The 16th Annual Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) is scheduled for 24-26 April at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is geared at emphasizing the need for public and private sector partnerships in order to maximize investment opportunities in the Caribbean tourism industry.
“Tourism is our region’s number one economy and we must do everything to attract new tourism investment into the region to be able to expand our tourism product and therefore maintain our global competitive position as the world’s leading warm weather destination”, said Josef Forstmayr, president of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA). “This year’s Investment Conference program will be geared at jumpstarting investment opportunities in the tourism industry.”
The program includes panel discussions on the challenges, potential and opportunities for the Caribbean as it competes on the world tourism stage, opportunities in Caribbean tourism industry for public and private sector partnerships, Caribbean tourism from an investor’s perspective, positioning properties for long-term success presented by successful resorts, shared ownership, short and long-term future for real estate in the Caribbean, strategies and options for dealing with troubled assets, target markets and new opportunities, the power of branding, and capital markets outlook.
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