Major Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference Set to Begin in Puerto Rico

By: - November 11th, 2015
The Ritz-Carlton San Juan

By the Caribbean Journal staff

A major hotel conference begins Thursday in Puerto Rico.

The annual CHICOS Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit is the region’s leading hotel and tourism investment summit.

This year’s conference is co-hosted by a partnership of Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) and the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

It is being hosted at the Ritz-Carlton San Juan.

The conference will also include a panel on Cuba’s hotel sector and opportunities; Simons Chase, Editor in Chief of Cuba Journal, Caribbean Journal’s sister site, will be among the panelists on Friday morning.

For more information on Cuba Journal, the leading digital publication covering Cuba, click here. 

— CJ

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