Jamaica will play host to the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) scheduled from May 10 to 12 in an effort to spur up a nonstop cash flow into the region. The event -held on an annual basis- will take place at the Ritz Carlton Rose Hall in Montego Bay on a tight agenda that includes presentations by experts on finance and tourist development.

Cuba’s upcoming Tourism Convention –scheduled from May 3 to 6 at the Plaza America Conference Center in Varadero- will this time around be devoted to culture as a tourist product, featuring the United Kingdom as the guest country and the local destination of Jardines del Rey as the special focus of attention.

Peru´s National Tourism Chamber (CANATUR) announced the country will be home to this year´s Latin Travel Mart with a much-anticipated turnout of 1,200 travel agencies from around the world.

The event´s international organizers have already paid a visit to Lima, as well as to all venues and hotels. CANATUR President Carlos Canales told state-run news agency Andina that the meeting will take place in September 2005.

Jeremy Collymore, coordinator of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) suggested that Caribbean tourism leaders must recognize that the sustainable development of the region is influenced by how the tourism sector manages its assets and resources.

During the unveiling of the new look of Cancun’s Conference Center –now renamed Conference and Exposition Center, or simply the Cancun Center- director Guillermo Martinez Flores explained the building is now entering a new stage in which it will be able to play host to 123 events and accommodate 85,600 people in just a couple of years. The center’s panoramic watchtower was razed in this new refurbishment process.

Now equipped with cutting-edge technology in the bottom floor, the Cancun Center has what it takes to double in brass as a conference and exhibition venue.

Fully devoted to specialized tourism –mainly to historic and cultural tours around Old Havana, a UNESCO’s Heritage of Mankind zone- the San Cristobal Travel Agency celebrated its eighth birthday last April 4 with a magnificent record of top-flight service and assorted travel packages.

Founded by travel company Habaguanex S.A. and attached to the Office of the City’s Historian –two enterprises heavily keen to the rescue of beautiful Havana- the San Cristobal Travel Agency operates with a mission to showcase this great and splendorous project to the whole wide world.