'Minister of Fun' delighted at return to tourism

Wednesday, 12 March 2014 00:00

South Douglas MHK David Cretney says he couldn’t be happier with his posting to the Department of Economic Development.

The former Infrastructure Minister held the tourism top job for a 10 year stretch, during which time he established himself as the 'Minister of Fun'.

Mr Cretney recently revealed that he hadn’t enjoyed his last years in the Council of Ministers, and missed his time in tourism.

He told the station he's eager to start work on promoting the Island on the world scale aswell as once again working with the Villa Gaiety, and on his beloved TT:

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