Beginning next Jan. 31, Madrid’s Crowne Plaza Hotel will host the third edition of the Dive Tour Hall, a one-of-a-kind sample expected to be attended by representatives from top local and international scuba diving destinations.

Over 70 exhibitors –organized by Abando Dive Travel, a wholesaler/retailer specialized in planning trips for scuba diving buffs to any site around the world.

Paraguay’s 2004 International Tourism Fair will gather representatives of both public and private institutions from state members of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR is the acronym in Spanish).

Authorities have not circled an exact date for the tradeshow, the first of its kind ever to be held in Paraguay, sources close to the event’s organizing committee said in Asuncion.

The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Madrid will hold Feb. 1 the first fair ever dedicated to golf travel and real estate organized by Abando Golf Travel, a retailer-wholesaler specialized in trips to the world’s premiere golf destinations.

The 2004 Swing will gather the finest golf destinations under the sun, both national and international, as well as real-estate offers related to the realm of golf, the best 18-hole courses, equipment and everything that draws golfers’ attention.

The 24th edition of the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) –scheduled for Jan. 28 to Feb 1 next year at the Juan Carlos I Fairgrounds in Madrid- has turned out a reference event for those eager to be hipped on the ongoing situation of world tourism and travel.

The upcoming 2004 Holguin Tradeshow is scheduled for Jan. 19 to 25 next year in that province of eastern Cuba under the sponsorship of the Provincial Management Council, Cuba’s Chamber of Commerce, the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

The event that gathers all national businesspeople, plus representatives of tourist and trade companies, is aimed at boosting up efforts to replace imports and forge multi-company mergers, organizers say.

Thailand will host a couple of major events in 2004 planned by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). On the one hand, the Mekong’s Ninth PATA Tourism Forum to be held in the northern Thai location of Chiang Mai from March 26 through 28.

A few months later –from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1- the Thai capital, Bangkok, will put on its best bib and tucker for the 27th edition of the PATA Travel Mart.

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