The Fourth Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEX) –a conference drawing together media outlets from North America and Europe to discuss tourism’s sustainable tourism in the countries of the region- will get underway from May 15 to 19 this year in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic.
The St. Thomas Yacht Club will celebrate 30 years of sailing tradition during this year´s annual International Rolex Regatta. The three-day racing event is scheduled for March 28-30, ahead of the traditional Easter weekend that occurs in late April this year. To celebrate this landmark year, this year´s races will include an exciting mZˇlange of the old and new to attract competitive sailors from around the world.
Despite the spooky shroud cast over the city by criminal violence, Rio de Janeiro Carnivals brought some 380,000 local and foreign visitors to the city, said Ruben Medina, secretary of tourism at the Mayor’s Office.
The official cited some stats provided by the Brazilian Travel Agency Association as he pointed out that right now hotels are proudly boasting a hundred-percent occupancy rate.
Mr. Medina underlined that such a volume of visitors could bring in a ballpark figure of $116 million worth of revenues for the city.
On the heels of a day of rampant crime triggered by drug smugglers, law enforcement agencies in Rio de Janeiro have turned up the heat on the streets to guarantee safety and security in the population during the upcoming Carnival.
Renato Hottz, chief of Military Police in the state of Rio de Janeiro told news outlets Tuesday that all battalions under his command remain on a state of high alert and all troopers are on the beat.
The 2003 Latin America Meetings and Incentive Travels Market (an event usually known by the acronym MITM) will open its fourth edition in Mexican city of Merida (Yucatan) on March 13 through 15. This is so far the first and only professional meeting exclusively devoted to the corporate travel sector: conventions, incentive travels, congress and events.
A limited number of purchasers and companies will gather on the fairgrounds in which quality above everything else is the name of the game. Up to now, more than 150 businesspeople from 16 countries have registered for the 2003 MITM.
Contrary to what some news outlets have been reporting, Cuba’s Convention Bureau (BCC) rebuffed in an official press release the establishment of any alliance with its Central American counterparts to boost event and fair tourism in the region.
At the same time, the BCC denied any participation in a meeting held in Guatemala with a view to sign such an agreement.