Connections, the international private community for senior executives in high-end travel, is set to showcase the second event in its Adventure series in the Azores, Portugal, from October 27-30, 2019. Connections Adventure will take place at Grand Hotel Açores Atlântico, São Miguel and follows the success of the inaugural adventure event, which showcased Connections’ award-winning …
Following the success of the first event which took place earlier this year in Santa Monica, Connections, the international private community for senior executives in high-end travel, has announced plans to again showcase its award-winning networking formula to the luxury travel industry in California. The second series is confirmed to take place in March 2020, …
The world-renown keynote speakers are always a highlight of the Cruises Inc.®, CruiseOne® and Dream Vacations award-winning National Conference, and this year’s conference aboard Royal Caribbean International’s Symphony of the Seas, which takes place Oct. 19 – 26, 2019, is no different. Leveraging the 2019 theme of DARE, this year’s keynote speakers include Global Trust …
The Caribbean tourism industry and its many friends around the world are responding to the call for support for the storm ravaged islands of the northwestern Bahamas – The Abacos and Grand Bahama. The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is appealing to its membership, travel industry partners, national hotel and tourism associations and all …
Global luxury travel network Virtuoso has announced that Chris Austin has won this year’s coveted “2019 Virtuoso Award: Cruise Ambassador of the Year – Partner” at the 31st annual Virtuoso Travel Week. Austin collected the award at the Cruise Night Out event on August 13 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. The honor is …
Travel agents with Dream Vacations, CruiseOne® and Cruises Inc. ® will take to the high seas October 19, 2019 aboard Royal Caribbean International’s Symphony of the Seas for their annual week long National Conference. Offering comprehensive travel agent training at sea, each year’s National Conference has a theme that will not only be the …
There was business as well as wellness on the agenda as the Wellness Tourism Association (WTA) held its second annual meeting of membership at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Arizona, May 29-30, 2019. One priority? The introduction of the WTA Annual Award (WTAAA). Open to WTA members and non-members alike, the new Annual Award will be …
South African Airways (SAA) and South Africa-based event organizer, On Show Solutions, have announced the 2019 dates and locations for the Africa Showcase in North America. This year, the Africa Showcase, which is the largest travel trade show in U.S. and Canada that focuses exclusively on promoting tourism to Africa, celebrates its 11-year anniversary in …
Spurred on by a 24 per cent rise in arrivals from the United States, the Caribbean recorded a healthy 12 per cent increase in tourist arrivals during the first quarter of 2019, according to statistics compiled by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO). In updating the media on the region’s performance at a news conference this …
Veteran tourism executive John Bell will receive the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s (CHTA) Icon of Hospitality Award at the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF), taking place at the Hyatt Regency Miami, June 21-23, 2019. The Trinidad-based Bell, CHTA’s first executive director, was the guiding force of the CHTA (formerly CHA) for 29 years. …