CTO News
The Official E-Newsletter of the Caribbean Tourism Organization


Features

CoupleMessage from CTO Chairman, the Hon. Harold Lovell, Minister of Tourism, Antigua & Barbuda
February is the month of love and, with romance in the air, it is a wonderful time for people to think about the Caribbean. READ MORE »

Statue of LibertyPlanning Continues for Caribbean Week’s Return to NY
Preparations continue for the return of the popular Caribbean Week celebration in New York, June 8–12. READ MORE »
Trip AdvisorCaribbean Scores High in TripAdvisor “Traveler’s Choice Awards”
TripAdvisor users love the Caribbean! A wealth of Caribbean destinations and resorts earned high honors in TripAdvisor’s annual Travelers’ Choice Awards for 2009. READ MORE »
CocktailsA Tasty Spotlight on Canada
The Caribbean will be in the spotlight at Place Bonaventure Exhibition Hall, in Montreal Quebec to celebrate the 10th anniversary of A Taste of the Caribbean Festival on May 31st. READ MORE »
MagazineCTO UK Kicks Off Million Homes Campaign
The CTO UK Chapter kicked off its 2009 promotional campaign in January with a full colour, 24-page Caribbean supplement inserted in the popular Daily Mail Weekend Magazine, with further distribution in the Telegraph Magazine. READ MORE »
Agent Enhancements to Help CTO Chapters Grow
The CTO Chapters continue to expand and evolve with some exciting new initiatives. READ MORE »



GMACaribbean Making News

The media is talking about the Caribbean! Recent positive exposure from the last month has included a front page travel section story in the New York Times and coverage on ABC’s Good Morning America. READ MORE »
Brazil Flag CTO On the Road

Last issue, we reported on CTO's participation in ABAV - Fair of the Americas, the largest travel trade exhibition in Latin America which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 22–24, 2008. READ MORE »



Virtual Caribbean

CaribbeanTravel.com Building Momentum
CaribbeanTravel.comThe Caribbean’s official consumer website grew again in December 2008 with 90,577 unique visitors and 114,279 total visitor sessions for the month, a 16% increase from December 2007. CaribbeanTravel.com continues to be a powerful marketing tool for the region, with unlimited potential.

See what the buzz is about at www.CaribbeanTravel.com.

New on OneCaribbean.org
onecaribbeanorgCTO's Market Intelligence Newsletters are available from representatives on the ground in Italy, Spain, France and Germany. These are for CTO Members only, so log in to read. And remember, you can share videos about your destinations and tourism events with the thousands who visit onecaribbean.org daily!

Contact Intranet Administrator, Sharon Coward at scoward@caribtourism.com, for details.



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Insider Scoop
Special Marketing and Media Opportunities

HOT DEALS
Do you have a “Hot Deal” on offer? Find out how to place this on the home page of www.CaribbeanTravel.com: e-mail Annette Stowe at Annette@caribtourism.com.

MAKE PUBLIC RELATIONS wORK fOR YOU!
Be sure you are on our distribution list for “Hot Tip” publicity leads from top media outlets looking to promote the Caribbean. Contact Susannah Gregory at Lou Hammond & Associates to subscribe: susannahg@lhammond.com.

stay IN THE KNOW
The Tourism Executive Brief is your source for invaluable industry intelligence provided by the CTO to members and their strategic partners and by visiting www.onecaribbean.org/
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. Contact Annette Stowe at Annette@caribtourism.com if you would like to be added to the email distribution list.

Insider Scoop

Caribbean Week New York
June 8–12, 2009

Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit
Washington, DC
June 8–10, 2009

Caribbean Week Toronto
Week of September 21, 2009

Information Management Conference
October 2009

For more information on events, contact ctony@caribtourism.com

About CTO

The 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 over 30 member governments and a myriad of private sector entities.

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, information technology and sustainable tourism development. The CTO disseminates information on behalf of its member governments to consumers and the travel trade. www.onecaribbean.org



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Canada
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Toronto, Ontario M4W 3E2, Canada
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