llEmilie Jessy Menos, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Industries, represented the country at State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC), which was held from September 17 to 19, 2014 in St. Thomas and the Virgin Islands. In addition to this regional conference on the tourism industry, Secretary of State Menos met with Mexico’s former Minister of Tourism, Dr.Gloria Guevara Manzo. The theme of the conference was "Achieving the Vision: Positioning Caribbean Tourism on Track for a Major Change".