Scores of consumers were treated to lively Caribbean music, daily prize draws, Salsa and Merengue workshops, headscarf binding and Rasta hair plaiting at the recent annual Dutch Holiday Fair in Utrecht.
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) coordinated a program at the event for the tourist boards of Aruba, Bonaire, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Maarten, St. Martin, St. Kitts, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Anguilla, Saba and St. Eustatius.
An international colloquium on the Caribbean’s cultural diversity will take place from February 9 to 13 in Havana in an effort to discuss about the different cultural processes going on in the region. The event is sponsored by the House of the Americas and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The Herradura Hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica, will be the perfect venue for the First Symposium, Workshop and Exhibition on Event Standardization, an event planned with a view to suggest applicable standards to specific cultures and circumstances both in Latin America and elsewhere around the globe.
Under a slogan reading Latin America as an Event Destination - Assessment and Perspectives, the 21st Latin American Congress of the Confederation of Latin American Congress and Related Event Organizers (COCAL) will unfold from March 1 to 4 at the Sheraton Lima Hotel & Casino in Peru.
Targeting companies and institutions linked to the organization of events, state-run entities, airlines, hotels and conference centers, this gathering serves as a peerless opportunity for VIP professionals in the business to exchange views and experiences on the matter.
The Cuba destination ranks among the top five spots for Copa Airlines Conventions, a division of the Panamanian air carrier founded in 2002 to transport attendants to meetings, conventions and other events in the Americas, said Aida Abreu, an executive with Copa Airlines in Havana.
Mrs. Abreu explained that this year her company will act as an official carrier in sixteen different events to be held in Cuba, even though they’re working right now to add more meetings to the list.
More than 450 exhibitors from as many as 30 nations have confirmed their attendance to the 23rd Travel Marketplace of the National Travel Agencies Association of Colombia (ANATO is the acronym in Spanish), said Omar Riveros, head of mass media and public relations for the event’s organizing committee.