Fully devoted to specialized tourism –mainly to historic and cultural tours around Old Havana, a UNESCO’s Heritage of Mankind zone- the San Cristobal Travel Agency celebrated its eighth birthday last April 4 with a magnificent record of top-flight service and assorted travel packages.
Founded by travel company Habaguanex S.A. and attached to the Office of the City’s Historian –two enterprises heavily keen to the rescue of beautiful Havana- the San Cristobal Travel Agency operates with a mission to showcase this great and splendorous project to the whole wide world.
The 13th edition of the EXPOCARIBE Tradeshow has been scheduled from June 13 to 18 in Santiago de Cuba, the island nation’s second-largest city.
According to the Organizing Committee, the usual venue –the Heredia Conference Center- will provide Cuban companies and their counterparts stationed in the country with a perfect setting for showcasing their products and services, for jointly advertising their businesses and enhancing their trade ties.
A pair of top cultural festivals is taking place simultaneously in the north and south of Mexico: the Mayan World and the 2004 Zacatecas. With huge turnouts from the Mexican states of Yucatan, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Chiapas, the tenth edition of the Mayan World Cultural Festival will come to a close next April 11.
Summoned by the Chiapas Tourism Department and planned by the Palenque Mayor´s Office, the event is targeting the promotion of different travel destinations.
Jeremy Collymore, coordinator of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) suggested that Caribbean tourism leaders must recognize that the sustainable development of the region is influenced by how the tourism sector manages its assets and resources.
Preparations for the Fourth International Meeting on Cuban Nature Tourism (TURNAT 2004) - scheduled from September 23 through 29- are working on all six, said Eduardo Rodriguez de la Vega, the island nation´s tourism vice minister.
TURNAT 2004 will take place in Topes de Collantes in the central province of Sancti Spiritus. Planners expect a turnout of approximately 90 tour operators, travel agents, airline representatives and industry experts.
From April 24 to 27, the Caribbean island of St. Maarten will hold the 2004 edition of SMART, a regional workshop gathering all major hotels, tour operators, service providers and tourism bureaus from Anguila, Barbuda, Dominique, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Eustatius, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts and St. Maarten/St. Martin.
The St. Maarten/St. Martin Regional Trade Show (SMART) is sponsored by the St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association and la Association des Hoteliers de St. Martin.