Planners are giving the finishing touches to the fifteen edition of the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX), a fair scheduled to take place from May 2 to 4 this year at the Half Moon Resort in Montego Bay.

JAPEX came into being in 1990 in an effort to provide both wholesale buyers and tour operators with a professional framework for business exchanges and meetings in which they can cut deals with all major suppliers of Jamaica’s travel industry.

With a hands-on exchange of ideas and views on digital journalism in the new millennium, the International Seminar on Travel Press and New Technologies: Trends and Challenges, opened Monday with a turnout of 40 professionals from seven countries.

The Travel Press Circle of Cuba´s League of Journalists (UPEC is the acronym in Spanish), the Jose Marti International Journalism Institute and the Latin American Travel Press Confederation (CLAPTUR) joined hands to sponsor the event that´s scheduled to come to a close Friday.

Cuba´s 2004 International Tourism Convention will take place from May 3 to 6 at the Plaza America Conference Center in Varadero. This time around, though, technology and novelty will come together for the Cuban Fashion & Art Show, a major piece in this year’s convention.

At 10:00pm on May 2, participants gathered at the Bahia Principe Varadero Hotel will be seduced by a barrage of techniques, poetry, painting and fashion.

Cuba´s 2004 International Tourism Convention will take place from May 3 to 6 at the Plaza America Conference Center in Varadero. This time around, though, technology and novelty will come together for the Cuban Fashion & Art Show, a major piece in this year’s convention.

At 10:00pm on May 2, participants gathered at the Bahia Principe Varadero Hotel will be seduced by a barrage of techniques, poetry, painting and fashion.

Four-time Grammy winner Chucho Valdes has taken his jazz to the keys of Jardines del Rey (King’s Gardens), off central Cuba’s waters, that have turned out to be one of the island nation’s most sought-after destinations among travelers from around the world.

Mr. Valdes is performing at the Sixth Jazz Event, scheduled from April 26 through May 14, with a turnout of some of the globe’s best-known swing musicians.

Jean Holder, president of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and Ruben Silie, secretary-general of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) are chairing the Sixth Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism that’s taking place this week in Havana with a view to assess ways leading to the development of that travel variant.
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