Moscow International Travel and Tourism exhibition will take place 19-22 March 2014 with Italy as its Partner Country. Italy, represented by the Italian National Agency for Tourism (ENIT), will communicate the highlights the country has to offer to Russian tourists, and will bring together Italy’s regional tourism agencies, resorts, hotels and transportation companies.

Ukraine's largest tour operator, TUI Travel, will join other leading travel companies at UITT in March. The company is investing heavily in the region after their recent merger with Turtess Travel. In its 20th edition, the event is the largest and most important travel industry exhibition in Ukraine.

The Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) will hold a two day tourism conference for Americas Small Island Developing States in Nassau.

President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Evelyn Smith says the island was successfully marketed to the travel trade during this year's staging of Caribbean Travel Marketplace.

Calling for the Caribbean to compete for primacy of the complete tourism product, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the region's vision on competition is both narrow and clouded. The prime minister was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2014 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Sunday night.