The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is facilitating the training of thirteen service industry workers from Haiti in Barbados from April 15 to May 03, 2013, as part of the Bank’s continued support to private sector development in Haiti.

The participants in this training initiative are employees of six leading hotels in Haiti who will be trained in Food and Beverage Management, Front Desk Operations and Housekeeping at the Crane Residential Resort, which has over the last three years established itself as one of the regional leaders in competency based training and internship in hotel environments.

The training activities are, therefore, intended to contribute to filling the void created by a number of qualified persons who have migrated from Haiti after the earthquake, and to complement the limited training provided in Haiti due to the absence of a well-established hotel trades training institution.