U.S., June 5 -- Saint Lucia's principal tourism private sector agency, the Saint Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association (SLHTA), is working to nurture entrepreneurship in Saint Lucia. The Association, which is responsible for facilitating tourism sector development and management, is continuing to dispel the notion that it caters solely to hotels and established companies, by fostering linkages with local entities who possess the potential for strengthening the country's tourism product and widening the reach of the tourism dollar. A testament to this is the agency's partnership with young prodigy, Martin Hanna, the mastermind behind the technology-based business "Penny Pinch."

Martin Hanna is a 19-year-old resident of Rodney Bay, whose goa...