Check Out the CHTA Career Center
CaribbeanJobs.com, a CHTA Preferred partner, is a premiere source of quality candidates in the Caribbean region and powers the CHTA Career Center. CaribbeanJobs.com offers online recruitment on a comprehensive platform that enables recruiters and job-seekers alike to find their ideal fit easily and effectively. Click here to access the Career Center. Ample Reach With over […]
New Members – June 2017
Extend a warm welcome to our new CHTA members who have joined in the last month. We look forward to meeting you all in our upcoming events and engage with your online. Know anyone interested in membership? Have them contact Martha Valdivia at martha@caribbeanhotelandtourism.com. Remember to always CHECK CHTA FIRST when looking for a vendor […]
CHTAEF-Haiti Project Donates to Ecole Technique Frere Andre Guimond (ETFAG)
The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association Education Foundation (CHTAEF) is proud to see the extension of its multi-year funding efforts to educate Haitian youths. A result of the CHTAEF Haiti Project (completed in 2016), the high school in La Vallee has welcomed the creation of a specialist unit to teach Culinary and Hospitality knowledge & […]
Redesigning and Rebuilding: Jungle Bay’s Hurricane Resilience
Written by OBM International Tourism development in the Caribbean is largely dependent on people associating the region with beautiful images of aqua blue waters and white sand beaches. However, in the Caribbean region, hurricanes are a fact of life, and when they hit they can cause significant destruction to land and properties. Caribbean hotel developers […]
CHTA Remembers… Raymond Joseph
Chefs, food aficionados and food & beverage industry professionals alike bid a mournful farewell to Chef Raymond Joseph who died of cancer over the weekend of July 8th. Members of the Trinidad and Tobago National Culinary Team, which Joseph formerly led, attended his funeral. Born and grown in Snake Valley, Laventille, the youngest of five […]
Congratulations to Anguillian Scholar
Some two years ago, Ms. Kim Blaize who is currently employed at The Reef Hotel approached the Anguilla Hotel and Tourism Association seeking assistance to enroll into the Anguilla Community College, with interest to study Hospitality and Tourism Management. She expressed a burning passion to further herself and feed her ambition. At the time, she […]
Caribbean solidarity for Tourism Education in Haiti
On Thursday June 22, a ceremony was held at the Ministry of Tourism, where the Executive Council of Haiti Tourism Association (ATH) presented a symbolic check to the Minister of Tourism for the redevelopment of INFORHT (Tourism and Hospitality Training Institute) in Les Cayes. The funds were raised last November by CHTA in an action of […]
CHTA Members Make Travel + Leisure’s World Top Hotels List
From luxe adventure lodges to intimate inns to grand city hotels, Travel and Leisure’s readers have chosen this year’s best places on the planet to travel. The World’s Top 100 Hotels – Caribbean Out of the top 100 hotels, 4 are in the Caribbean and 3 of them are CHTA Members. Help us acknowledge and […]
Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2018 Registration Opens in August
Registration for Caribbean Travel Marketplace, the Caribbean’s largest marketing event, is opening August 10th. This year’s event will ring in 2018 with a new and a vibrant lineup of activities. Marketplace is coming back to the Puerto Rico Convention Center from January 30 to February 1, 2018. Marketplace is the only event in the region […]
MANAGING THE UNFORESEEN
All crisis situations, from a hurricane to an accident, present significant hurdles for a hotel to continue its day to day operations. The challenges take many forms and are often difficult to predict. Certain crisis pose a physical threat to the property, while others threaten its public image, customer base and short as well as […]