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Events >> FitCaR
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Colombia Attended FitCar 2005 with huge Delegation of Businesspeople, Officials
Monday, 10/10/2005
Caribeinside.com

Colombia´s Minister of Foreign Trade, Industry and Tourism, Jorge Humberto Botero, led his country´s delegation to the First International Tourism Fair in Caracas (FitCar 2005) that came to a close last weekend in Venezuela.

Mr. Botero was accompanied by Oscar Rueda, chairman of the National Tour Association of Operators, and by Patricia Acosta, head of the Colombian Tourism Promotion Trust.

 
FitCar 2005 Hyped Margarita Island as Venezuela´s Top Travel Destination
Monday, 10/10/2005
Caribeinside.com

Representatives from the private and public sectors in the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta attended the First International Tourism Fair that came to a close last week in Caracas. Their intention at their event was plain and simple: throw the limelight on Margarita Island as the South American country´s number-one travel destination.

The insular delegation was presided over by Nueva Esparta Governor Morel Rodriguez and Salvador Nuñez, president and CEO of the Nueva Esparta Tourism Corporation, who acted as top host at the island´s booth.

 
Venezuela, Curacao to Open Ferry Route
Monday, 10/10/2005
Caribeinside.com

Venezuela and Curacao are working hand in hand to piece together a new ferry route between Coro Fal and the Dutch Commonwealth territory.

The official announcement was made by Hugo Clarinda, of the Curacao Commercial Office in Venezuela, within the framework of the First International Tourism Fair that came to a close last weekend in Caracas.
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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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