At the Saint Lucia Hospitality and Tourism Association’s annual general meeting held on Wednesday, June 17, Skeeta Gibbs, Chief Executive Officer of the National Utilities Regulatory Commission (NURC), delivered a critical address calling for a fundamental shift in how the Caribbean island approaches tourism growth. Gibbs issued a clear warning that utility networks cannot be treated as an afterthought in tourism expansion, arguing that robust infrastructure must be embedded at the core of all future development planning.