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CTO to Launch Social Network for Agents | | Monday, 05/01/2009 | | by Gay Nagle Myers | The Caribbean Tourism Organization in January will launch online programs aimed at improving its North American chapter system and the way that travel agents do business. |
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CTO’s Riley Optimistic on Tourism’s Future | | Monday, 08/12/2008 | Hugh Riley, Interim Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, released a positive statement on the state of the global economy and its impact on the tourism industry worldwide. “It is no secret,” he said, “that the economic uncertainty and fluctuations in consumer confidence are having a ripple effect, but I’m happy to say that interest in the Caribbean remains high in North America. As we move toward 2009 we see some positive signs for the industry. |
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CTO’s Caribbean Week Headed Back to New York | | Monday, 24/11/2008 | | by Gay Nagle Myers | Caribbean Week in New York will return to New York in June. The once-annual New York event, hosted by the Caribbean Tourism Organization, was scratched last June in favor of the first annual business-focused Caribbean Tourism Summit, which took place in Washington. Both events now will be held back-to-back in early June 2009, with dates still to be determined. |
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New Tourism Scholarship Opportunity | | Thursday, 20/11/2008 | A scholarship opportunity may soon become available for Caribbean residents who work in the tourism industry. This development is the result of a donation by the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association of $10,000 to the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Foundation, Inc. |
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CTDC and Air Jamaica Mourn Loss of Jamaican Legend Byron Lee | | Monday, 10/11/2008 | The Caribbean Tourism Development Company (CTDC) and Air Jamaica both expressed remorse for the passing of Byron Lee. Lee, a musician, was also “a leader, a visionary, a ground-breaker and, in many ways, a true ambassador for Caribbean tourism through the tremendous cultural impact that both he and his music had worldwide,” according to the CTDC statement. |
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CTO’s Julia Hendry to Retire Next Year | | Thursday, 23/10/2008 | Julia Hendry, a renowned 30-plus-year veteran of the Caribbean travel industry who spent her last half a dozen years as UK & Europe Marketing Director for the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), announced this week her decision to step down from her post, probably following WTM in London later this year. |
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New Education Portal for Caribbean Travel Specialists | | Monday, 06/10/2008 | Working in partnership with the Caribbean Tourism Development Company (CTDC), the marketing and business development unit owned equally by the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) and the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Questex Media’s Travel Agent Media Group introduces a new travel agent education portal, CaribbeanTravel.com/Agent, dedicated to serve travel agents specializing in the Caribbean tourism market. |
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National Tour Association Appoints New Chairman | Michele Michalewicz, CTP, a Salt Lake City travel professional and president of Western Leisure, Inc. has been inducted as the 2009 chairman and CEO of the National Tour Association. NTA is the industry’s premier packaged travel association made up of more than 3,000 members from around the globe. |
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Travel Agents to Be in Higher Demand in 2009 | | by Sharon Chambers | Peter Yesawich, president and CEO of Ypartnership, expects more consumers to turn to travel agents when planning their trips in 2009. Meanwhile, research conducted by Ypartnership states that the travel intentions of Americans remain strong as 71 percent of active travel households are planning at least one overnight trip during the next six months –the same amount as one year ago. |
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CTO to Launch Social Network for Agents | | by Gay Nagle Myers | The Caribbean Tourism Organization in January will launch online programs aimed at improving its North American chapter system and the way that travel agents do business. |
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Golf Resorts Being Upscaled in Puerto Rico | This seaside stretch, a half-hour’s drive east of the airport in San Juan, is not placid in midday. Construction equipment rumbles through the beachfront while workers sweat out installing the marble floors and granite countertops in developer Donald Trump’s latest Caribbean venture. |
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Antigua Air Traffic Slows Down | A flow control system implemented by air traffic controllers at the VC Bird International Airport in Antigua has been disrupting flights in and out of the island during the Christmas rush. |
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