Webinar: The Caribbean Travel Outlook for 2020

By: - May 29th, 2020
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What’s next for the Caribbean travel industry? How will it begin to rebound amid COVID-19? What’s the outlook for demand?

A webinar June 2 will gather regional travel industry leaders for a roundtable discussion on the next steps for the Caribbean, presented by Caribbean Journal.

Industry leaders from Marriott, Delta Air Lines, Discover Puerto Rico, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association and the Aruba Tourism Authority will discuss the outlook for travel in the Caribbean for the remainder of this year.

Caribbean Journal Editor-in-Chief Alexander Britell will moderate the discussion, which will run from 12 PM EST to 1 PM EST on June 2.

Panelists will include

Leah Chandler, CDME, Chief Marketing Officer at Discover Puerto Rico
Frank Comito, CEO of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association
Diana Plazas, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the Caribbean and Latin America at Marriott International
Mariela Sanchez, General Manager, Specialty Sales Development for Delta Air Lines
Ronella Tjin Asjoe-Croes, CEO of the Aruba Tourism Authority.

To register for free, visit the Caribbean Travel Outlook.

For more info, contact ctowebinar@gmail.com.

— CJ

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