The Brazilian Travel Agency Association will hold its 31st traditional fair beginning Oct. 22 to 26 in Rio de Janeiro.
This time around, the event will be highlighted by the 50th birthday of Tasso Gadzanis, the association’s chairman.
Authorities are sending out invitations to all professionals in the hemisphere and guaranteeing attendants free access to official functions and transfer to and from the airport and hotels at no extra charge.
The Tourism Promotion Board of the Riviera Maya in conjunction with the Riviera Maya Hotel Association will host the Latin Jazz Festival November 13-15. The event take place in restaurants and hotels as well as at the Municipal Park in Playa del Carmen.
On Saturday November 15 the main concert with Caribbean Jazz Project, will take place in Playa del Carmen at 8:00 p.m. Caribbean Jazz Project’s latest album The Gathering was the recipient of the 2003 Grammy for best “Latin Jazz Album.”
The Gran Meliá Cancun Hotel is host of the First US-Cuba Travel Conference taking place October 16 through 19, under the auspices of the Association of Travel-Related Industry Professionals (ATRIP). The gathering is aimed at finding ways to promote American tourism to the neighboring island.
Atlantis, Paradise Island resort and event specialist, Harith Productions Ltd. have received a trio of meetings & incentive industry awards for last year´s "Mystic Powers of Atlantis" event. The program doubled as an incentive program for VIASYS Healthcare Inc. as well as the central entertainment event for the 2002 Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational golf tournament.
The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves will be the feature speaker at this year’s 26th Annual Caribbean Tourism Conference (CTC-26) on Saturday, October 18th, the final day of the gathering. He will speak on the theme “Recovery and Growth in a Fiercely Competitive Environment”.
“We are excited that Prime Minister Gonsalves has agreed to address us. His presence is a demonstration of his commitment to participate in the region’s efforts to strengthen the tourism industry,” said Jean Holder, secretary general of CTO.
For the first time ever, Spain will host the E-Tourism-Europe International Conference scheduled for Oct. 16 to 17 this year in Palma de Mallorca. This is one of Europe’s top events dealing with the latest breakthroughs, strategies and technologies linked to tourism and the Internet.
The main topic presiding over all of the conference’s debates and round tables is “how to establish a strategy based on future alliances aimed at improving promotion and distribution of different tourist products and services.”