Taste of the Caribbean’s Professional Development Sessions
This year’s Taste of the Caribbean offers an exciting new line up of workshops for food and beverage participants. The workshops are broken down by type of attendee: some workshops are catered exclusively to bartenders and mixologists, others are focused on culinary and other are for available to all attendees. Keeping up with the trends […]
CHIEF: A Critical Chance to Learn
Caribbean hoteliers and industry stakeholders will immerse themselves in three days of intensive education and networking in Miami next month, at the fourth Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF), happening at the Hyatt Regency Miami from June 22 to 24. CHIEF is a high-level forum for hospitality education with interactive workshops, panel discussions and the […]
The New Must-Have Hospitality Menu
How important is a great culinary experience to the average traveler when picking a vacation spot? According to Destination Analysts’ quarterly report, “The State of the American Traveler,” millennials lead the pack in foodie obsessed travel. More than half (50.7%) of millennials will not visit a destination that lacks good restaurants, and 62% said that […]
CARIBBEAN HOSPITALITY FORUM OFFERS CRITICAL CHANCE TO LEARN
CHIEF conference to cover communications, operations, sales and marketing and Caribbean tourism sustainability MIAMI (May 9, 2018) – Caribbean hoteliers and industry stakeholders will immerse themselves in three days of intensive education and networking in Miami next month, at the fourth Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF), happening at the Hyatt Regency Miami from June […]
CHTA EARTH DAY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT KAROLIN TROUBETZKOY
This Earth Day, April 22, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) joins the worldwide celebrations. Earth Day’s theme this year, “End Plastic Pollution,” is especially relevant for CHTA because preventing or removing plastic pollution remains a big challenge for many of our tourism enterprises and in fact, for many of our island destinations at […]
CHTA CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CHIEF AWARDS
Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF) to recognize best practices MIAMI (April 20, 2018) – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is inviting the region’s hospitality sector to submit nominations for the coveted Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF) Awards, to be presented in Miami this summer. “The CHIEF Awards shine a spotlight on […]
CHTA Mourns the Loss of Bonita Morgan
Our One Caribbean Family, CHTA and CTO, is deeply saddened by the loss of Bonita Morgan, CTO’s Director of Resource Mobilization and Development, the morning of Friday April 6th in the United States where she was undergoing treatment for cancer. Our most heartfelt condolences go out to her family and the CTO team. Her legacy […]
Hotel Food Waste Reduction Survey
Are you a General/Restaurant Manager, Head Chef, Food & Beverage Director, Catering Sales Director, or another member of hotel leadership with insight into your food operations? The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Center for Responsible Travel (CREST), and the Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST) want to hear from you! These organizations are partnering to […]
Join the CAST Impact Travel Mission – Earth Day Edition!
CAST, OBMI and Local Guest have partnered to help rebuild parts of Puerto Rico that were heavily impacted by Hurricane Maria. The weekend of April 20-23, 2018 teams of volunteers will unite in Puerto Rico to build new roofs in the historic community of La Perla, rebuild La Fundacion Ismael Rivera, and replanting a sustainable […]
Sustainability, the New Standard in Hospitality
By OBM International Though going green might have begun as a small niche in the hospitality and tourism industries, rising concerns over climate change have raised sustainable practices to priority level across the board. In fact, many travelers today are actively seeking out hotels and resorts that are committed to environmental and community responsibility. Knowing that […]