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 The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the government of St.
Kitts and Nevis have rescheduled the 5th Annual Caribbean Conference on
Sustainable Tourism Development to September 2003. The following
announcement includes all of the details.An audio clip is available at:
http://www.onecaribbean.org/information/documentview.php?rowid=1255&action=246udFor
more information about CTO, please log-on to www.onecaribbean.org or
www.doitcaribbean.com.Regards,
Kristen SchneiderContact: Johnson JohnRose, CTO Barbados
Tel: (246) 427-5242 / E-mail: jjohnrose@caribtourism.com
Contact: Kristen Schneider, Kahn Travel Communications
Tel: (516) 594-4100 / E-mail: Kristen@Kahn-Travel.com
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            CTO RESCHEDULES 5TH ANNUAL CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE
                   ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
                    ~New Date: September 9-12, 2003~
 Bridgetown, Barbados (April 24, 2003) – The Caribbean Tourism
Organization (CTO) and the government of St. Kitts and Nevis have
decided to reschedule the 5th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable
Tourism Development to September, 2003.The conference, which is being
organised in collaboration with the Association of Caribbean States
(ACS), and which was scheduled to take place April 23-26 at the St.
Kitts Marriott Royal Beach Resort, St. Kitts will now be held September
9-12, 2003 at the same venue.“The current global situation has made it
difficult for countries and delegates to give their full attention to
the conference. We are all facing difficult times right now and no one
in the industry has been untouched by this situation,” said Dwyer
Astaphan, tourism minister of St. Kitts and Nevis.
“The decision to postpone the Conference on Sustainable Tourism
Development was taken after much consideration and recognition that the
global state of affairs is not optimal for the conference,” added Karen
Ford-Warner, deputy secretary general of CTO. “The postponement will
give the countries and delegates more time to prepare.”The 5th Annual
Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, when it takes
place, will highlight the importance of our cultural and natural
heritage in the development of sustainable tourism products.The subject
areas to be covered include:· Planning, Managing and Partnership: Key
issues for the balance of our natural and cultural heritage.· Ensuring
the quality and authenticity of our heritage tourism products:
Standards, Categorization and Certification Schemes.· Standing out
through our Heritage: Marketing strategies based on the natural and
cultural richness of our region.· Financing heritage-based projects.·
Stakeholders speak out: Relevant issues for St. Kitts & Nevis.· Defining
the way forward: Relevant issues for the Caribbean on sustainable
tourism development. Conference participants will have an opportunity
to meet regional and international tourism specialists and will interact
with development experts from the cultural and environmental sectors.
They will explore the diversity of St. Kitts & Nevis through exciting
tours and make recommendations to the policy and programme developers on
how to achieve sustainability in the region.The Caribbean Tourism
OrganizationThe Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), with headquarters
in Barbados and marketing operations in New York, London and Toronto, is
the Caribbean’s tourism development agency and comprises membership of
32 governments and a myriad of private sector companies.The CTO’s
mission is to provide to and through its members, the services and
information needed for the development of sustainable tourism for the
economic and social benefit of the Caribbean people. The organization
provides specialized support and technical assistance to member
countries in the areas of marketing, human resource development,
research and statistics and sustainable development. The CTO
disseminates information on behalf of its member governments to
consumers and the travel trade.For more information, please contact CTO
Headquarters at One Financial Place, Collymore Rock, St. Michael,
Barbados; tel: (246) 427-5242; fax: (246) 429-3065; E-mail:
ctobar@caribsurf.com. CTO's New York office is located at 80 Broad
Street, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10004, USA; tel: (212) 635-9530; fax:
(212) 635-9511; E-mail: get2cto@dorsai.org. CTO's London office is
located at 42 Westminster Palace Gardens, Artillery Row, London SW1P
1RR; tel: 171-222-4335; fax 171-222-4325; E-mail:
cto@carib-tourism.com. CTO Canada can be reached at Taurus House, 512
Duplex Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4R 2E3; tel: (416) 485-8724;
fax: (416) 485-8256; E-mail assoc@thermrgroup.ca. Visit CTO on the web
at www.doitcaribbean.com and www.onecaribbean.org.
Received on Mon Apr 21 19:12:27 2003