Some 5 million people are expected to celebrate this year’s Río carnival with 505 processions and 650 scheduled parades. 11 ships will dock at the port of Río on February 7, Carnival Sunday, which is a record number for that date.

Hundreds of Caribbean tourism vendors from around the world gathered at the Caribbean Hotel Tourism Association’s (CHTA) Caribbean Marketplace 2016.

The city of Petionville, Haiti, welcomed Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Vice Ministers, Ambassadors and other delegations, as well as the representatives of international organizations attending the 21st Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), convened on January 19, 2016. 

In addition to operators from the U.S., Europe and other regions, the CHTA Marketplace is targeting wholesalers in Latin America and niche operators in emerging destinations, including Russia, Scandinavia, Ukraine and the Middle East.

Preps are ramping up for Seatrade Cruise Global, the cruise industry's leading B2B conference.

The event, which will be hosted on-board MSC’s Preziosa, January 8th-11th, 2016, is exclusively offered to CLIA’s Executive Partner and Cruise Line Members.