Culinary aficionados head to Miami to learn the tricks of the trade while 10 teams from the Caribbean battle it out during the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association's (CHTA) annual “Taste of the Caribbean” competition.
Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services, is pleased to announce that The Honorable Richard L. Sealy, Barbados Minister of Tourism, will be a featured speaker at the Shared Ownership Investment Conference on June 1. The educational forum for developers, hoteliers, and lenders interested in various shared ownership business models will be held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Bridgetown, Barbados. Delegates will be welcomed at an opening reception on May 31.
Known worldwide in the travel industry as the major marketplace for transacting inbound U.S. travel business, International Pow Wow generated more than $350 million in tourism business for San Francisco in the short term alone. More than 1,100 international and domestic tour operators from 70 countries “shopped” the largest travel industry trade show in North America inside Moscone Center.
Over the years, UnLimited Resources (UR), an event planning and project management consultancy company, has successfully managed and produced charters to Margarita, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Falls de Iguassu, Paraguay and Argentina, offering all-inclusive packages to various resorts and hotels.
Panama spent the last three days at Expotur 2011 in Costa Rica, which wrapped up last week, promoting its most current initiatives. Perhaps the most unique of all of them is the new “Stop Over” Campaign.
The impact of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan and measures that need to be taken throughout the travel and tourism industry to ensure a speedy recovery will be discussed by industry leaders during the closing session of the 11th Global Travel & Tourism Summit in Las Vegas on Thursday, May 19.