The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves will be the feature speaker at this year’s 26th Annual Caribbean Tourism Conference (CTC-26) on Saturday, October 18th, the final day of the gathering. He will speak on the theme “Recovery and Growth in a Fiercely Competitive Environment”.
“We are excited that Prime Minister Gonsalves has agreed to address us. His presence is a demonstration of his commitment to participate in the region’s efforts to strengthen the tourism industry,” said Jean Holder, secretary general of CTO.
The Brazilian Travel Agency Association will hold its 31st traditional fair beginning Oct. 22 to 26 in Rio de Janeiro.
This time around, the event will be highlighted by the 50th birthday of Tasso Gadzanis, the association’s chairman.
Authorities are sending out invitations to all professionals in the hemisphere and guaranteeing attendants free access to official functions and transfer to and from the airport and hotels at no extra charge.
For the first time ever, Spain will host the E-Tourism-Europe International Conference scheduled for Oct. 16 to 17 this year in Palma de Mallorca. This is one of Europe’s top events dealing with the latest breakthroughs, strategies and technologies linked to tourism and the Internet.
The main topic presiding over all of the conference’s debates and round tables is “how to establish a strategy based on future alliances aimed at improving promotion and distribution of different tourist products and services.”
La Hispanidad Marlin Fishing Tournament will tee off this week in the waters off eastern Havana organized by the Tarara Marina, an establishment run by the Cubanacan Nautica Co.
Nobel Dominguez, a marketing official at the marina, told Caribbean News Digital that a number of anglers from Cuba, Canada, the U.S. and Spain have already signed up for the competition. Planners expect to jot down fishers’ names from England and Italy.
The program consists of four competition days with an in-between day off.
The International Baseball Associated Federation (IBAF) will hold a couple of major congress in Havana prior to the 35th World Baseball Cup scheduled for Oct. 12 to 25 in the Cuban capital.
The first conclave –an extraordinary meeting- will get underway next Oct. 9 and attendants are supposed to discuss possible amendments to the organization’s rules.
The Havana International Fair has been coming around since 1983 under the sponsorship of Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Trade, the Chamber of Commerce and Havana’s International Conference Center. In each year’s edition, the tradeshow has gone stronger as a major linker in the promotion of exportable products and the strengthening of trade ties and partnerships.