The Musical World is gearing up for the 10th Anniversary of the St. Kitts International Music Festival, slated for June 29 thru July 2. This world-class festival has quickly emerged as the most unique of its kind and has won critical acclaim from music fans throughout the Caribbean and around the world. The St. Kitts International Music Festival, which has become a permanent fixture on the Musical Calendar with its blend of Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Dance hall, Jazz, R & B, and Gospel, will be on show with its 2006 version.

The Musical World is gearing up for the 10th Anniversary of the St. Kitts International Music Festival, slated for June 29 thru July 2. This world-class festival has quickly emerged as the most unique of its kind and has won critical acclaim from music fans throughout the Caribbean and around the world. The St. Kitts International Music Festival, which has become a permanent fixture on the Musical Calendar with its blend of Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Dance hall, Jazz, R & B, and Gospel, will be on show with its 2006 version.

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) will once again gather hospitality industry professionals at the sixth annual Hospitality Technology Professionals Forum, November 12 at the Penn Club in New York City. The one-day, interactive event will feature two discussion tracks, general hospitality technology and club technology. For each track, industry experts will lead three different discussions, providing an overview of the topic and facilitating audience discussion.

Laurence S. Geller, president and CEO of Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. and other leading industry experts will headline the agenda addressing the impact of Hurricane Katrina and the issues surrounding ROI in today´s rapidly changing landscape for sales and marketing strategies at the Fifth Annual Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI)/NYU Industry Strategy Conference. “The information and ideas generated from this conference will be crucial to the strategic planning, budgeting and marketing for 2006,” said Robert A. Gilbert, CHME, CHA, president and CEO of HSMAI. “Positively influencing the bottom line in all areas of sales and marketing is what should be on everyone´s mind as we gear up for the new year, and the expertise and advice gathered from this event will be an invaluable asset.”

Furthering its reputation for building stellar alliances, Unicomm LLC announced a partnership with The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) for its Adventures in Travel Expo (ATE) shows, now in six of the top 10 U.S. travel markets. Under the agreement, TIES will anchor the newly created Ecotourism Pavilion at the upcoming Adventures in Travel Expos in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Washington D.C., and Dallas.

The impact of technology on the region´s tourism business will be the general focus of a crucial Master Class at the 28th Annual Caribbean Tourism Conference (CTC-28), which is taking place from October 21 to 26 this year at the Marriott Frenchman´s Reef & Morning Star Beach Resort in the United States Virgin Islands. With experts predicting that online travel will comprise more than 50 per cent of all travel bookings by 2006 and with travel sites becoming one-stop-shops for an entire travel experience it is important for those involved in Caribbean tourism to critically examine how best to make use of technology to drive business, the CTO said.