The Brazilian Travel Agency Association will hold its 31st traditional fair beginning Oct. 22 to 26 in Rio de Janeiro.

This time around, the event will be highlighted by the 50th birthday of Tasso Gadzanis, the association’s chairman.

Authorities are sending out invitations to all professionals in the hemisphere and guaranteeing attendants free access to official functions and transfer to and from the airport and hotels at no extra charge.

The Tourism Promotion Board of the Riviera Maya in conjunction with the Riviera Maya Hotel Association will host the Latin Jazz Festival November 13-15. The event take place in restaurants and hotels as well as at the Municipal Park in Playa del Carmen.

On Saturday November 15 the main concert with Caribbean Jazz Project, will take place in Playa del Carmen at 8:00 p.m. Caribbean Jazz Project’s latest album The Gathering was the recipient of the 2003 Grammy for best “Latin Jazz Album.”

The International Baseball Associated Federation (IBAF) will hold a couple of major congress in Havana prior to the 35th World Baseball Cup scheduled for Oct. 12 to 25 in the Cuban capital.

The first conclave –an extraordinary meeting- will get underway next Oct. 9 and attendants are supposed to discuss possible amendments to the organization’s rules.

The Havana International Fair has been coming around since 1983 under the sponsorship of Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Trade, the Chamber of Commerce and Havana’s International Conference Center. In each year’s edition, the tradeshow has gone stronger as a major linker in the promotion of exportable products and the strengthening of trade ties and partnerships.

Tu Viaje (Your Travel) Exposition will get underway Saturday with the attendance of both national and international companies –involved in providing tourist services- that will gather at Mexico City’s World Trade Center.

For the first time ever, Spain will host the E-Tourism-Europe International Conference scheduled for Oct. 16 to 17 this year in Palma de Mallorca. This is one of Europe’s top events dealing with the latest breakthroughs, strategies and technologies linked to tourism and the Internet.

The main topic presiding over all of the conference’s debates and round tables is “how to establish a strategy based on future alliances aimed at improving promotion and distribution of different tourist products and services.”