Hotel Membership Benefits (at a glance)

Caribbean Marketplace: The premier tourism marketing event for the Caribbean region. International wholesalers and tour operators (buyers) meet with Caribbean hoteliers and vacation suppliers in a business environment with pre-scheduled appointments.

Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Conference (CHTC): Seminars and workshops designed to inform and educate; two-day trade expo, showcasing our Allied members and their products at best market prices; and Taste of the Caribbean – highlighting the Caribbean’s best in the culinary arts.

Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC): Optimize your tourism investment by tapping into the pulse of the investment community. This annual private/public sector conference brings together governments, hoteliers, developers, bankers and investors in a unique business forum.

Room ExCHAnge Program: Exchange your annual membership dues for room nights. CHA member hotels can exchange room nights in lieu of cash as a means of paying membership dues in CHA and their National Hotel Association. The program provides internet exposure on Skyauction.com adding value for your buck.

Caribbean Hotel Association Reservation Marketing Service (CHARMS): Maximize revenue for your hotel. CHA’s reservations marketing service, CHARMS, operated by UTELL by Pegasus, provides a superior combination of fully integrated distribution channels. Enrollment in CHA offers hotels FREE enrollment
in UNIREZ by Pegasus.

CHA Membership Card: Obtain significant discounts on hotel and car rentals in the Caribbean. Discounts are also available on selected hotels in the United States and Europe.

Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST): How GREEN is your hotel? Utilize our cutting edge expertise on hurricane preparedness, as well as best practices on environmental issues that are energy
efficient and environmentally friendly.

Human Resources & Training Resource Center: People with vision are our greatest asset. CHA facilitates training and education, which are essential for the development of the Caribbean’s invaluable human resource base.

Publishing: CHA publishes CaribbeanTravel.com-The Magazine and CaribbeanTravel.com-The Website. CaribbeanTravel.com-The Magazine is distributed to all IATA travel agencies throughout the US and Canada. In addition, the winter edition is distributed to all UK agencies. CaribbeanTravel.com is a fully searchable database of Caribbean-specific lodging and destination information.  CHA member hotels receive priority placement in the magazine and the website.

Hot Tips and Media Leads:  CHA's Communications Department serves as a fullfilment center for the regional and international press-facilitating editorial opportunities for members, while providing research assistance to journalists.

Smith, Orloff & Associates International: Insurance loss adjusters, providing hoteliers with professional
counseling on property insurance and loss adjustments.

CHA Weekly News: The information highway on current global, regional, association and member issues. CHA members can keep abreast with the “movers and shakers” in the tourism industry, marketing, environment, investments, new projects etc., through this weekly email news bulletin.  In the Member Corner section, members announce new business, sales promotions, and discounts, and other news to their fellow hotel and allied members, on a complimentary basis.

Small Hotels Resources: Sixty percent of the hotels within the CHA membership are “small” hotels (75 rooms or less), which shows the importance of the economic vitality of these enterprises to the well being of the region.  Here are some additional reasons for a small hotel to join CHA!

...and more: For details on CHA's full portfolio of programs, please take the time to explore this website. 

Questions?Please contact Tanya at tlazarus@caribbeanhotelassociation.com or Goretti at ganthony@caribbeanhotelassociation.com, in the CHA Membership Sales & Development Department; telephone 305.443.3040.