Meet
the team

Jacqueline Sybrandy-Held – Regional Manager

North America

“The island vibe, its people, culture, food and its total feel. I live where everyone wants to vacation.”

Jacqueline Sybrandy-Held will oversees the development and implementation of sales and branding efforts for the CTB within the North American market. In her role she is responsible for growth in tourism arrivals, management of the region’s team and provision of (statistical) management information.

Keenly qualified for the role, Sybrandy-Held has worked within the island’s tourism space since 2008 when she began her career at Floris Suite Hotel. Since then, she has worked at various hotels in Curaçao across departments including reservations, convention services, events, sales and marketing and most recently, as general manager at Blue Bay Hotel and Services. Prior to that she was Director of Sales & Marketing at Baoase Luxury Resort.

While she was born and raised in the Netherlands, her grandfather comes from Curacao. She has been living on the island for more than 15 years and call Curaçao her true home.

Contact details:

E-mail: jheld@curacao.com
Phone: +599 9 461-8200

Elaine Hart – Francisca – Regional Manager

South America & Caribbean

“There is nothing more special than sharing and selling my island, Curaçao, as an authentic tourism destination.”

Elaine started her tourism career at the Curaçao Tourist Board, right after she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, majoring in Tourism and Hospitality Management. She first started off in the Marketing Department, coordinating all the marketing and public relations initiatives for both the Caribbean and the South American markets.

Now as the Regional Manager of the Caribbean, Elaine has the amazing opportunity to manage the Caribbean region, i.a. further reinforce trade relationships within the markets, to achieve the primary goal of increasing the Caribbean visitor arrival numbers.

Elaine remains at your service for any questions you may have about our beautiful destination, let’s work together on increasing intra-Caribbean travel.

Contact details:

E-mail: efrancisca@curacao.com
Phone: +599 9 510-8081