Cuba’s destinations of Varadero and Jardines del Rey will host the World Convention of TUI, the Germany-based tour operator, scheduled to take place from Nov. 27 to Dec. 18 with the attendance of 600 delegates from roughly a dozen countries under a commercial outlay.

Abraham Maciques, chairman of the Organizing Committee for Havana’s 20th International Fair (FIHAV 2002) augured more than a thousand firms from some 50 countries will showcase their products this time around in a leased exhibiting area of 15,000 square meters.

The Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (CLAC), gathering the subcontinent’s public and private aviation authorities, will meet Nov. 4 through 8 in Paraguay with a view to coordinate safety policies and tourism promotion.A press released issued by Paraguay’s National Department of Civil Aviation indicated the 15th ordinary assembly of CLAC –with headquarters in Peru- will convene in Asuncion with the attendance of aviation officials from 21 countries in South and Central America, the Caribbean, Panama and Mexico.

Cuba will be for the first time the venue of the World Convention of the German tour operator TUI in Varadero (western region) and Jardines del Rey (central region), an official from the tourist sector reported.Organized by the Cuban Ministry of Tourism, Cubanacán S.A and the Spanish Group Sol-Meliá, the event, scheduled for November 2-13, will be attended by 600 delegates from different nations and will have a commercial character.

With over 300 participants, the 7TH Annual Carib News Multi-National Business Conference November 7-10 will bring together African-American and Caribbean-American business owners, entrepreneurs, economic strategists, civic leaders in the African-American community, corporate executives, members of the U.S. Congress, Caribbean business owners, Caribbean Ministers of Government and Prime Ministers together to explore business and trade opportunities.Business leaders from diverse fields and disciplines will find a host of excellent networking opportunities. The conference will open up new avenues while extending cultural and heritage ties.

The 25th Annual Caribbean Tourism Conference (CTC-25) opened on Monday 28th with a strong plea by Bahamas Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Perry Christie for regional destinations to work as a single body for the improvement and survival of the tourism sector, and to stop seeing each other as “mortal competitors.”