Jamaica to Host 42nd Caribbean Travel Marketplace

industry meet, collaborate, strategize and get smarter about how best to share the Caribbean experience with visitors from around the world.”

Marketplace 42 will offer some new elements designed to enhance the overall experience that the CHTA President likened to the Caribbean Travel Forum & Awards.

The Forum will take place on Monday, May 20, just ahead of the official start of Marketplace. Highlights will include thought leaders and experts from several destinations and organizations and focus on the tourism business.

Jamaica has been selected to host the 42nd edition of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s (CHTA) Caribbean Travel Marketplace on May 20-22, 2024, the CHTA announced over the weekend. The CHTA’s most important event brings together buyers and sellers of the Caribbean’s tourism products and services. The Caribbean Travel Marketplace was last held in Jamaica just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019. Next year’s event will be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

“We at CHTA are delighted that Jamaica is building on the enormous success of our Marketplace this year in Barbados because it is where deals are made, allowing new and established buyers from all corners of the world to access a rich offering of travel products and experiences throughout the Caribbean,” CHTA President Nicola Madden-Greig said in a statement.

According to Madden-Greig, the marketplace is “where those of us in the

“At Caribbean Travel Marketplace, we can show the world how the Caribbean tourism sector’s resilience has made our destination secure and safe for locals and visitors alike,” added Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. “It is quite fitting to have Jamaica host this premier regional event as we continue on our path to growth.”

“This event will add greatly to our tourism suppliers and buyers and ultimately create strong partnerships moving forward.

It will also provide multi-destination opportunities for participants who may want to have different experiences over the period,” said Bartlett.

“This prestigious event offers an important platform to showcase the rich offerings and experiences of Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region,” Robin Russell, President of the Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association (JHTA), said in a statement.

MIAMI, Florida – Everybody loves a rematch, more so when it’s a FIFA Women’s World Cup Final rematch. This will happen on Wednesday when the United States Women’s National Team face The Netherlands at the Wellington Regional Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand in their second match of Group E.

The USA added their fourth star when they defeated the Europeans 2-0 in the Final at France 2019. With goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle, the North Americans crowned themselves as back-to-back champions. Football fans now will be able to watch these two sides in a much earlier stage and see how these two teams play each other for the next three points.

The USA started their fifth star campaign with a 3-0 win against debutants Vietnam. The players to watch delivered, as FW Sophia Smith scored two goals, entering the Golden Boot race. Captain FW Lindsey Horan added the third and final goal to give the USA their first points of the tournament.

The Netherlands, European champions in 2017, also won their first match of the first round, defeating Portugal 1-0. The Dutch overcame the Women’s World Cup debutants with a goal from DF Stefanie Van der Gragt. Unlike the 2019 Final, this time around the Netherlands will be without star FW Vivianne Miedema, who suffered an ACL injury last year.

The Dutch will try to rewrite history and change results, as the USA has always come out unbeaten when the two nations play each other, the last time being at the Tokyo Olympics when the U.S. squeezed out a 4-2 penalty shootout win after a 2-2 draw.

One of the most anticipated games of this group stage, both teams arrive with wins, wanting to add three more points to secure a spot in the next round. Fans around the world will be eager to see who comes out victorious in what is now a classic in women’s football.