The 13th edition of the EXPOCARIBE Tradeshow has been scheduled from June 13 to 18 in Santiago de Cuba, the island nation’s second-largest city.

According to the Organizing Committee, the usual venue –the Heredia Conference Center- will provide Cuban companies and their counterparts stationed in the country with a perfect setting for showcasing their products and services, for jointly advertising their businesses and enhancing their trade ties.

A pair of top cultural festivals is taking place simultaneously in the north and south of Mexico: the Mayan World and the 2004 Zacatecas. With huge turnouts from the Mexican states of Yucatan, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Chiapas, the tenth edition of the Mayan World Cultural Festival will come to a close next April 11.

Summoned by the Chiapas Tourism Department and planned by the Palenque Mayor´s Office, the event is targeting the promotion of different travel destinations.

The Paradisus All-inclusive Resort in Puerto Rico´s San Juan is ready for the opening of the American Airlines Caribbean TrAAvel Exchange from May 12 through 14 this year. The event will include seminars and business meetings.

This is no doubt a magnificent opportunity for travel agents from North America, Latin America and Europe to discuss specific business relations with their services providers for trips to Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, the Bahamas and Bermudas.

The second edition of EXPOBUCEO, the international dive event, will take place from June 29 to July 2 at the Plaza America Conference Center in Cuba´s Varadero. The gathering will provide a perfect setting for tour operators, travel agents, professional divers -both retired and active- marine biologists, scientists, underwater photographers, environmentalists and scuba diving students from around the world to huddle and talk about a variety of issues.

The well-known destination of Acapulco, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, will be home of the 29th Mexico Travel Marketplace, the Aztec nation’s major tourism event and one of the most important ones held in Latin America.

Everything is set for the eighth edition of the Caribbean Travel Marketplace (CTM) scheduled from April 19 through 21 at the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel & Casino in Santo Domingo, the Dominican capital.