The former Guyana president, Bharrat Jagdeo, will keynote the region’s leading and most important gathering on sustainable tourism development in April. STC-13, which has as its theme, Keeping the Right Balance: Sustaining our Resources, will be held at the Guyana International Conference Center.

World Travel Awards (WTA), 'the Oscars of the travel industry', is issuing a call to those organizations that aspire to be the best in their sector to participate in its 2012 program. Established 19 years ago, WTA is recognized globally as the highest accolade in travel and tourism

In an effort to boost Grand Bahama’s tourism product rankings, this one-day seminar is slated for February 9, in the Oleander Room at the Freeport Harbour. GBPA is partnering with the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCAA), the Freeport Harbour Company (FHC) and the Ministry of Tourism (MOT).

When we spoke to Lorne Theophilus, St. Lucia’s newly appointed tourism minister, last week at the Caribbean Travel Marketplace in The Bahamas, he told Travel Agent he would like see more live entertainment along St. Lucia’s vibrant Rodney Bay area.

The St. Maarten Annual Regional Trade Show (SMART) is slated for May 16-18, 2012 at the Radisson Blue Resort, Marina & Spa in St. Martin to promote tourism to the Eastern Caribbean. SMART 2012 focuses on St. Maarten and its neighboring islands in the Eastern Caribbean and has become a significant event to the region in the recent years.

The 13th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism (STC-13) –to be held in Guyana from 15 to 18 April- will focus on effective ways to monitor and manage the use of the region’s natural resources to limit depletion while maximizing the socio-economic benefits of tourism.