Events and Activities

Bahamas Events Calendar

BAHAMAS HOTEL ASSOCIATION
2013 CALENDAR OF EVENTS & PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

January 1st - NEW YEAR’S DAY
Holiday

January 13th - BHTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Location

January 20th - January 22 - CARIBBEAN MARKETPLACE
TBA

January 27th - CACIQUE AWARDS
Atlantis

February 6th - BOIPB DIRECTORS MEETING
Wyndham

February 7th - BHTA BOD & MEMBERSHIP MEETING
BC Hilton

March 24th - BHTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Sheraton

March 29th - GOOD FRIDAY
TBA

April 1st - EASTER MONDAY
Holiday

April 2nd - MARINA OPERATORS OF THE BAHAMAS MEETING
Holiday

April 3rd - BOIPB DIRECTORS MEETING
TBA

April 4th - BHTA BOD & MEMBERSHIP MEETING
BC Hilton

May 20th - WHIT MONDAY
Graycliff

May 26th - BHTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Holiday

June 5th - BOIPB DIRECTORS MEETING
TBA

June 6th - BHTA BOD & MEMBERSHIP MEETING
BC Hilton

June 7th - LABOUR DAY
BC Hilton

June 26th - June 30th - TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN COMPETITION
Holiday

June 27th - MARINA OPERATORS OF THE BAHAMAS AGM
Miami Fl.

July 10th - INDEPENDENCE DAY
TBA

July 28th - BHTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Holiday

August 1st - BHTA BOD & MEMBERSHIP MEETING
TBA

August 5th - EMANCIPATION DAY
Wyndham

August 7th - BOIPB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Holiday

September 29th - BHA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
BC Hilton

October 2nd - BOIPB DIRECTORS MEETING
TBA

October 3rd - BHTA BOD & MEMBERSHIP MEETING
BC Hilton

October 6th - 15TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
Sandals

October 9th - MARINA OPERATORS OF THE BAHAMAS MEETING
Ocean Club

October 14th - DISCOVERY DAY
TBA

November 24th - BHTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Holiday

December 5th - BOIPB DIRECTORS MEETING 9:30AM
TBA

December 6th - BHTA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
BC Hilton

December 5th - December 19
BHA ANNUAL SILENT AND ONLINE AUCTION
Atlantis

December 25th - CHRISTMAS DAY
Bhahotels.Com

December 26th - BOXING DAY
Holiday

 

Hotel Industry Events and Activities

2012

2nd Annual IDB/CCAA Forum on Caribbean Investment & Development
May 31 - June 1, 2012
Washington, DC

Caribbean Tourism Summit
June 15 - 16, 2012
Jamaica
This event is open to all tourism and hospitality industry personnel in the Caribbean region and those involved with the region.

50th Anniversary Dinner (Golden Jubilee)
June 16, 2012
Jamaica
The Golden Jubilee Gala Banquet will feature many of the individuals who have led the hospitality and tourism industry over the past 50 years.

For this momentous occasion, CHTA is bringing together the pioneers of the Caribbean hospitality and tourism industry, many of whom are now enjoying their retirement years, for the Golden Jubilee Gala. Many of the past and present hoteliers, tourism officials and hotel association executives are expected to participate and be featured in the festivities making the event a historic gathering of those who shape the region's most vital industry.

Also, during the banquet, CHTA will conduct the ceremonies for the President's Inauguration as well as present the Caribbean Hotelier of the Year Award.

Taste of the Caribbean
June 20 - 24, 2012
Miami
The one annual opportunity to network, polish professional skills and cheer on colleagues in competition, before a large audience of industry peers and consumer culinary enthusiasts.

But there's much more to it than that. Taste of the Caribbean provides education and inspiration through seminars, workshops, tastings and demonstrations, created to enhance performance, style and profitability in food and beverage operations.

AACCLA's 45th Annual Meeting and "Forecast on Latin America and the Caribbean" Conference
October 2012
Washington, DC

2012 Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF)
October 15 - 17, 2012
San Juan Puerto Rico
The region's most significant gathering of policy-makers, utilities, RE developers, development banks, private equity firms, NGOs, and other key stakeholders.

36th Annual Conference on the Caribbean & Central America
November 28 - 30, 2012
New Orleans

2013

Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2013
January 20-22, 2013
Atlantis, Bahamas
The most important marketing event in the region. Caribbean Marketplace is the premier marketing event of the Caribbean hospitality industry, it encompasses two days of business meetings that match buyers and suppliers through a computerized program of appointments. The business appointments set the tone of vacation packaging over the next year.

Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC)
May 7 - 9, 2013
Puerto Rico