The launching of 2012 Travel International Fair (Fitven) is scheduled for July 18, as communicated on Thursday by the executive director of the Travel National Institute (Inatur), David Rivas, during the pre-sale of advertising spaces and booth reserving at the international fair’s Products and Services pavilion.

Puerto Rico received top honors as Caribbean Culinary Team of the Year, sponsored by U.S. Dairy Export Council, at the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association's (CHTA) 2012 "Taste of the Caribbean" culinary competition hosted at the Hyatt Regency, Miami.

Visit Florida, the state’s official tourism marketing corporation, announced the lineup of speakers and special events for the 45th annual Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism.

The first ‘Market Focus SPOTLIGHT on Europe’ at AIBTM with some 15 exhibitors participating will also see Barcelona Convention Bureau, Dublin Convention Bureau, Ireland, Visit London, Prague Convention Bureau and Hungarian Tourism providing prizes for a draw to be held at the end of the session among the attending Hosted Buyers who selected Europe as a preferred destination to place business in their application to register.