Cuba’s 2004 Tourism Convention –scheduled for May 3 to 6 in Varadero- will this time around be devoted to portray culture as a tourist product and to highlight the Jardines del Rey destination, said Martha Maiz, the island nation’s tourism vice minister. The United Kingdom will be this year’s guest country.
Tour operators, travel agencies, airlines, media organizations, industry professionals and tourist institutions will take advantage of this magnificent opportunity to exchange views and unveil new lines of products and services.
The International Tourism Fair (ITF) will take place in Paraguay with an anticipated massive turnout of organizations related to the MERCOSUR and the rest of the region, though a definitive date is yet to be determined, sources close to the organizing committee explained.
The country’s National Tourism Office (SENATUR is the acronym in Spanish) and the Paraguayan Touring and Automobile Club (PTAC) pledged to plan and organize the event on the heels of an cooperation agreement signed among a number of agencies in December.
Beginning next Jan. 31, Madrid’s Crowne Plaza Hotel will host the third edition of the Dive Tour Hall, a one-of-a-kind sample expected to be attended by representatives from top local and international scuba diving destinations.
Over 70 exhibitors –organized by Abando Dive Travel, a wholesaler/retailer specialized in planning trips for scuba diving buffs to any site around the world.
Paraguay’s 2004 International Tourism Fair will gather representatives of both public and private institutions from state members of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR is the acronym in Spanish).
Authorities have not circled an exact date for the tradeshow, the first of its kind ever to be held in Paraguay, sources close to the event’s organizing committee said in Asuncion.
The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Madrid will hold Feb. 1 the first fair ever dedicated to golf travel and real estate organized by Abando Golf Travel, a retailer-wholesaler specialized in trips to the world’s premiere golf destinations.
The 2004 Swing will gather the finest golf destinations under the sun, both national and international, as well as real-estate offers related to the realm of golf, the best 18-hole courses, equipment and everything that draws golfers’ attention.




