The sustainability of the Caribbean coastal product will be the main focus of the 10th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, also known as the Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC-10), to be held in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, next April.

The Bahamas will host the Caribbean Marketplace 2008, January 13 to 15 at Atlantis Paradise Island. The event is an annual sales and marketing opportunity for Caribbean tourism.

A four-day conference on business travel, the ITB Business Travel Days, is being held from March 5 to 9, 2008 at the leading trade show for the world’s travel industry. Taking place for the fourth time, this event targets travel managers with executive responsibilities, as well as office managers, suppliers and newcomers to the business.

More than 10,000 travel agents attended last week the Travel Week 2007, a series of events anchored by the ninth annual Luxury Travel Expo and the second annual Home-Based Travel Agent Expo and Conference.

Following a successful launch in 2006 the section known as ITB Supply is now taking place for the third time. The presence of Germany’s and the world’s leading hotel groups at the ITB Berlin 2008 provides an ideal basis for the commercial success of suppliers to the tourism sector at this trade show as the organizers of the trade show said.

The African country, St. Thomas & Prince will participate at FITUR for the first time, specifically at the next edition of the tourism fair, which is due to take place between January 30 and February 3, 2008.