Choice Hotels International, Inc. is putting its weight behind the region's premier travel and tourism trade convention, by sponsoring Caribbean Marketplace, opened at the Montego Bay Convention Center in Jamaica this Sunday, January 16. Jose Salvador Icaza, Director of Caribbean Franchise Development and Emerging Markets of Choice Hotels International, and Bill Clegg, Regional Vice President of Brand Performance and Programs, will lead the Choice Hotels team at the trade convention which is produced by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) under the theme “All Tourism, All Caribbean, All Business.”

Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Senator Allen Chastanet leads Saint Lucia's delegation to the 2011 edition of Caribbean Marketplace which takes place at the new Montego Bay Convention Centre in Jamaica from January 16 to 18, 2011. Included in the Saint Lucia team are Director of Tourism Louis Lewis, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of the Saint Lucia Tourist Board Nerdin St. Rose, and experienced North American sales executive Lorine St. Jules.

World Travel Awards is issuing a call to those organizations that aspire to be the best of the best in the business to participate in the 2011 World Travel Awards. The highest accolade in travel and tourism, the awards are hailed as the Oscars of the travel industry.

The hosts of the Hotel Investment Forum India (HIFI) have announced that The Honorable Kumari Selja, India’s Minister of Tourism, will provide the keynote address at the event, scheduled for January 12-14, 2011, at the Renaissance Mumbai Hotel & Convention Centre in Mumbai, India. HIFI is co-hosted by BHN and Horwath HTL, India.

Discover Dominica Authority today announced the calendar of events for its upcoming Carnival celebration. Carnival is the most festive season in Dominica (Dom-in-EEK-a), a spectacular green island of rugged mountains, lush rainforests and rushing rivers in the Eastern Caribbean.

According to the ITB World Travel Trends Report, technological advances are expected to produce far-reaching changes in the hotel trade over the next 10 years. The report projects that hotel rooms will be decorated to meet guests’ particular tastes and technology will continue to change the booking process.