THE CARIBBEAN is competing not just against the other regions of the hemisphere, but the rest of the world. So it needs some big ideas to develop and to compete. Our new feature, Caribbean Idea, will pose questions about the kind of out-of-the-box thinking we think the Caribbean should consider. And we want you to tell us what you think in the comments section.

The 19th edition of MITM Americas, Meetings and Incentive Travel Market and 5th of CULTOURFAIR, International Cultural Travel Fair, ended with great success this Friday October 4th in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Denver, Colorado, USA was today named as the host city for the 8thRoutes Americas event, which will take place in February 2015 and hosted by Denver International Airport, supported by Visit Denver.

Around 300 airlines, 750 airports and over 100 destinations are currently heading to Las Vegas for World Routes, the 19th World Route Development Forum, to discuss the future of air services across the globe in more than 8,000 pre-arranged face-to-face meetings and three high-profile conferences.

The FCCA Cruise Conference officially opened today, attracting over 1,000 professionals from throughout the cruise industry and the private and public sectors of cruise destinations, along with anyone looking to extend their contact base, reach, knowledge and business dealings in the industry. Conference attendees will engage in a four-day span of one-on-one meetings with the nearly 100 cruise executives in attendance, representing the 15 FCCA Member Lines.