Cuba showed satisfaction over the good faring of its high-peak tourist season that brought in some 770,000 visitors to the island nation’s beaches, urban hotels and nature destinations regardless of an unfavorable and a tight-rope international situation. Cuba’s tourism vice minister Marta Maiz Gomez said “this has been a good season” with 19 percent more arrivals than in 2002 and 2 percent more than in 2001, by far the best year up to now.

The Trade and Investment Convention, known by the acronym PROCOMER, will take place in Trinidad & Tobago in late May with a much-anticipated turnout from the Caribbean and Latin America. Some early confirmations are St. Lucia, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.

The Costa Rican delegation has forwarded plans to set up an exhibit of numerous items including specimens, foodstuffs, beverages and pet food in an effort to expand its commerce.

Costa Rica will serve as meeting ground for international experts from a dozen countries that will huddle June 2 through 6 to sketch out a document containing designing and working guidelines for professionals buildings and facilities used in meetings, events and huge events.

This meeting is penciled in as a must-have gathering for experts and corporate people keen to having a piece of the luring congress and event market.

Corporate people and experts from twenty countries dealing with motor vehicles, railroads, cruise companies and airlines have confirmed their attendance to the Second Meeting of Professional Tourist Transportation Entities scheduled for May 2 to 3 at Havana’s National Hotel.

The Caribbean region’s diverse spiritual heritage will be celebrated when the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) hosts a special interfaith service to officially launch Caribbean Week, June 1-6, 2003 in New York.

Over 1,500 attendants will gather for a second year in a row at the Plaza America Conference Center in Varadero during the upcoming 23rd Tourism Convention scheduled for May 5 to 8.