TTC has prepared for the great event of the Cuban tourist industry a special edition that will be presented together with the Caribbean Operators Book (COB) 2019-2020, Cuba Monograph, a tourist directory focused on offering professionals useful information about the Caribbean country. As the central theme of the issue we ...

Hugh Riley, secretary general of the Caribbean Tourism Organization since 2009, has stepped down from that post ahead of his scheduled departure at the end of June. Neil Walters, CTO’s director of finance, will temporarily take over the position until a successor is appointed. As secretary general, Riley led initiatives ...

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will celebrate its 46th Caribbean Week at the Wyndham New Yorker, from June 1, under the theme: “Year of Festivals,” and will come alive for a full week with “Amazing Caribbean Culture, Cuisine, and Rhythm.” Sylma Brown, director of the Caribbean Tourism Organization NY Inc., ...

By Frank Martin The Association of Caribbean States warned about the dangers of climate change in the region, in a meeting in Managua, Nicaragua. In the conference of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) the member states and associated territories, plus international observer organizations, agreed that the area is one of the ...

Reliable estimates indicate that by 2021 the worldwide health tourism market will reach somewhere between US$46.6bn and US$125bn per annum, and is experiencing a compound annual growth rate of somewhere between 13% and 19%. In contrast the World Travel and Tourism Council estimates that average growth rates for Caribbean tourism ...

By Frank Martin In 2019 Havana is turning 500 years old. Founded under the cooling shade of a ceiba tree in El Templete, the site where the first mass and town council meeting of Havana was held back on 16th November 1519, the city’s full name was San Cristobal de ...