Puerto Rico Tourism Company honored at Seatrade

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC) has received the Aquila Center for Cruise Excellence’s “Aquila Whalesong Award for Excellence in People Investment”. The award, presented during Seatrade 2024, celebrates organizations that demonstrate outstanding dedication to nurturing talent and fostering growth and development within the tourism sector. The award, which takes the form of a whale tail and symbolizes strength, wisdom and the…

April 15, 2024

Events

Puerto Rico’s Caribe Hilton to host Monday’s Caribbean Travel Forum & Awards

As Caribbean tourism stakeholders make their way to San Juan, Puerto Rico for the 40th edition of Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) Caribbean Travel Marketplace, organizers are busy preparing for the Caribbean Travel Forum & Awards on Monday, October 3. To be held at the iconic Caribe Hilton, the daylong event which precedes the official…

October 3, 2022

Events

All systems go for Caribbean Travel Marketplace in Puerto Rico

The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association’s (CHTA) 40th Caribbean Travel Marketplace, to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 3-5, 2022, is on, and according to organizers, it promises to be a “magical” event. In delivering her pre-arrival welcome, CHTA President Nicola Madden-Greig stated that amid the uncertainty and challenges that resulted from COVID-19, “it…

October 3, 2022

Destinations

Puerto Rico tourism surpasses US$1 billion in lodging income

Puerto Rico tourism continues to register remarkable results, with the accommodations industry generating US$1 billion during the first seven months of 2022. The industry achieved this milestone three months earlier than in 2021, a year that ended with about $1.3 billion in accommodations revenue. “We have hit that mark for only the second time in history, and…

August 24, 2022

Destinations

Puerto Rico reports strong tourism job growth

Since the beginning of the year, Puerto Rico has broken its record of jobs in the leisure and hospitality sectors every month, signaling a robust reboot of the economic engine. The 82,300-worker record in 2015 was surpassed in November 2021 with 83,000 tourism-related jobs reported. Starting in January 2022, each month has seen a figure that surpasses…

August 16, 2022

Airlines

Low-cost carrier explores Puerto Rican frontiers

Frontier Airlines, which describes itself as an “ultra-low fare carrier”, is doubling down on service expansions to Puerto Rico, announcing new nonstop routes from seven U.S. cities and Cancun, beginning in May. Along with expanded service to San Juan and Aguadilla, Frontier will begin offering flights to Ponce, Puerto Rico for…

February 2, 2023

Cruise Industry Events News

Cruise Lines and Destinations Route Mutual Success at the FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show in St. Maarten

Miramar, Florida (October 29, 2024) – The cruise industry was anchored in St. Maarten last week, with 670 destination stakeholders and nearly 100 cruise line executives gathering for the only official cruise conference and trade show taking place in and representing the Caribbean and Latin America: the 30th Annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Cruise Conference & Trade Show.…

October 29, 2024

Cruise Industry News

Study Reveals Record Cruise Tourism Expenditures in the Caribbean and Latin America

New study finds that cruise tourism and the 33.3 million passenger and crew onshore visits throughout 33 Caribbean and Latin American destinations directly generated a record $4.27 billion in total expenditures, along with more than 94,000 jobs paying more than $1.27 billion in wage income, during the last cruise year. PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten (October 23,…

October 23, 2024

News

Vanessa Ledesma celebrates her silver jubilee with CHTA

Vanessa Ledesma, CEO of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), is celebrating 25 years of service to the organization. Since joining CHTA (then CHA) in 1999 as a meeting planner, Ledesma has risen through the ranks, making history in 2015 as the first woman to hold an executive position at the association. Throughout her career, Ledesma…

October 14, 2024

Tourism Development

Vanessa Ledesma confirmed as CEO of CHTA

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has announced the appointment of Vanessa Ledesma as its new Chief Executive Officer. Outgoing CHTA President Nicola Madden-Greig stated that Ledesma, with close to 25 years working with CHTA, “brings to the table passion, loyalty and a wealth of knowledge about Caribbean tourism.” Madden-Greig added, “It has been my pleasure working with…

September 24, 2024

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