We sat down his Simon Suarez, President of Asonahores, who gave us details on the improvement of the Dominican Republic’s hotel industry. Mr. Suarez also assessed the challenges and opportunities for the Caribbean within the context of the shifting relations between Cuba and the United States.

Maru Acevedo is the Deputy Director of the Guatemalan Tourism Institute (INGUAT is the Spanish acronym) and she has a Vice-Minister status at international level. Mrs. Acevedo has occupied several positions within the Guatemalan travel industry over the past 25 years, so she’s one of the people included in the tourism history of that country.

A major tradeshow like the International Tourism Fair in Madrid (FITUR) always provides ample opportunities to talk with boldface names in the travel industry on a variety of issues. A good case in point this time around was Mr. Samy Mahmoud, chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Authority, who sat down with CND.

Within the framework of 2015 International Tourism Fair (FITUR), we talked to Petra Cruz, Europe director of the Dominican Republic’s Tourism Ministry, about the results and performance of the travel industry in her country in 2014, as well as the prospects on the road ahead.

Caribbean News Digital got this opinion from Javier Coll, Executive Vice President of Apple Leisure Group (ALG), the first leisure travel outbound company from the United States to set up shop in Mexico and the Caribbean. Mr. Coll outlined challenges and prospects in the region in terms of the industry’s complex scene on the road ahead. Cuba will have a role to play, he says.

Within the framework of 2015 International Tourism Fair (FITUR is the Spanish acronym) we sat down with Jesus Sierra Victoria, Panama’s Tourism Minister, who talked with us about the new policy applied by that country in terms of international tourism, the development potential of Playa Blanca and possible benefit for Panama related to the new context of Cuba – United States relation.