Bogota is putting its best bib and tucker to start out a dance schedule in the second half of the ongoing year that includes salsa and tango festivals. According to the Culture and Tourism District Institute –the event’s organizer- the June agenda will also have a Senior Dance Festival (for people over 50 years of age), plus break dance and pop dance pageants.
The first event is summoning enthusiasts of milonga and salsa music to come to the country from June 9 through 14 for the Ninth Tango Overtakes Bogota Festival and the Let’s Dance Salsa Meeting.
Famous Cuban Havana Club rum won most of the awards given in the First International Rum Festival, which 300 participants from 30 nations considered the "Anejo 15 anos" (aged rum) the most complete, event participants said.
The Melia Havana Hotel hosted the closing ceremony and awards dinner that ended in the early hours of the morning, and where prizes were awarded for best designs in such categories as best stand (free design) to Tecnoazucar Company, and best design of a product for the range of Havana Club rums, among others.
The West Indian Foundation, Inc. in Hartford, Connecticut is seeking artists to participate in its Annual Caribbean Art Exhibit schedule to open on Thursday July 15 and will end on September 18, 2004.
Artists interested in exhibiting one dementional works should send photos of art (noting size and medium), artist’s bio and any other relative information to Yvonne c. Harris, 135 Canterbury Street in Hartford, Connecticut 06112.
New experiences with eight brands of Cuban rum and a visit to the Santa Cruz factory where Havana Club is made were two highlights of the First International Rum Festival concluding Wednesday in Havana.
The festival has been a forum for debate among producers, salespeople and connoisseurs, who examined distinct products as well as attending a trade fair and diverse demonstrations and tastings.
Panama’s Copa Airlines has sketched out a new product –Copa Conventions- in an effort to put the Dominican Republic, Cancun, Colombia’s Cartagena de Indias and Cuba as world-class destinations for congress and conferences.
Amid increasing demand for this kind of service, the Panamanian carrier was forced to add bigger planes to its fleet with a view to assimilate the larger amount of passengers traveling to the Dominican Republic.
Members of the public sector, travel destination managers and institutions from over 25 countries attended the DRH.WTO conference “Building Structures for Tourism Policies and Destination Management”, held on June 2 and 3 at the Madrid Conference Center.
Participants huddled in the Spanish capital to discuss the latest research studies on tourism policies and strategies in the field of travel destination management, as well as to touch on methodology and related strategies that make certain travel destinations go great guns.