The London World Travel Market (WTM 2005) is marking its 25th anniversary with a bang. The event –scheduled from Nov. 8 to 11 in the British capital- has logged a new record of attendants, many of them from the Caribbean region, at the roomy ExCel Fairgrounds. Organizers said the world’s largest fair of the travel and tourism industry has this time around provided 39,000 square yards of exhibition space for over 5,000 companies from some 190 countries.

The Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV´2004), concluded Sunday with a favorable outcome for the Cuban economy, allowing several transactions estimated at over 193 million dollars. The event´s organizing committee informed that the mentioned figure includes 7 million dollars in exports, through letters of intent that should be signed in the coming few months. Similarly, Cuban companies reached agreements for the export of goods and services valued at over 26 million dollars, complying with the official strategy to diversify exports.

Gorgeous Acapulco will be home to next year’s Mexico Travel Market, a highly specialized business powwow that gather buyers and providers of tourist services through prearranged contacts and meetings for two and a half days. The 30th edition of the Mexico Travel Market will bring together 450 companies and over a thousand buyers hailing from different countries around the globe.

Some 500 folkloric parades for tourists take place in Bolivia’s La Paz every year. That’s also the name of a luring proposal the South American nation is unveiling this week at the World Travel Market in London. Teresa Chavez, tourism director of La Paz Mayor’s Office, explained the nation’s capital holds some 500 of these colorful and music-laden folkloric parades every year, including the Carnival, the University Pageant and the Great Power Party.

The London World Travel Market (WTM 2005) is marking its 25th anniversary with a bang. The event that closed on Thursday 11th in the British capital- has logged a new record of attendants, many of them from the Caribbean region, at the roomy ExCel Fairgrounds. Organizers said the world’s largest fair of the travel and tourism industry has this time around provided 39,000 square yards of exhibition space for over 5,000 companies from some 190 countries.

With the coordination of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and prior to the grand opening of London’s World Travel Market –the second largest fair of its kind on the face of the earth- the European Marketing Forum, featuring numerous Caribbean executives and entrepreneurs, will get cracking on November 9. The event will be attended by regional tourism ministers, commissioners and directors who are supposed to have an overall insight of the European market and discuss such major issues for their industry as long-haul travel on the heels of one of the toughest periods this sector has ever endured, explained Julia Hendry, CTO marketing chief for Europe.