Wrapping up the Caribbean Marketplace –formerly known as the CHA Marketplace- with flying colors in Puerto Rico’s San Juan, the Caribbean Hotels Association (CHA) is now locking on the 2004 World Tourism Fair scheduled for later this month in Spain’s Madrid.
The findings of a European Union study of the investment opportunities in the tourism sector in the Caribbean will highlight the annual tripartite meeting between government, industry, and the investment community at the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC 2004) in May, according to the organisers.
The eighth annual CHTIC conference from May 11-13 will be held in Jamaica and is being organised by the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) in conjunction with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Burba Hotel
Colombia’s potentials as a travel destination will be showcased during the 23rd edition of the ANATO Fair, the country’s number-one tourist tradeshow scheduled for Bogota and beginning next February 23.
The three-day event will open up a window of opportunity to peek at what the region has to offer in terms of leisure and hospitality, let alone being a perfect setting for contacts and business operations in the face of a new year.
Back in 2003, some 397 exhibitors and 9,000 professionals from 27 nations turned up at the ANATO Fair.
Organizers of the 2004 International Tourism Fair –the world’s first top event of the year for the leisure industry- hope to set a new record high of attendants. FITUR will take place at the Juan Carlos I Fairgrounds from January 28 to February 1.
Cuba’s 2004 Tourism Convention –scheduled for May 3 to 6 in Varadero- will this time around be devoted to portray culture as a tourist product and to highlight the Jardines del Rey destination, said Martha Maiz, the island nation’s tourism vice minister. The United Kingdom will be this year’s guest country.
Tour operators, travel agencies, airlines, media organizations, industry professionals and tourist institutions will take advantage of this magnificent opportunity to exchange views and unveil new lines of products and services.
The International Tourism Fair (ITF) will take place in Paraguay with an anticipated massive turnout of organizations related to the MERCOSUR and the rest of the region, though a definitive date is yet to be determined, sources close to the organizing committee explained.
The country’s National Tourism Office (SENATUR is the acronym in Spanish) and the Paraguayan Touring and Automobile Club (PTAC) pledged to plan and organize the event on the heels of an cooperation agreement signed among a number of agencies in December.