PhoCusWright, the travel industry research authority, and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the authority on world travel and tourism, will co-host the inaugural Travel Association Summit@The PhoCusWright Conference, Nov. 15 to 17, 2011, in Hollywood, Fla.

Three days of successful business meetings at PATA Travel Mart closed in New Delhi on September 9 with the Philippines gearing up to host the Mart in Manila in September 2012.

The United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, Jorge Sampaio, the Vice President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani, and the Ministers of Tourism of Ecuador, Italy, South Africa and Tanzania are among the speakers of the First International Congress on Ethics and Tourism in Spain's Madrid.

The 2011 La Cumbre travel summit is underway at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. The three-day event kicked off Wednesday with a press conference which included Rafael Villanueva with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Association and former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, among others.

Seven young women have been selected as delegates for the 2011 Miss Parish Queen Pageant.  The pageant, which has been in the planning and development stage since last year, is being staged on Saturday, November 26, at 8 pm at the Dean William Lake Cultural Center.

The countdown to the 17th World Routes has begun. In exactly one month, the largest and most exciting event for the commercial aviation industry will take place in Berlin. World Routes is where decision makers from the world’s aviation industry gather annually to discuss strategies for the global aviation industry.