Kingston._ Sponsored by Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association and the Jamaica Tourist Board, The Jamaica Product Exchange JAPEX 2002 will be held April 14-16, at the Renaissance Jamaica Grande Hotel, in Ocho Rios. JAPEX was created in 1990 to provide a professionally organized business exchange where wholesalers and tour operators could meet and conduct business with Jamaica ’s leading tourism suppliers.

Margarita Island , Venezuela._ From May 13 through 17, Margarita Island will welcome 600 delegates from the tourist sector who will come to this insular region to attend the 45th Congress and Fair of the Confederation of Latin American Tourist Organizations (COTAL). COTAL conceives tourism development for all Latin American countries and this time around it will bend over backwards to show international invitees the tourist charms this Venezuelan destination has to offer.

Nassau._ The Bahamas has been selected as the site of the next Caribbean Media Exchange of Sustainable Tourism (CMEx), the innovative process which brings journalists right into the development and design of tourism policies, slated to take place in early May. The first Media Exchange held in Ocho Rios last October was notable for attracting high-level representatives from communities, business and the transport sector.

Berlin._ The Berlin 2002 International Tourism Fair, one of the world’s major events of its kind, promoted Latin America as one of the top tourist destinations under the sun. The fair, which successfully closed on Wednesday, showed off ample and assorted pavilions tricked out by the Latin American nations in search of European tourists.

Oranjestad._ Aruba is making a splash at the 26th Annual Beneath The Sea Exposition which is starting this Friday March 22nd at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey and will last till March 24th. Castro E. Perez, Aruba´s eco tourism project manager, will be at the expo to educate people about the Aruba Perrier Reef Care Project and diving in Aruba. The project was launched eight years ago to raise awareness and encourage preservation of Aruba´s marine environment.

Havana._ Cuba is bracing to put on its best bib and tucker at the Berlin Tourism Exchange, one of the world’s major tourism fairs, scheduled for March 16 through 20 and with a view to captivate Europe’s market. In fact, the opening ceremony for this grand event will be starred by a numerous delegation of Cuban artists that will fill the Berlin’s fairgrounds with colors and sound beats from the Caribbean.