
The Caribbean is on full display in New York City this week for the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s annual Caribbean Week. From Anguilla to Trinidad, Caribbean nations have brought political and tourism officials to New York for a full-on marketing push. Caribbean Week officially began on Saturday.

The Bahamas built awareness of culture and tourism in New York during a past Caribbean Week by having a roving Bahamas kitchen distribute Bahamian treats. Bahamas Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe will lead a tourism industry delegation to New York City in the first week of June for Caribbean Week.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is set to unleash the creativity of youth on Toronto during Caribbean Week in Canada which runs from 26-28 June, 2013. The CTO has announced an “Advertise the Caribbean” contest targeting youth up to the age of 21 from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) goes mobile with the launch of an app for Caribbean Week 2013 in New York. The application makes it easy for mobile users to locate and access Caribbean Week activities, as well as share photos, videos and more.

Leading television and film star Tamara Tunie has partnered with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) as the celebrity spokesperson for the CTO's 40th celebration of Caribbean Week in New York. Her partnership was secured through the efforts of Marie Walker, the chief executive officer and president of the CTO New York affiliate, Turnstyle Marketing, working with the head of the CTO New York office, Sylma Brown.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), in cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), launched a high-level two-day meeting under the theme “Harmonizing Regional Tourism Statistics through Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSAs)”. The TSA is a globally accepted conceptual framework developed by the World Tourism Organization.