From April 16 to 19, 1,000 travel leaders will gather in Sendai and Tokyo to discuss major issues facing the industry, during the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 12th Global Summit. The Global Summit is attended by industry and government leaders from around the world.

St. Vincent recently hosted the Ninth meeting of the committee of Ministers responsible for Civil Aviation in the OECS. Attending on Anguilla’s behalf were Hon. Evan Gumbs Minister of Infrastructure, housing, aviation and Parliamentary Secretary, Hon. Haydn Hughes who represented tourism.

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.