Annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference Slated for April in Bermuda

With record breaking attendance and more than $100 billion in investment in the Caribbean announced at the 2008 convention, the 13th Annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) seeks to build on this momentum and broaden the investment interest in the region.

Slated for April 14-16, 2009 at the Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda, CHTIC will bring together hoteliers, tourism officials, developers, bankers and other lenders to discuss and plan investment strategies for the Caribbean.

The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA), the event’s organizer, is developing the conference program to include vital topics impacting today’s tourism marketplace.

Session topic subjects will include outlook for the Caribbean, investing in the Caribbean, managing debt while building a hotel in today’s economy, asset management and value preservation, and putting together the timeshare-fractional deals, among other topics.

“As demonstrated at last year’s CHTIC, there is a strong interest in investing in the Caribbean region and we are providing a forum for investors to hear about the opportunities available within our countries,” said Enrique De Marchena, president of CHTA. “Stakeholders attending CHTIC will hear about important ways in which they can develop their business from greening their hotel and destination to managing their assets and property value,” he added.

CHTA will open registrations for CHTIC on Feb. 1, 2009 and has an early registration offer of $875 for CHTA members and $975 for non-members through Feb. 20, 2009. After Feb. 20, the rates increase to $975 for members and $1,075 for non-members.

CHTIC was founded by CHTA and CTO in 1997 with the specific objectives of improving the tourism investment and operating climate in the Caribbean, raising awareness of development opportunities and stimulating a continuing flow of equity and loan capital into the region.