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 […]
New CHTA Strategic Partner: JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways joined CHTA as a Strategic Partner for 2016. Jetblue and CHTA have aligned regarding certain advocacy issues, in particular regarding mitigating the cost of travel and increasing the demand for Caribbean destinations. More travel to the Caribbean will increase funds available for the promotion of the destinations throughout the region, increase taxes collected […]
MasterCard and CHTA Present Destination Market: Caribbean Study
MasterCard Advisors and CHTA presented Destination Market: Caribbean, a study which delves into Caribbean tourism trends over the past three years. The study revealed that the top origination markets for spend are the U.S., U.K., Canada, Netherlands, Venezuela, Germany, France, Brazil, Switzerland and Italy. While international travel to the Caribbean remains steady throughout the year, […]