San Ignacio Resort Hotel in Belize Celebrates 40 years
Congratulations San Ignacio Resort Hotel! This CHTA Member is the longest standing hotel in San Ignacio Town celebrating its 40th anniversary, having officially opened to guests on August 17, 1976. To commemorate the event, the Hotel will launch several activities highlighting and celebrating its importance as a pioneer in the Belize hospitality industry. “Celebrating 40 […]
CHTA Member Honored by the Saint Lucia Government
The Saint Lucia government recently acknowledged the 50-year contribution of the Barnard family to the growth of the hospitality sector. The Government of Saint Lucia has paid tribute to a local family for its contribution to the development of Saint Lucia’s tourism industry. On Aug. 16, government officials led by Prime Minister Hon. Allen Chastanet, […]
New Member Spotlight!
CHTA proudly welcomes the following new Members. For additional information and contact details for these companies, login to the Members Only section of www.caribbeanhotelandtourism.com. If you have forgotten your access details, email: membership@caribbeanhotelandtourism.com. Hotel Members Alicia’s Inn Calibishie Cove Marriott’s Frenchman’s Cove Ocean Point Resort & Spa Allied Members A.B Consulting Adams Unlimited Aqua Mania […]
Curaçao Well Represented at Sabor Barranquilla
Dane Ribeiro Rodriguez of Curacao’s Culinary Team and Charlwin ‘’Broertje’’ Marshall traveled to Barranquilla, Colombia to showcase their culinary talents to thousands of visitors at Sabor Barranquilla. Sabor Barranquilla is an annual gastronomic event that started in 2008 that this year will take place from August 19th till the 21st. In the final stretch […]
Barbados Brexit Symposium
On Friday 9 September, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus hosted a #BREXIT Symposium featuring a round table discussion with six panelists, including the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association’s Chairman, Roseanne Myers. What are the implications of this momentous decision for the world economy and for us here in the Caribbean? Is […]
EDUCATION SELLS: How to Use Education Marketing To Increase Your Revenue
It is an age old adage: customers buy from people they like. While we don’t usually buy from people we dislike, there is one more dimension to this old saying. We buy from people we like and trust. Does this also apply when someone is deciding where to go on vacation? Absolutely. When a guest […]
CHTA and BHN Form Strategic Alliance
Burba Hotel Network (BHN) and CHTA have announced a strategic alliance with regards to the Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS). The goal of the alliance is to utilize our respective strengths to stimulate investment in the Caribbean hotel and tourism market via the CHRIS conference which takes place annually in Miami. “CHTA has […]
Zika Brief for Caribbean Travel Partners
The spread of Zika virus in the Americas, other tropical regions and most recently in Florida has understandably caused concern to both residents of and travelers to those areas. While ZIKA virus itself is described as a mild virus with only one in 5 persons showing any symptoms, a link of the virus to microcephaly […]
Discounted and Exclusive Professional Development Workshops Offered at CHIEF
CHIEF’s professional development sessions are priceless educational opportunities for all hospitality and tourism stakeholders to increase retention, challenge your leaders and rally your leaders-in-the-making. You will not find all of these three workshops offered anywhere else at these discounted rates, all under the same roof. They will take place on Friday, September 30, 2016 from […]
Global Travel Experts and Local Award-Winning Hoteliers Line Up for CHIEF 2016
This year’s Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF) presenters include some of the industry’s biggest brands, including Marriott Hotels’ Diana Plazas, Vice President Brand, Marketing & Digital for Latin America & the Caribbean, as well as Veronica Stoddart, the former Travel Editor of USA Today who serves as Executive Editor in Residence at Percepture Travel […]