CHTA Announces Electronic Appointment Program for Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference

Following the success of last months, Caribbean Marketplace where buyers and suppliers met to do business in pre-matched time-slots, the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) is now applying the same electronic appointment matching process to the 14th Annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC 2010), taking place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 4-6, 2010.

The Electronic Delegate Directory, also known as The Passport, will begin accepting pre-scheduled appointment requests from registered, appointment-taking delegates on Feb. 12.

Once registered, investors, lenders, architects, planners, construction companies, financial organizations, real estate/mortgage intermediaries, developers, hoteliers, industry officials and other tourism entities can take advantage of this new facility (early-bird registration is available through Feb. 19).

CHTIC is the only event of its kind hosted in the Caribbean, said Enrique De Marchena Kaluche, President of CHTA. The two-day conference represents a critical allocation of time for anyone looking to conduct business and find investment opportunities in the region.

The program will be supported with exceptional networking opportunities including the ability to pre-schedule appointments via our state-of-the-art, proprietary scheduling software, noted De Marchena.

Appointment-taking delegates can submit pre-scheduled appointment requests during the two month period from Feb 12 to April 12, 2010, after which the requests will be scheduled. Delegates are encouraged to prioritize their appointment requests as appointments will be scheduled based on order of preference.

Once appointments are scheduled, appointment-taking delegates will receive a notification to view the schedule online in The Passport. Each appointment will be scheduled for 15 minutes with five minutes in between for delegates to move to their next appointment.

Delegates will also receive a Prospect list which includes non-scheduled appointments from companies they requested to see but for whom there was no common time for the computer to schedule the appointment, as well as companies which requested but were not able to receive appointments with them. Prospect lists will be accessible to all appointment-taking delegates online in The Passport prior to CHTIC 2010 to permit direct follow up.

The Electronic Delegate Directory on The Passport is updated constantly and will be available for viewing by all appointment-taking delegates continuously throughout the registration period and up to one month after the event. Delegates simply need their delegate number and password which will be e-mailed once the registration process is complete.