Re: [Fwd: New Dates-Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development]

Dear Colleagues:
Please join us for the 1st IIPT Caribbean Community Tourism Conference May
23 - 26 2003 at the Wyndham Rose Hall Resort, Montego Bay. We are
interested in getting the Caribbean more funding for community tourism
projects and when we come together at the conference, we want to demonstrate
a united desire to make our countries a better place for all of us.
Please see conference flyer and registration. IF you have any questions,
please contact me personally
Best regards
Diana McIntyre-Pike
President IIPT Caribbean chapter
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From: "Yacine Khelladi" <yacine@YACINE.NET>
To: <CANGONET@YorkU.CA>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 4:14 PM
Subject: [Fwd: New Dates-Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism
Development]

> >>>>>>>>>> forwareded message
> 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=2
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> 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
> #597
> 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 19:45:04 2003