Is there anything that the Chairman of the Board might have done to expedite decision making?

How could the committee decision-making approach have been more effectively engineered?

The 1950s was a special period in the history of tourism in Barbados. There was the passage of the Hotel Aids Act (1956), designed to stimulate the development of the hospitality sector, and the formation of the Barbados Hotel Association in 1952, a private-sector agency representing its hotel members’ interests. In 1958 the Barbados Tourist Board Act was passed.
This created a statutory corporation to promote Barbados tourism. In 1997 the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) Act was passed, giving the NTO a mandate to:
1. promote, assist and facilitate the efficient tourism development 2. design and implement suitable marketing strategies for effective promotion 3. make provision for adequate and suitable air and sea passenger transport services 4. encourage the establishment of amenities and facilities 5. carry out market intelligence 6. register, license and classify tourist accommodation according to the standard of amenities provided 7. register and classify restaurants catering primarily to tourists, according to the standard of cuisine and amenities provided 8. register and regulate such forms of service for tourists as the Minister determines 9. do such other things that in the opinion of the Authority would facilitate the proper discharge of its functions or would be incidental or conducive thereto.