive vice president of Resorts International from 1977 to 1992.^[1] Myers served in the past as president of the Bahamas Hotel Employers Association, the Bahamas Hotel Association, and the Caribbean Hotel Association.^[1]

Death

Myers died on 17 February 2023, at the age of 83.^[2]

Awards

In 1998, Myers was given the government's

Silver Jubilee Award in recognition of "outstanding contribution to national development, in particular, in tourism".^{[citation needed}

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In 2006, Myers was awarded the Sir Clement Maynard Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cacique Awards.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, he was awarded the Bahamian

Chamber of Commerce's Achievement Award.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Leah Davis, "George Myers Named 2009 Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient", thebahamasweekly.com, 7 June 2009,
^ "Iconic businessman, tourism mogul George Myers has died". Jamaica Observer. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

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[chamber-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Leah Davis, "George Myers Named 2009 Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient", thebahamasweekly.com, 7 June 2009,

[2] "Iconic businessman, tourism mogul George Myers has died". Jamaica Observer. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

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