Tourism officials urged to address Taxation and Bureaucracy
By Sandra Ann Baptiste, CARIBBEAN PERSPECTIVES, From Guyana Chronicle INTERNATIONAL tourism and aviation industry leaders have urged Caribbean tourism policy makers and finance officials to re-examine taxation policies and remove bureaucracy, which is harming the industry’s growth and competitiveness and…
Caribbean arrivals increase 4.3% for first half of 2014
By Gay Nagle Myers From Travel Weekly Increases in overall Caribbean visitor arrivals from January through June are on pace with the world average of 4.7%, thanks to strong numbers posted by 17 island countries. Arrival figures for six other…
Cuba, DR threat – Single tourism marketing strategy needed
From Barbados Advocate It’s just a matter of time before America lifts its travel ban on Cuba, and when that happens, a flood of pent up demand will be unleashed, bringing with it a monumental threat to the tourism dependent…
Caribbean visitor arrivals in line with world average
From Da Vibes BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean recorded a rise in visitor arrivals during the first half of this year, keeping pace with the world average. The region enjoyed a 4.3 percent increase during the first 6 months of…
Caribbean tourism prepares for major change
CTO State of the Industry Conference in USVI from 17-19 September to examine issues that impact Caribbean’s primary revenue earner. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CTO) — Caribbean and global tourism thought leaders gather in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands next month to…
Why is the CMO running so much IT? Big data, says Ford exec
By Jason Hiner From Tech Republic The CMO has fully emerged as one of the most important players in corporate IT. In 2012, when Gartner famously predicted that by 2017 the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) would spend more on technology…
Caribbean Tourism Organization honors Jamaican tourism stalwart
From Amsterdam News NY Jamaica’s first female tourism director, Carrole Guntley (center), receives the CTO Lifetime Achievement Award from CTO Chairman Beverly Nicholson-Doty (left) and CTO Secretary General Hugh Riley COLIN WILLIAMS PHOTO Jamaica’s first female director of tourism, Carrole…
Agreement: Caribbean Tourism Organization and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
From eTN Global news Ten years after they began an informal relationship the region’s umbrella public sector tourism organization and the western hemisphere’s agriculture agency have formalized an agreement to strengthen linkages between tourism and agriculture. The Caribbean Tourism Organization…
Caribbean to tackle health & safety issues impacting tourism
From TN Global Industry news BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) – the region’s tourism development agency charged with leading the Caribbean’s sustainable tourism development – and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the regional public health agency…
Progress on Caribbean tourism marketing
From Barnacle MIAMI (May 13, 2014) – The Caribbean Tourism Development Company (CTDC)’s website CaribbeanTravel.com is making significant strides in promoting the region to the world. Meeting in Miami this month the CTDC board learned that 28 percent of visitors…
