Marcia Erskine, a renowned journalist and managing director of Marcia Erskine and Associates, is the recipient of the 2014 Marcella Martinez award, while freelance journalist, Baz Dreisinger, has received the 2014 Marcia Vickery-Wallace award.

In Venezuela, the adventure and mountain programs are now among the priorities of the Venezuelan entertainment and tourism industry, aimed at leveraging existing potential in the country for the activities. Workshops that allow socialization of representatives of various associations and institutions related to the sector will also be organized.

The former director general of tourism for Jamaica, Carrole Guntley, whose career in both the public and private sectors spanned four decades, was presented with the prestigious CTO’s Lifetime Achievement Award at an awards luncheon organized in collaboration with USA Today and the CTO Allied members.