Stelios to keynote Carib invest
confab
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico:
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HAJI-IOANNOU |
STELIOS HAJI-IOANNOU, the man often credited as the pioneer
who changed the European aviation scene, will deliver the keynote
address to mark the 10th anniversary of the Caribbean Hotel and
Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) 2006.
The two-day confab will be held April 4-6, 2006, at the Fairmont
Southampton Hotel, in Bermuda. The event is being presented by the
Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) in conjunction with the Caribbean
Tourism Organisation (CTO) and Burba Hotel Network (BHN).
EASYJET PLC CREATOR
At age 38, Stelios, who prefers to be called by his first name,
is best known for creating easyJet PLC when he was 28. EasyJet PLC,
Europe's largest low cost airline by revenues with a fleet of 100
jets and growing, carried 30 million passengers in 2005.
In its decade-long tradition, CHTIC 2006 will bring together specialists
from the international finance, development, and tourism fields.
Professional sessions will address hot topics such as timeshare
and fractional deals; win-win development projects; private label
resorts; condo hotels; the acquisitions marketplace; private residence
clubs and destination clubs; the debt capital markets; the mixed-use
project; and the Caribbean resort of the future.
Meanwhile, marketing and promotion issues will find a forum in
sessions entitled Destination Marketing Successes and the age-old
question 'To Brand or not to Brand?
CHTIC has the specific objectives of improving the tourism investment
and operating climate across the region; making the investment community
aware of the development opportunities available in the Caribbean;
and stimulating a continuing flow of both equity and loan capital
into the region.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
www.caribbeaninvestment.org or contact CHA's Conferences and Events
Department at 787-725-9139, fax 787.725.9108 or email mlejardi@caribbeanhotels.org
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