A prominent Caribbean hotelier has been appointed Chairman of the Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST). The appointment is the latest Caribbean tourism sector leadership role for the St. Lucia hotelier, Karen Troubetzkoy, who serves as Executive Director of the storied Jade Mountain and Anse Chastanet resorts in Soufrière, St. Lucia.
Just hours after CheapAir.com announced on Thursday that it had become the first online travel agency (OTA) to enable U.S. travelers to book flights between the U.S. and Cuba, the OTA experienced technical difficulties that prevented customers from finding such trips.
Bahamas Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe on Friday called for Caribbean nations to get more involved in the tourism trade, and said it is time for Caribbean nations to look at the region as one because working together they could achieve more.
José Manuel Barroso will speak at the World Travel & Tourism Council fifteenth annual Global Summit in Madrid, on April 15th-16th.
The performing arts, dance, visual arts, music and literature of Bahamas will be presented at the 32nd edition of the Caribbean Festival, to be held in Santiago from July 3 to 9, 2015, which will be dedicated to this nation.
The 14th edition of “Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam” Drum Fiesta International Festival is slated to take place in Havana on March 3 - 8. This great percussion fiesta in Cuba has Mella Theater, Karl Marx Theater, Sala Avenida, La Tropical’s Salon Rosado, Artex cultural center and Habana Libre Hotel, among other places, as venues.