SuperClubs has been and continues to be a successful hotel project in the Caribbean and that’s owed in part to the inflows of guests from the U.S. and Canada –by far the company’s two largest outbound markets for its properties in several countries across the region. In an exclusive interview with Caribbean News Digital a few weeks ago during JAPEX 2008 in Kingston, Jamaica, Tom Anderson, Head of the SuperClubs Sales & Marketing Division for the American and Canadian markets, spelled out some of the plan the hotel chain has in store.

Bulgaria’s travel industry has been putting good numbers on the board over the past couple of years, yet local authorities believe there’s still a long way to go in terms of service quality in a bid to draw far more tourists from Europe. That’s the opinion expressed by Polly Karastoyanova, Executive Director of the National Tourist Board of Bulgaria, in this exclusive interview with Caribbean News Digital.

The Jamaica Hotels & Tourism Association (JHTA) has a longstanding reputation as an organization that welcomes local properties and international hotel chains to its membership with open arms as long as they abide by the guidelines established by the Jamaica Tourist Board. Right now, Spanish hotel companies and groups with major investments on the island nation are also pleased to be members of JHTA. About this and other topics, Caribbean News Digital spoke exclusively with JHTA executive director Camille Needham during the 2008 JAPEX in Kingston.

He’s the mastermind of one of the most successful hotel projects the Caribbean region has ever known. His confidence in the future of his company is unwavering, and so is his determination to expand to any nook and cranny of the planet where growth opportunities arise. For the time being, SuperClubs Hotels & Resorts keeps on building momentum, as its President and CEO John Issa said in this exclusive interview with Caribbean News Digital during the JAPEX 2008 tradeshow in Jamaica’s Kingston.

Q.- What’s your main responsibility at the helm of this division and in the different European markets?

Havanatur and EuroAtlantic, a company from the Pestana Group, will soon open a new air connection for the Lisbon-Oporto-Havana route beginning July 11, the maiden flight date. The accord will allow stepping up the amount of Portuguese trekkers coming to Cuba and will pave the way for further offer expansion. On this joint agreement, the company’s Executive President Eduardo Pinto Lopez talked exclusively with the CND newspaper.