Mr. Cline brings over 30 years of experience to this role as he owns and manages a scuba diving marketing firm, Cline Group, and has served on the Diving Equipment & Marketing Association (DEMA) Board of Directors as Vice-Chairman and many other board committees.
He was responsible for the annual Bahamas Dive Symposiums, a government-sponsored initiative which offers formal classroom training and hands-on diving experiences to promote the destination. The symposiums were attended by over 100 dive retailers, travel sellers, and media each year. Since his company’s inception, Mr. Cline worked with clients ranging from The Bahamas, including Stuart Cove and The Atlantis Resort in Nassau, to governments and private sector entities in Grenada, Barbados, Turks & Caicos, Cozumel, Mexico, Curacao, Aruba, and the Cayman Islands.
He has worked with numerous tourism groups and dive-related organizations throughout his career, including DEMA (2013-2023), Ministry of Tourism for The Bahamas (1990-2020) and Bonaire Government and Hotel and Tourism Association (2010-2012).