Trinidad to host 2008 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference
Trinidad and Tobago will host the 12th Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) in May 2008 at the soon to be opened Hyatt Regency on the Port of Spain Waterfront.
The hosts, led by the Tourism Development Company Limited (TDC) of Trinidad and Tobago, aims to ensure that CHTIC 2008 will be the best attended in the history of the event.
CHTIC is the Caribbean’s premiere tourism investment conference which is attended by Investors, Hotel Owners, Lenders, CEO’s, Hotel Chain Executives, Financial Advisors, Mortgage Brokers, Real Estate Agents, Lawyers, Designers, Architects, Consultants, Tourism Officials, Timeshare Developers and Government Officials. CHTIC is organised by the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and Burba Hotel Network (BHN).
The TDC recently participated in the 11th Annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference 2007 at the World Trade Centre, Curacao from May 8th – May 10th.
At the conference, Dr James Hepple, President of the TDC, was a featured panellist while the mission was lead by Mr Cornell Buckradee- Manager, Investment Promotion. Other representatives of the Trinidad and Tobago Tourism industry included Ms. Lisa Phillips of the Ministry of Tourism, Ms. Diana Cohen-Chan- owner of the Kapok Hotel, Mr Kevin Kenny- Executive Manager- Angostura Ltd and Mr. Mark Raymond- Architect, ACLA Works.
The TDC had a country booth which was used to showcase and build awareness of Trinidad & Tobago as a tourism investment location of choice. The TDC partnered with Angostura Ltd to further enhance the visibility and profile the country. The booth proved to be extremely popular not only because of the warm and inviting atmosphere created by the TDC/Angostura team, but also due to the scale of prizes available such as a three (3) night stay at the Hilton Tobago donated by Hilton as well as bottles of Angostura’s premium aged rum 1919. The conference was attended by more than 400 delegates from North America, Europe and the Caribbean, consisting of key financiers of hotel and tourism developments.
Published on August 1, 2007
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