Plans are well underway for the Caribbean Shipping Association’s (CSA) 41st Annual General Meeting (AGM) next month, October 10 -12 at the Hilton Barbados. The CSA is the voice of the region’s shipping industry and a major regional forum.

In an effort to encourage business for small companies and beef up travel destinations, for the first time in 23 years the Gramado Tourism Trade Fair (Festuris) -slated for Nov. 18-19, 2011- offers the SEBRAE Business Rounds. The selected sectors are Enotourism, Fishing Tourism, Religious Tourism and Ecommerce & Technology.

Focus on Travel News visited the Otdykh/Leisure-2011 and had chance to talk with important industry players of the Russian market. Turkey attended the 17th International Trade Fair for Tourism; Otdykh/Leisure-2011 which took place 21-24 September at Moscow's Crocus Expo

Cuba’s central region will be the venue, from September 26th through the 30th, of the 8th International Meeting of Nature Tourism, Turnat 2011, which will be attended by 230 travel agents, tour operators, consultants and specialized journalists from Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Ecuador, Panama and Cuba, the host country.

The 19th edition of MITT, the Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition, is once again attracting thousands of destinations and travel specialists who want to promote themselves to the important Russian travel market.

When the first edition of IMEX America opens its doors at the Sands Expo, Las Vegas, on Oct.11, 2011 the trade show will be the largest this year – and the biggest hosted buyer event ever in the U.S. – to address the business, networking and educational needs of the US meetings, incentive travel and events industry.