This year’s Caribbean Tourism Organization State of the Industry Conference will focus on visitor experience and authenticity, the regional organization announced Friday. The conference, which will be hosted in Martinique for the first time, will be held under the theme of “Perfecting the Experience: Delivering Authenticity.”

The Brazilian Association of Travel Agencies (ABAV) has opened registration for visitors who wish to participate in the 41st edition of ABAV – Tourism Fair of the Americas, which will be held from September 4 to 8 at the Anhembi Exhibit Hall (SP).

The 19th edition of MITM Americas, Meetings and Incentive Travel Market, will take place in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico from October 2nd to 4th 2013, sponsored by Guadalajara’s Convention Bureau. Guadalajara has been exhibiting in MITM Americas for many years and wanted to host 2013 edition.

The 3rd annual Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF), an initiative of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment (MTII) and presented by invesTT, was launched today at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Port of Spain.

Jamaicans from across South Florida will once again be converging on the Ramada Hotel in West Palm Beach on Wednesday, May 22, and the Renaissance Hotel in Plantation on Thursday, May 24, 2013, for this year's Victoria Mutual Real Estate, Mortgage & Trade Expo.