Interval International and its member resorts continued their financial support of education in the Caribbean with a $25,000 donation to the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Foundation.

The inaugural Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit (ACTS) in Washington, DC, on June 23 will feature a panel of industry authorities from around the world to discuss Caribbean innovation investment opportunities.

The tourism industry in the Bahamas needs a facelift if it is to remain the number one visitor destination in the region, according to Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace.

Former Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, is set to present the keynote speech at the Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit (ACTS) in Washington D.C. on 23 June.

A request for the funding of a $188 million marketing drive aimed at reviving the slumping Caribbean tourism sector, will be among several measures sought by key tourism stakeholders at the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in July. Speaking at the 17th meeting of the Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism at the Isla Verde Holiday Inn in San Juan, Puerto Rico, St Lucia’s Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister, Senator Allen Chastanet, lambasted the failure of successive Caribbean governments to tap into the potential of the tourism market.

The Caribbean Diaspora community will have the opportunity to directly interact with visiting Caribbean Ministers of Tourism during Town Hall meetings organized on Sunday, June 22 in conjunction with the first Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit (ACTS). Ministers of Tourism will converse with Washington/Virginia/Maryland-based nationals in open forum discussions. The event is designed to appeal to Caribbean nationals, Caribbean-Americans, Caribbean-interest groups and young adults considering a career in tourism.