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YTB International enters the
Caribbean
YTB International, a multilevel marketing
organization which now claims more than 135,000
referring travel agents in the U.S., announced it is
expanding into the Bahamas, Bermuda and Canada.
YTB Bahamas opened on Jan. 11 while YTB Bermuda and YTB
Canada are set for early February, the company said in a
press announcement. Derek Avera, YTB's vice president of
international business development, said the addition of
non-U.S. operations represents a first step in the
company's international expansion. "We look forward to
adding even more countries to the YTB International
family over the next year," Avera said.
(Source: Travel Weekly)
New Carib hospitality information site goes live
Kahn Travel Communications and Richard Kahn
has launched a new website promoting the Caribbean under
the banner of
www.CaribbeanVacationNews.com. It is strictly a news
and information site which then links directly to the
destinations and hotels for further information and/or
bookings. Kahn would like your news, but asks you to
send it only as a “word” document with photos only in
JPEG format. Here is a template for you to fill in to
make it easy to get listed on the new website...
go >
Kudos:
groundbreaking environmental protection agreement
reached in Cozumel
Conservation International (CI), Cozumel's Department of
Tourism and the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association
witnessed the culmination of their 12-month partnership
with
the signing of a groundbreaking conservation agreement
by cruise industry leaders representing government,
private sector, civil society, and cruise lines as part
of the Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative (MARTI). By
facilitating this agreement the partners set into motion
a major environmental initiative that will help preserve
some of the most endangered biodiversity on the planet
living in the world's most visited cruise...
more > (Source:
green-travel network)
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Coming up
Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference
CHTIC 2008
May 6-8, 2008
Hyatt Regency Trinidad
Membership value
The Caribbean Tourism Development
Company (CTDC) is pleased to announce the First
Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit (ACTS) bringing
together leaders from political, tourism and
investment communities and the Diaspora. ACTS will
take place at the International Trade Center at the
Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington, DC from
June 21-25, 2008. Caribbean tourism industry
leaders will be moving their activities to Washington
DC with the objective of transforming them into a
program that is larger and more meaningful to the
entire Caribbean. ACTS will consist of
several functions including a groundbreaking high
level Conference focusing on Investment and Marketing,
an Awards Gala Dinner & Ball and an Exhibition. All
events will create tremendous promotional
opportunities for companies currently investing in the
Caribbean as well as those organizations interested in
marketing their services in the Caribbean and helping
to promote the Caribbean to the U.S. market.
Stay tuned for details.
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