Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, is no doubt one of the most historical locations in America, the city that gave birth to American democracy with the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. In an exclusive CND interview with Fritz Smith, vice president of the Philadelphia Visitors and Conventions Bureau, our readers will learn more about the many options this lovely location on the East Coast of the United States has to offer as a travel destination.

Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, is no doubt one of the most historical locations in America, the city that gave birth to American democracy with the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. In an exclusive CND interview with Fritz Smith, vice president of the Philadelphia Visitors and Conventions Bureau, our readers will learn more about the many options this lovely location on the East Coast of the United States has to offer as a travel destination.

Over the past couple of years, RIU has kept up a steady pace as far as hotel investments are concerned. The company’s entry in Costa Rica, Aruba and Cape Verde speak volumes of its vision of future. “We’ve managed to go our customers’ desires one better and find out those places that can be interesting to them,” said Luis Riu Guell in an exclusive interview with Caribbean News Digital.

SuperClubs has been and continues to be a successful hotel project in the Caribbean and that’s owed in part to the inflows of guests from the U.S. and Canada –by far the company’s two largest outbound markets for its properties in several countries across the region. In an exclusive interview with Caribbean News Digital a few weeks ago during JAPEX 2008 in Kingston, Jamaica, Tom Anderson, Head of the SuperClubs Sales & Marketing Division for the American and Canadian markets, spelled out some of the plan the hotel chain has in store.

Bulgaria’s travel industry has been putting good numbers on the board over the past couple of years, yet local authorities believe there’s still a long way to go in terms of service quality in a bid to draw far more tourists from Europe. That’s the opinion expressed by Polly Karastoyanova, Executive Director of the National Tourist Board of Bulgaria, in this exclusive interview with Caribbean News Digital.

The Jamaica Hotels & Tourism Association (JHTA) has a longstanding reputation as an organization that welcomes local properties and international hotel chains to its membership with open arms as long as they abide by the guidelines established by the Jamaica Tourist Board. Right now, Spanish hotel companies and groups with major investments on the island nation are also pleased to be members of JHTA. About this and other topics, Caribbean News Digital spoke exclusively with JHTA executive director Camille Needham during the 2008 JAPEX in Kingston.