The Mexican state of Quintana Roo, home to the finest Caribbean-bathed travel destinations, is having a hands-on attendance at the 30th edition of the Acapulco Travel Marketplace with the largest delegation from the host country.
Some 500 entrepreneurs and service providers are showcasing their products at the 2005 Acapulco Tianguis that will come to a close on April 13. Some 85 companies have displayed their items in fifty stands that add up 1,794 square feet of exhibition space.
Dominican Secretary of Tourism, Felix Jimenez, announced last week a plan to increase the percentage of promotional aid to tour operators´ advertising campaigns that include Santo Domingo in their tourist packages. This incentive program is designed to encourage travel to the city.
Jimenez explained that if tour operators include two or three days in the city of Santo Domingo in their travel packages to Punta Cana or other Dominican Republic destinations, they will in return receive promotional aid. The percentage of aid remains undisclosed.
Organizers of the upcoming Peru Travel Market 2005, the South American country´s number-one tourism tradeshow, hope to meet the expectations of scores of businesspeople and rake in some $25 million worth of deals and contracts, the Peruvian National Tourism Chamber (CANATUR), one of the event´s top planners, reported this week.
CANATUR Chairman Carlos Canales explained this year´s event –scheduled from April 27 to May 1- will gather 150 tour operators from nearly two dozen countries in the cities of Lima and Iquitos.
The Organizing Committee of the sixth edition of the Ecuador International Travel Mart –scheduled from April 20 to 22- is gearing up preparations with a view to snare a much bigger turnout of tour operators and travel agents this time around.
Up to now, some 70 international travel buyers and 114 domestic purchasers have confirmed their attendance to this event that will take place at the Cuenca Conference Center.
The sparkling Conference Center of Mexico´s Puebla will be the venue of the upcoming Second International Workshop of the Meeting Industry Standardization and the First International Workshop of Fairgrounds Managers.
Caribbean News Digital has learned that a group of outstanding experts from the region and elsewhere are willing to convene and lay out new guidelines and standards for the development of incentives, congress and events.
Tour operators from the Dominican Republic and elsewhere under the sun have been working together at the ongoing Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE 2005), whose sixth edition kicked off last Wednesday in Santo Domingo in an effort to buttress the Caribbean nation´s travel offers.
The meeting is intended to boost up business opportunities and lay out a world-class Dominican travel product. Organized by the National Hotel & Restaurant Association (ASONAHORES) and the Tourism Promotion Council (CPT), this annual event is by far the country´s largest travel show.