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CHA Applauds PM Ingraham For Support if Tourism at Caricom Heads of Government Meeting
One Day Special Session on Tourism Planned for July Meeting
The Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), through its President Peter Odle, has applauded and praised the remarks and strong support of tourism interests by the Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister of the Bahamas and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the 19th Inter-Session Meeting of the Heads of Government last week in Nassau, Bahamas, and is very pleased about the resulting special session on tourism being planned for July. Read the full story >

1st Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit (ACTS)
ACTS has been created by leaders of Caribbean Governments and the Caribbean Hotel and tourism industry and will consist of several functions including a groundbreaking high level Conference focusing on Investment and Marketing, an Awards Gala Dinner & Ball and an Exhibition. Read the full story >

Caribbean hotel sector overtaxed in detriment of revenues for the wider economy
Activities in the Caribbean tourism industry are unduly subjected to additional taxes not found in other sectors, such as room tax, import tax, and departure tax. Read the full story >

Spanish hotel investors come to the table with the Caribbean hotel and tourism industry
The Caribbean has shown to have tremendous investment potential for Spanish hotel interests, which have steadily expanded their presence beyond their successful ventures in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba, and are growing throughout the region from the Bahamas in the north to Aruba in the south. Read the full story >

Caribbean tourism aims to become carbon-neutral
CAST Director Deirdre Shurland set the stage by tabling two fundamental principles behind the Caribbean tourism industry’s position as it relates to climate change. Read the full story >

Caribbean tourism investment fund gathers force
In May 2007, Peter J. Odle, President of CHA announced the engagement of KPMG and Caribbean Financial Services Corporation (CFSC) as advisors to a Tourism Investment Fund (the Fund) that CHA is seeking to introduce to the market, to help fill a "financing gap" in the regional tourism industry. Read the full story >