The upcoming Caribbean Hotel and Resort Investment Summit is bringing back what organisers term “the popular ‘Meet the Opportunity’ sessions in a new and improved format”. This year’s conference will be held on 6 and 7 May at the JW Marriott Marquis Miami and hosted by Burba Hotel Network.

The historic city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia will set the stage for the 20th annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association Cruise Conference & Trade Show, taking place September 30 - October 4, 2013. Cruise industry partners and stakeholders will join cruise executives from the FCCA Member Lines to share ideas and discuss industry trends throughout a series of tailored events, functions, meetings and more.

If so, you'll get a taste of what one would be like by attending Majors Travel of Forest Avenue's fourth-annual Consumer Travel Expo at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomfield on April 21. The event, outfitted in a complete Caribbean theme, will surely transcend event-goers to a paradise-like tropical setting. And that dream trip could become your reality, as attendees will have the opportunity to win one of three vacation-related prizes that will be raffled off during the event.

World Travel Market Latin America, the leading global event for the Latin American travel industry, reveals that interest from European exhibitors started following the decision of the German National Tourist Board to become an official country partner for the event.

Executives from Skal International, the world’s largest professional association of senior travel and tourism executives, recently gathered at Carnival Cruise Lines’ headquarters in Miami to finalize details for the organization’s first-ever World Congress at sea taking place aboard Carnival Glory this fall. More than 1,200 Skal delegates -who hail from all corners of the globe- will convene aboard the 110,000-ton cruise ship during a seven-day cruise that departs New York’s Manhattan Passenger Terminal Sept. 28 and returns Oct. 5, 2013.