The Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE)

DATE, the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange, was created to provide a professionally organized business exchange where International Wholesalers, Tour Operators, Incentive Groups, Airlines, and Charters Operators (Buyers) can meet and conduct business with the Dominican Republic’s leading tourism suppliers. Beginning April 19th through the 21st, 2016, participants will meet at the Paradisus Palma Real, Dominican […]

Trinidad & Tobago Gets Ready To Compete At Taste Of The Caribbean

Amidst cheers and approving laughter in a room filled with budding chefs and bartenders, the Trinidad Hotels, Restaurants & Tourism Association (THRTA) announced the team of culinary experts selected to represent the twin island Republic at the prestigious ‘Taste of the Caribbean’ competition in Miami in June. Led by team captain Adrian Cumberbatch, the energetic […]

Get Ready to Share Your Best Practices with the Caribbean Hospitality Industry

You are ready to attend the 2nd annual Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF) on Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2016 at El Conquistador, a Waldorf Resort in Puerto Rico. Now, get ready to showcase your best practices in the areas of business operations, sales and marketing and sustainability at the industry’s most innovative educational […]

ZIKA Guidelines for Spanish Speaking Guests

HTA is making available its Zika Guidelines for Hotel Guests and Zika Frequently Asked Questions Guide in Spanish for the Caribbean’s Spanish speaking guests. Click on this link to view and download the documents. The documents are also accessible via the Zika Resource Center on CHTA’s home page.

Exciting New Educational Sessions for F&B Professionals

This year’s Taste of the Caribbean will bring innovative and exciting created for educational sessions for food and beverage professionals that promise to enhance individual skills and boost the bottom line. The hospitality industry is a highly guest service–oriented business where encounters between employees and guests determine the success of the business. Nowhere is this […]

Caribbean Performance & Outlook Study Shows Tourism Growth Driving Increases In Employment And Investments; 2016 Promising

CHTA has released the results of the first annual Industry Performance and Outlook survey, indicating a cautious, but positive assessment as reported by the region’s hospitality and tourism industry stakeholders. Growth in occupancies and revenue stimulated job growth and increased capital expenditures by hoteliers throughout the region. The majority of respondents indicate a strong to […]

Developing a Lifelong Love of Travel

Written by Rainer Jenss, President & Founder, Family Travel Association Think back to your very first memory.  Got it?  If you’re like most – 62%, in fact – that remembrance will be from a time spent on vacation.   I happily fall into that majority.  As a child, I had the good fortune of having traveled […]

Congratulations to Mrs. Julianna Ward-Destang for winning Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Managing Director of the Caribbean’s first ever open-water sports park, Splash Island Water Park, Mrs. Julianna Ward-Destang,  successfully won the award for “Entrepreneur of the Year” at the 7th annual “Saint Lucia Business Awards”. Sister company to Splash Island Water Park, Bay Gardens Resorts, also won the “Marketing Excellence Award” for the third time, totaling […]

CHTA Hotels Accumulate Hospitality Industry Accolades!

U.S. News & World Report has named the best hotels in 2016 including the Best Hotels in the Caribbean: The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman Jamaica Inn Dorado Beach, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve Tortuga Bay Jade Mountain Click here for the full story (Source: Travel Pulse). Two more CHTA member hotels were announced the winners of the TripAdvisor® […]

New Member Spotlight: CDO INNOV

CDO INNOV a French company building motorized devices to manage sensitive areas (hydrocarbons depollution, invasive plants and sargassum collecting solutions). Our original approach to the Sargassum invasion is based on two main directions: Answering emergency through beach-cleaning solutions: we provide impacted entities (hotels, communities) with affordable, efficient and versatile machines to maintain the beaches clean […]