Mango Madness at Anse Chastanet & Jade Mountain

St. Lucian luxury resorts celebrate the tropical fruit during the month of June and July St. Lucia’s renowned luxury resorts Jade Mountain and Anse Chastanet are paying homage to the mango throughout the months of June and July. To celebrate the tropical fruit, guests will get the opportunity to partake in the variety of value-added […]

The importance of promoting the Caribbean brand

As the President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), let me make a few remarks about our work at CHTA and about  the importance of a regional collaboration when it comes to the promotion of our Caribbean brand. We here at CHTA and by extension, our National Hotel and Tourism Associations, see the […]

St Lucia: spectacular scenery, countless banana plantations and peaks of perfection

Source: http://www.squaremile.com/peaks-of-perfection-in-st-lucia/  The traffic through Castries creeps along at a glacial rate, past bustling street markets and under the shadows of enormous cruise ships that seem to have arrived from a world operating on an entirely different scale. “It’s the sleeping policemen slowing everyone down,” our taxi driver explains as our car crunches over one of […]

CHTA calls upon governments, private sector to create tourism agenda as U.S. House passes Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act

CARIBBEAN HOTEL & TOURISM ASSOCIATION CALLS UPON GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR TO CREATE TOURISM AGENDA AS U.S. HOUSE PASSES CARIBBEAN STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT ACT THE CARIBBEAN (June 21, 2016) — The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association presented a paper to attendees at a Capitol Hill Briefing in Washington D.C. urging the creation of a Caribbean-U.S. public-private sector […]

CHTA advises Aruba government against adopting legislation limiting all-inclusive development

CHTA ADVISES ARUBA GOVERNMENT AGAINST ADOPTING LEGISLATION LIMITING ALL-INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT THE CARIBBEAN (June 7, 2016) – The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) is urging Aruba Prime Minister The Honourable Michiel Eman to abandon proposed legislation in its present form which would limit and control the growth of the all-inclusive segment of the Aruban hospitality […]

Hotelier Promotes New Caribbean Culinary Council

ST. LUCIA (June 7, 2016) – A leading Caribbean hotelier has influenced the launch of a Caribbean Culinary Council to enhance collaboration between Caribbean chefs as well as international chefs with an interest in the region. Karolin Troubetzkoy, Executive Director of Anse Chastanet and Jade Mountain resorts in St. Lucia, observed that tourists increasingly rank food […]