Graeme Adams, VP - Voyage Planning, Port & Land Programs, SeaDream Yacht Club, Captain Vassilios Gazikas, Senior General Manager, Marine Operations, Louis Cruises and Giora Israel, Senior Vice President, Port & Destination Development, Carnival Corporation & plc have recently been added to the prestigious speaker lineup at the 2nd Seatrade Winter Cruising Forum, being held in less than seven weeks in Istanbul, Turkey.

Royal Caribbean is celebrating again and this time double dose. In the voting of the 2011 Best of Travel and Tourism, the Oasis of the Seas was voted by readers of the magazine as the best cruise ship. Besides the choice of Oasis of the Seas, Royal Caribbean also received the award given to the Splendour of the Seas.

PromPeru won the prestigious World Travel Award as the ‘Leading South American Tourist Board’ in 2011. The award was presented at the Caribbean and The Americas stage of the World Travel Awards in a Gala Ceremony held on 19 October 2011 in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Leading brands from across the Caribbean tourism industry walked away with top honors from the World Travel Awards following a gala ceremony on Oct. 19 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Senior tourism leaders, captains of industry and international media traveled from over 30 nations to attend the annual Caribbean & the Americas Gala Ceremony.

Los Cabos (Mexico), Bay Islands (Honduras), San Jose (Costa Rica) and Granada (Nicaragua) will be among those competing for the coveted title of “Central America’s Leading Destination” at the World Travel Awards Gala Ceremony in Montego Bay on October 19th 2011.

The HVS CHICOS 2011 speaker lineup continues to impress. The inaugural HVS CHICOS will be held at the Atlantis Resort in Nassau, Bahamas November 10 -11, 2011. CHICOS 2011 will also address alternative financing options for hospitality- related development projects.