Gold Book Publishing (GBP), a division of the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), is pleased to announce the launching in April 2003 of a new meetings and events program – Caribbean Meetings & Events…
Gold Book Publishing (GBP), a division of the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), is pleased to announce the launching in April 2003 of a new meetings and events program – Caribbean Meetings & Events.
Caribbean Meetings & Events seeks to fill the need of a single, all-inclusive resource and reference guide to the meetings and events market in the Caribbean region. Our goal is to promote the Caribbean region as a primary destination for the Meetings & Events industry and to stimulate ‘group’ business for those Caribbean destinations and resorts with meetings, incentive and convention facilities, said GBP Publisher Tim Grace. The program, which includes an annual meetings magazine and directory, an electronic newsletter, and a searchable website, is targeted to a highly-qualified database of approximately 12,500 meeting and incentive planners. This new program in Gold Book Publishing’s portfolio supports the range of CHA marketing initiatives to increase the visitor market share to the Caribbean, added Alec Sanguinetti, newly-appointed director general and CEO of the CHA.
The Caribbean Meetings & Events annual publication and website will include editorial coverage of the Caribbean and its unique benefits as a meetings, conventions, incentive and events destination, with factual data relative to meetings on all Caribbean destinations – maps, flight times, taxis, taxes, meetings capacity, etc. In addition, a comprehensive hotel directory and index by country will be presented, from the mega-resorts that can accommodate 1,000+ delegates to the small boutique hotels ideal for executive retreats. Country listings will also include on-island attractions, ground tour operators, other meeting facilities, group restaurants, etc.
Connie Goldstein has signed on as Editor of the Caribbean Meetings & Events program. We are thrilled to have Connie onboard. She is a well known, respected authority in the meetings market, added Tim Grace. Goldstein founded Corporate Meetings & Incentive Magazine in 1982 and is a former Executive Editor of Successful Meetings magazine. For the past five years, she has been a monthly columnist, as well as editor and associate publisher, for the Sales Marketing Network.
Caribbean hotels will receive a free hotel listing in the publication and website, in order to ensure a comprehensive database of meeting facilities in the region. Each listing will cover details such as the total number of meeting rooms, the capacity of the largest meeting room (in terms of the number of people the room can hold), the total amount of meeting space in square feet, and the total amount of exhibition space in square feet. The deadline to submit hotel information for the inaugural April 2003 edition is January 31st, 2003.
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