MIAMI (September 4, 2019) – The Caribbean tourism industry and its many friends around the world are responding to the call for support for the storm ravaged islands of the northwestern Bahamas – The Abacos and Grand Bahama. The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is appealing to its membership, travel industry partners, national hotel…
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Since its creation in 1986, the CHTA Education Foundation (CHTAEF) through the generous support of Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association member hotels and allied partners and its corporate sponsors has raised and granted over US$2.5 million in scholarships and grants to Caribbean nationals working in, or training to work in the tourism industry. One of…
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CHTA Education Foundation and Virgin Holidays join to offer more “Development Days” MIAMI (April 4, 2019) – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation (CHTAEF) has doubled the number of training sessions available for hospitality professionals in Barbados, following a surge in demand for the popular initiative, which is supported by Virgin Holidays. Respected…
DetailsLes Roches Global Hospitality Education partners with the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation to provide scholarships MIAMI (March 28, 2019) – A prestigious Swiss hospitality school will provide partial scholarships for Caribbean nationals seeking undergraduate degrees at the elite tertiary institution. This follows the inking of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Caribbean…
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NEW YORK TIMES TRAVEL SHOW DONORS The CHTA Education Foundation would like to thank the generosity of our Caribbean hotels who donated to this year’s fundraising action at the 2018 New York Times Travel Show. Their support contributed nearly $85,000 to the Foundation which will be used to fund scholarships for full time study and…
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Miami, FL, December 19, 2018 – Interval International, a prominent worldwideprovider of vacation services, and the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism AssociationEducation Foundation (CHTAEF) recently hosted three days of education workshops inAruba. The seminars, which were designed to provide training and development for thenearly 70 hospitality industry employees from 14 Aruba-based resorts who attended,were underwritten in…
DetailsMIAMI (October 29, 2018) – Recognizing the changing dynamics in the global tourism industry and the imperative to meet customers’ needs and expectations, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation (CHTAEF) and Virgin Holidays completed the first of a new series of hospitality training programs focused on diversity in Barbados last week. A new…
DetailsVirgin Holidays announces two ground-breaking initiatives to promote greater equality across the Caribbean The new programmes have been launched to demonstrate and enhance the benefits of diversity andinclusion to the tourism industry Public policy in some Caribbean jurisdictions reduces travel demand to these destinations. For example, almost half (43 percent) of British holiday-makers say they’re…
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