Virtuoso, the travel agent network, selected Mexico City for its Overseas Symposium April 15 to 18. Matthew Upchurch, Virtuoso CEO, said he received personal invitations from Mexican President Felipe Calderon and city officials who were eager to draw Virtuoso members to the capital.
Tobago, sister island to the home of the world famous cultural explosion, Carnival, and a classic example of old-world Caribbean charm, will be taking the party beneath the sea this year with its first dive festival.
The Competitiveness Institute (TCI) is celebrating the first global thematic conference on Tourism Clusters, to be held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from April 7 to 10, 2010, hosted by the National Competitiveness Council of the Dominican Republic.
The opportunities that exist for the Caribbean to enhance and sustain its tourism product and how the region can capitalize on these opportunities will be the focus of this year’s leading Caribbean gathering on sustainable tourism, the 11th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism (STC-11).
Representatives of the U.S. travel industry will meet with their Cuban counterparts at the U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit in Cancun, Mexico, this March to discuss travel between the two countries.
Spirit Airlines signed on as a major sponsor of the first Marathon Bahamas. The event takes place Feb. 14 on New Providence Island.