Chairman Randall Dolland and CEO Petra Roach of the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) attended the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) 40th Caribbean Travel Marketplace in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Travel Marketplace, CHTA\u2019s first in-person event since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, featured tour operators, media, travel agents, and trade partners from the US, Canada, Latin America, Caribbean, UK and Europe.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s Travel Marketplace commenced with the Caribbean Travel Forum, a new event centered around the business of tourism. The Travel Forum also commemorated CHTA\u2019s 60th anniversary with presentations of the 2022 CHIEF awards and the inaugural Destination Resilience Award, which was presented to Grenada Tourism Authority and Grenada Hotel & Tourism Association. The Destination Resilience Award recognized the destinations that used innovative, unique, and timely responses to the pandemic that led to their recovery while maintaining lives and livelihoods.<\/p>\n
CEO Petra Roach, in commenting on the award, said \u201cWe are extremely proud that Grenada was recognized for our hard work and innovation in mitigating the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. All our partners worked tirelessly, day and night, to maintain lives and livelihoods and ensure our destination\u2019s recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n
CHTA\u2019s Travel Marketplace is the Caribbean\u2019s largest tourism marketing event, bringing together the buyers and sellers of the region\u2019s tourism products. Over the course of the 2-day event, GTA held 40 one-on-one meetings with tour operators, travel advisors, media, airlines, and industry service providers including Classic Vacations, Conde Nast, American Airlines, JetBlue, Expedia Group, Caribbean Journal, Hotel Beds, The Lotus Group, British Airways Holidays, Air Canada Vacations and ALG Vacations Corporation. \u201cThis year\u2019s Travel Marketplace was an exceptional experience from start to finish. Our global travel partners remain committed to Pure Grenada, with many exciting initiatives coming on stream soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Chairman of the Grenada Tourism Authority, Randall Dolland said, \u201cIt was great to be back at CHTA Marketplace this year to meet with our industry partners. The GTA had a full schedule and our destination continues to trend in the right direction. Our numbers for the upcoming season are extremely strong and 2023 has the potential to surpass 2019, our benchmark year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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