St. Maarten to Host International Conference on Caribbean Aviation

The fourth edition of the conference, slated for June 11-13, is hosted by the tourism authorities of the two sides of the island, and is supported by a number of major international aviation companies.

The Caribbean Aviation Meetup conference, “CARIBAVIA” for short, is a results-and-solutions-oriented communication platform for stakeholders of airlift which are the aviation and tourism industries.

The topics of the 30 sessions will vary from “Friendly Skies; Liberalizing Airlift in the Caribbean” to “Regional Airport Design For A Profit-Making Concept”, and from “Re-Energizing Destination Marketing” to “Training And Mentoring To Service A Demanding Clientele” and “U.S. Preclearance”. Essential subjects related to airports, air traffic, service optimization, destination marketing, tourism development and more will be discussed in an environment of interaction during the sessions and networking around the event.

Participants and will join the 3-day event from 24 countries/territories of North and Central America, Europe and Africa, as well as the various Caribbean countries. Participants are typically professionals of the aviation industry (airports, airlines, charter brokers, FBO, other aviation service providers), the tourism industry (tourism boards) and government authority representatives. Eight international aviation and travel journalists are accredited to cover the event.

The conference venue is the Simpson Bay Resort on St. Maarten, the Dutch side of the island, where the sessions on the first and third day, as well as the social events will take place. On the second conference day the sessions will be held at Grand Case airport of St. Martin, French side, and an exclusive ‘summit’ on luxury tourism for a limited number of participants will be held and hosted by St. Barth.

During the Awards Dinner, six professionals will be presented with the Sapphire Pegasus Award for their outstanding performance in the field of Business Aviation. There will also be Air Traffic Control Tower tours at St. Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport.

Source: eturbonews.com