The fifth edition of FITUR Congress –penciled in as the world’s second-largest tradeshow- successfully closed on the eve of the much bigger FTUR 2004, as the best trade reference of Spanish travel.

Mexico will once again attend FITUR armed with the offers and products that have made it one of the world’s best travel destinations and a leading spot in the Americas and the Caribbean. The country is by far a place that features an unmatchable blend of leisure, culture, diversity, history and hospitality.

With over 20 million foreign arrivals every year, Mexico ranks eighth on the list of the world’s top travel destinations and one of the finest choices among Spanish vacationers.

Heads of state and government attending the upcoming Fourth Summit of the Association of Caribbean States –scheduled for Feb. 13 and 14 in Panama City- will place regional security high on their working agenda, ACS secretary-general Norman Girvan said.

For the first time ever since its foundation, the 25 leaders of the ACS will tackle security in the region. In the three previous gatherings, tourism and natural disasters were the main topics of discussion.

Cuba’s eastern province of Holguin has everything any territory is required to host international conferences, said Conrado Martinez Corona, chief of the island nation’s Convention Bureau.

During the recently concluded Eighth Holguin Tradeshow, the Cuban high-ranking official praised infrastructure and facilities in this province that has rapidly become Cuba’s third-biggest travel destination.

Mr. Corona also extolled the superb possibilities that the huge 944-room Playa Pesquero Hotel –the largest in all the West Indies- has to offer for this kind of tourist activity.

The findings of a European Union study of the investment opportunities in the tourism sector in the Caribbean will highlight the annual tripartite meeting between government, industry, and the investment community at the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC 2004) in May, according to the organisers.

The eighth annual CHTIC conference from May 11-13 will be held in Jamaica and is being organised by the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) in conjunction with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Burba Hotel

Cuba has traveled to Germany’s Stuttgart armed with its finest vacation offers for the opening of the CMT Fair, an event gathering over 1,400 exhibitors from 82 countries.

The Caravan Motor Touristik (CMT) –coming to close today- is Europe’s largest tradeshow specialized in outdoor tourism. In it, visitors could get hipped on the latest trends, destinations, tour operators, adventure travel, bicycle tours, golf vacations, relaxation opportunities and whole lot more linked to this modality.