El Salvador has been picked as the destination for the 7th Routes Americas event, which will take place in early 2014. Minister of Tourism, Mr. Jose Napoleon Duarte Duran, signed the agreement during a signing ceremony which took place yesterday at FITUR in Madrid.

CIT2013 will combine lectures, discussions, presentations of the results achieved through discussion forums prior to the conference. The International Conference on Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality will take place from 16 to 19 April 2013 in Valencia and Benidorm.

Prominent cruise executives, presidents and CEOs will host tables for an unforgettable evening featuring the unique opportunity to interact with some of the cruise industry's top decision makers. The 19th annual FCCA Gala Dinner and Entertainment Extravaganza will be held Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

College of Charleston graduate Nora Luce will help the Caribbean Media Exchange gather movers and shakers from the region's most important industry, tourism. The 22 year-old Luce knows CMEx well after receiving a fellowship in 2011 to attend CMEx's 20th conference in the United States Virgin Islands where media, government, non-profit and private sector participants explored the theme "Communicating for Clarity and Prosperity".

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services, is a sponsor of the 31st annual Caribbean Travel Marketplace (formerly Caribbean Marketplace), the region's biggest tourism marketing event for the hospitality industry. Organized by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) in conjunction with the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association, and the Nassau/Paradise Island Promotion Board, the meeting will be held January 20-22 at the Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

The 5th edition of CULTOURFAIR, International Cultural Travel Fair, will take place in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico from October 2nd to 3rd 2013, sponsored by Guadalajara’s Convention Bureau. Last CULTOURFAIR notarized evaluation made by the exhibiting companies, noticed the quality of its attending buyers and as an ideal forum to seek and obtain potential business.