tourism

  • Photo of Barbados to host major yachting event in 2017

    Barbados to host major yachting event in 2017

    BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS. AUGUST 10, 2015 – Barbados has won the bid over Germany for the right to host one of the world’s leading yachting events in 2017. The OK Class World’s travels to various destinations around the world each year, as most of the yachting classes do, and it is expected that this event will attract 100 of the world’s…

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  • Photo of Caribbean tourism stakeholders say Cuba is region’s wakeup call

    Caribbean tourism stakeholders say Cuba is region’s wakeup call

    PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten, Friday July 3, 2015 – Relatively little effort has been spent on turning the most tourism dependent region in the world into the most tourism competent, according to a white paper recently issued by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) entitled, “Cuba: The Great Disruption for the Good of the Caribbean.” The paper candidly stated that…

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  • Statement by the Caribbean Tourism Organization on the influx of Sargassum seaweed

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tues 11 Aug 2015 – The seasonal influx of Sargassum seaweed on Caribbean beaches has got the attention of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and tourism policymakers and practitioners across  the region. Sargassum is a natural occurrence believed to originate  in the Sargasso Sea, a two million-square-mile  body of warm water in the north Atlantic near Bermuda, although…

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  • Photo of Jetblue CEO to keynote CTO State of the Industry Conference

    Jetblue CEO to keynote CTO State of the Industry Conference

    (BRIDGETOWN, Barbados)– The head of one of the world’s most acclaimed airlines will keynote the region’s most valued tourism gathering. The president and chief executive officer of JetBlue Airways, Robin Hayes, will address the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)’s State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC), which takes place from 21 -23 October in Curaçao. Mr. Hayes joins an impressive list of…

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  • Photo of Young voices are heard in sustainability conversation –  Jetblue and sustainable tourism

    Young voices are heard in sustainability conversation –  Jetblue and sustainable tourism

    One carrier has come up with a novel approach to the issue of sustainable tourism that involves science, students and scholarships. JetBlue recently launched a program to increase planning for sustainable tourism in the Caribbean region through grants to students who will focus on using science to improve the travel experience for customers and communities now and in the future.…

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  • Photo of Simpson Miller Calls for International Support to Fight Crime in Jamaica and the Caribbean

    Simpson Miller Calls for International Support to Fight Crime in Jamaica and the Caribbean

    NEW YORK, NY, July 31, 2015 – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says Jamaica and other Caribbean countries need greater international support to fight global organised criminals and reduce crime, particularly gun-related murders. Speaking at the powerful United Nations Security Council in New York yesterday, Prime Minister Simpson Miller said small countries like Jamaica require comprehensive debt relief and tangible…

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  • Photo of CARPHA visit covers tourism and health

    CARPHA visit covers tourism and health

    CARPHA continues to advocate collaboration between health and tourism sectors to jointly address the critical link between tourism and health. One way of achieving this objective would be to strengthen the existing national surveillance system through the addition of an early warning and response mechanisms for travel related illnesses, i.e. establishing the monitoring of illnesses among visitors in hotels and…

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  • Photo of Region’s premier tourism conference to focus on growth through innovation

    Region’s premier tourism conference to focus on growth through innovation

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A theme has been announced for the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO)’s State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) in Curaçao from 21-23 October. This year’s theme, Caribbean Tourism: Growth Through Innovation, reflects the need for Caribbean tourism to continuously introduce new ideas, methods and products in order to remain competitive, said the CTO Secretary General, Hugh Riley. The…

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  • ACS tourism meeting benefits TT

    TOURISM in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the Greater Caribbean will be positive impacted by two very different, but important events this month, one in which the first steps have already been taken and the other in two weeks. With the signing last week of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills Training…

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  • Photo of Changing international perception of Caribbean via Tourism

    Changing international perception of Caribbean via Tourism

    One of the challenges we face in the region is how to change the perception of the Caribbean as being that of a destination solely for vacation tourism”. This was the view of President of the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA), McHale Andrew, of Invest Saint Lucia last week during a study tour to Columbian Investment Promotion Agencies…

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