With over 35,000 foreign attendants to different events linked to culture, science and recreation, Cuba’s Convention Bureau hopes to see this year off with flying colors, officials from this institution said in a press meeting at the Chateau Miramar Hotel in Havana.

Investing in practices and technologies that sustain the environment and reduce global warming makes economic sense, according to tourism and environmental expert, Peter Hillenbrand, who will address delegates attending the 9th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-9), organized by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO).

As many as 250 corporate travel professionals gathered in Shanghai to examine how travel management can drive value as the Chinese market continues to expand as one of the fastest growing market in the world in the Corporate Travel & Technology World China (CT&TW China), an event organized by the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) and TTG Asia Media.

Terestella Gonzalez Denton, Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, welcomed the Caribbean Media Exchange back to her island for the second time in just over a year. The upcoming event will be held from May 17 to 20.

The Bahamas are getting set for the upcoming 2007 Bahamas International Travel Partners Conference, slated to take place from May 20 to 23 at the Cove Atlantis, Paradise Island Bahamas.

Eric Light, president of the International Medical Spa Association, says health tourism is a growing interest, with more and more people looking beyond the cosmetic or orthopedic surgery market.