The Travel Professionals of Color (TPOC) in the U.S. will hold on April 27 through May 1 what it calls a one of a kind multi-cultural travel conference at the Adams Mark Hotel in Denver, Colorado, primarily focused on how to reach four markets: African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanics. Suppliers and Vendors interested in reaching minority travel agents and their clients have been invited to purchase a booth at this trade show that will gather over 200 agents.
Mexico will knock together a magnificent 10,548-square-foot pavilion –the biggest among all Latin American countries- for the World Exposition in Aichi, Japan, Mexican Tourism Minister Rodolfo Elizondo revealed this week. Interweaving Diversities is the moniker of the Mexican Pavilion that will put the Aztec nation’s natural assets, millenary culture and possibilities in terms of projects and investments before the eyes of the whole wide world.
The upcoming 9th edition of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC 2005) reaches a new milestone with the addition of a business component, a PROFIT Partnership Meeting sponsored by Pro€Invest, a program of the Group of African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) States and the European Commission. Sponsored by the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), in conjunction with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), and Burba Hotel Network (BHN), the event will be held May 9-11, 2005, at the Sherbourne Conference Center in Barbados.
Cuba is revving up to get the fifth edition of the International Tourism Fair on the road from May 10 to 13 and has announced that China and France will be this year´s nations of honor. The event, that gathers tour operators and industry professionals from everywhere under the sun, will this time around take place in Havana and will zero in on the travel destinations of Santiago de Cuba and the island nation´s capital.
The National Hotel & Restaurant Association of the Dominican Republic (ASONAHORES) and the Tourism Promotion Council (CPT) are making preparations for the upcoming sixth edition of the Dominican Annual Travel Exchange (DATE), scheduled to unfold from April 6 to 8 at the Intercontinental V Centenario Hotel in Santo Domingo. DATE operates as a network to foster meetings between buyers and salespeople through a prearranged appointment format that guarantees attendance of those interested in signing up for the event, not to mention the fact that it maxes out its possibilities.
The 24th edition of ANATO, Colombia´s number-one tourism marketplace, will get cracking on February 28 at the Corferias Fairgrounds in Bogota, featuring the debut attendance of Trinidad & Tobago. The event is planned on a yearly basis with the participation of several countries and welcomes entrepreneurs willing to cash in on this opportunity to enhance business contacts among themselves. For the first time ever, this year´s edition will have an official delegation from Trinidad & Tobago, the neighboring islands that will flaunt a broad array of travel destinations.
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