Archive for February 2016

USVIHTA held its bimonthly General Membership Meeting on Feb. 5 at the Frenchman’s Reef and Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort. About 35 members gathered to share updates on industry information as well as hear Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, Delegate to Congress, speak on her “Year in Review and Future Plans.”           

CMI: CMI members met in Feb., discussing various promotions and their successes as well as events. The USVI Department of Tourism’s Winter Promotion ended at the beginning of Feb., with 30 packages sold. The DOT currently has many ongoing promotions including the Puerto Rico Promotion, Carnival Promotion and International Promotion, and we are excited at…

The 43rd Annual St. Thomas International Regatta sets sail March 25 to 27. Join us as we watch brightly colored sails on sleek yachts race by like Easter bonnets on parade. Sip Cruzan Rum and Presidente beer while rubbing shoulders with famous Olympic, world champion and American Cup sailors at afternoon beach BBQs and nightly…

Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety group, has declared March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month. Each day about 2000 U.S. workers have a job-related eye injury that requires medical treatment. About one third of the injuries are treated in hospital emergency departments and more than 100 of these injuries result in…

For eight years, the Global Forest Fund has been investing in worthy tree planting events and environmental education activities around the world. The Foundation for Environmental Education invests 90 percent of the Global Forest Fund each year into worthy projects. Over the past eight years, 154 projects have been supported around the world. During the…

Congratulations to the Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives elected to serve on the executive committee from 2016-2018 including: Neil Forrester, general manager, Antigua Hotels & Tourism Association, was elected as president of CSHAE Stacy Cox, association executive, Turks & Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association, was elected first vice president and president-elect of CSHAE Brian…

Karolin Troubetzkoy, St. Lucia, Elected CHTA President For Term Through June 2018 The CHTA Board of Directors officially ratified Karolin Troubetzkoy to take office immediately as president of the association in advance of her term which would have begun in June 2016. She will serve as CHTA president through June 2018. Troubetzkoy was previously voted…

Coral World is pleased to announce that it is now a fully accredited member of the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums. The Alliance is an international association representing marine life parks, aquariums, zoos, research facilities and professional organizations dedicated to the highest standards of care for marine mammals and to their conservation in…

Seaborne Airlines and the Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority (PRIFA) have entered into an agreement to install Seaborne’s corporate logo on the 23rd floor of the exterior frontal façade of the World Plaza Building in Hato Rey. Seaborne’s headquarter offices are located in the World Plaza, one of the tallest and most emblematic commercial buildings…

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association has put together a plethora of materials concerning the Zika virus and made all of those resources available to the public. The materials cover a variety of topics, including: mitigation and vector control; education and public relations; and coordination and collaboration. Click here to download the most recent presentation…