Havana._ Top-notch cigar aficionados will have the chance to enjoy a genuine bash as the 4th Cigar Festival unfurls next February 25 through March 1 in Cuba, featuring a wide program of activities. Habanos S.A., a company that markets such top-brand Cuban cigars as Cohiba, Montecristo, Romeo and Juliet and Partagas, is the organizer of the event that this year will be dedicated to the Vegas Robaina trademark.

St Croix._ United States Virgin Islands’ Carnival is holding this year its 50th anniversary and to commemorate this important cultural tradition, St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John are getting ready to celebrate the event in grand style, including special hotel rates for foreign visitors. Extravagant displays of pageantry, spirited music festivals, mouthwatering food fairs, parades and much more are on schedule, as reported by USVI Department of Tourism.

Madrid._ The International Tourism Fair (FITUR) will take place on the premises of Madrid’s Carlos I Fair Park. The event will be strictly professional and will hinge on the attendance of a significant number of representatives from all sectors within the tourist industry worldwide. The fair will zero in on wholesalers, tour operators, transportation companies, official entities and associations, mass media, meetings, congresses and service-purveying enterprises.

Havana.- Cuba’s tourism industry is counting on a dramatic increase in event tourism during the course of 2002 as part of a policy aimed at promoting this kind of activity. Sources close to this sector on the island nation said the country is hoping to host over 400 international events this year, thus laying bare the country’s potentials as a suitable destination for congresses and incentives.

Hamilton._ Bermuda´s E-Commerce Conference 2001 (eCC), already put back to March 2002 from last October due to the fallout from September 11, has been cancelled. Organisers say that despite keynote speakers including Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, fewer registrations than expected have forced them to make the decision. The event, first held in 1999 and due to have been staged at the Sonesta Beach Resort on March 20-22, is now likely to resume in 2003.