Building on the success of last year's event the program is attracting some very senior speakers to take part in the panel sessions with confirmations received, so far, from the likes of Ricky Skerritt, Minister of Tourism and International Transport for St Kitts and Nevis, Peter Cerda, RVP The Americas for IATA and Alfredo Gonzalez, Senior Vice President, Global Market Development, for event sponsors, Brand USA.

Barbados will soon play host to the 22nd Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Tourism. The meeting, which will be held Sep. 3 and 4 in Bridgetown, will take place under the theme of “Tourism Competitiveness: An Essential Component of Sustainability.”

From 16 to 19 September 2014 Russia’ s leading autumn travel event OTDYKH International Russian Travel Market, previously known as “Otdykh Leisure” or “MATIW”,  will celebrate its 20th edition with a newly rebranded look and a new advertising campaign.

Go gourmand this winter with Los Cabos 9th Annual Sabor a Cabo food and wine festival. Gathering a top-tier selection of chefs, the Baja based event is expected to be the largest since the festival's debut in 2005.

The three-day event, which was the first of this kind in the region, attracted some 150 tourism experts from universities, government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and private sectors.