On May 25 and 26, a meeting of tourism companies from Central America will take place in Panama City, in which buyers from all over the world will take part.
The International Tourism Expo 2018 will be held at the ATLAPA Convention Center, in Panama City.
The meeting, organized by the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama, will involve more than 160 international issuing wholesalers from Europe, North America and Latin America, with the aim of seeking service providers and tourism products.
In 2019 the country will be the host of a meeting of the Regional Commission of the World Tourism Organization for the Americas.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Tourism Institute:
Paraguay, April 13, 2018.Today Guatemala was selected as the venue for the 64th meeting of the Regional Commission of the World Tourism Organization for the Americas (CAM), in the framework of the 63rd meeting of the regional commission, in which they will also be holding the International Seminar on the empowerment of women in Asunción, Paraguay.
On April 26 and 27 companies dedicated to corporate travel management will be taking part in conferences and business meetings in Panama City
ViajesCorp Americas is an academic event that promotes professional training and specialization of the corporate travel sector and its primary objective is to promote and increase the maturity of the association and corporate market in America.
From October 19 to 21 2016 professionals from the tourism sector in Costa Rica and other countries will be gathering together in San Jose.
The event is being organized by the Costa Rican Association of Tourism Professionals (Acoprot) and will be held at the Aurola Holiday Inn Hotel, San Jose.It will feature the participation of international exhibitors who will speak on Sustainable Tourism Intelligence and employment in the tourism sector, among other things.
From May 31 to June 1 representatives from chambers of tourism in Central America will be gathering together in León to share experiences and explore business opportunities.
Jose Benito Rodriguez, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services in Leon told Elnuevodiario.com.ni that the First Central American Congress of Chambers of Commerce and Tourism will be attended by representatives of chambers of tourism in Costa Rica , El Salvador and Guatemala, "... plus delegates from two Chambers of Commerce in Honduras, including the Chamber of Commerce of Choluteca."
The First Congress of Tourism Integration will be held on the March 22nd and 23rd in Panama City, with the objective of establishing a road map for the sector.
With this conference the Tourism Authority of Panama is aiming to bring together the different players in the industry in order to establish the roadmap for the sector.
"... Twelve workshops will be held, each relating to a market segment.The idea is that each workshop presents the current situation in its segment, holds a debate and draws conclusions which can be translated into action, " said Alfredo Motta, event organizer to Laestrella.com.pa.
The event, which will take place on 22 and 23 November, seeks to foster industry growth in the Spa and wellness tourism.
The activity will be held in La Fortuna in San Carlos where hoteliers will participate as hosts of the country. "A number of leading experts will meet to discuss and publicize global trends in treatments in this area," said the event coordinator, Stephanie Villegas.
From 13th to 17th of May more than 15 international speakers will give lectures in Panama on the main tourist security challenges faced by the continent.
The Second Conference on Tourism Security in the Americas is forecast to be one of the most important hemispheric meetings of the year at which the topic of tourism will be addressed.
The event will bring together more than 500 experts and entrepreneurs in the region to discuss public policy and work on programs to protect visitors, destinations and tourism businesses.
On 18th and 19th of April Latin American small hoteliers in Costa Rica will meet to discuss issues such as competitiveness, promotion and marketing, and accommodation in small centers.
"Owners of small hotels in the Latin American region with a minimum of five rooms and a maximum of 50 will gather together on 18th and 19th of April at the Hotel Radisson Zurquí in Barrio Tournon," reported Elfinancierocr.com.
The event will be held from 29 to 31 May in Antigua Guatemala.
According to an article in Siglo21.com.gt "Antigua Guatemala will host the second Central American Cruise Conference 2013, which will take place from 29 to 31 May, with which it hopes to impact this tourism segment in the country . $100,000 is being invested in the activity. "
Pedro Duchez, director of the Guatemalan Tourism Institute (Inguat), explained that the amount to be invested in the conference will have a positive impact on the country, as it will be recompensed with the arrival more cruise goers.
About 200 companies will have the opportunity to make business contacts at the third Latin American Medical Tourism Congress, to be held from April 23rd to 25th.
"The congress will promote business development between suppliers and buyers of medical and dental services in the U.S., Canada and other countries", announced the organizers, through the wire agency ACAN-EFE.
From 12th to 16th the country will host the XXIX Congress of the Federation of Conference Organizers and Allies of Latin America.
Under the theme "New trends in the conference industry: the challenge of finding opportunity in changing markets," the event will take place in the city of San Pedro Sula, according to the National Chamber of Tourism of Honduras (Canaturh).
Organized by the Council for the International Promotion of Costa Rican Medicine, the third Latin American Medical Tourism Congress will be held from the 23rd to 25th April, 2012.
The event will be held at the Hotel Real Intercontinental and is expected to be attended by 500 guests.
Jorge Cortes, president of the International for the International Promotion of Costa Rican Medicine (Promed in Spanish) told Elfinancierocr.com, "For the third time Costa Rica will host the biggest event in medical tourism in Latin America. We hope to have more than 500 attendees and that Costa Rica witll further consolidate itself as the leading destination in the region in terms of health travel. "
In 2013, the country will host the World Congress of Tourism Journalists and Writers.
It is hoped that as a result of the conference, more than 100 articles about what Panama has to offer as a tourist destination will be published in around 35 countries.
The arrival of more than 900 journalists at the convention will have a significant positive effect on tourism in the country, not only for the hotels, transport services and other services that will be required at the time, but also in terms of the promotion given to Panama as an international tourist destination.
This year El Salvador will attend the OAS’s Inter-American Congress. The main theme is to develop business competitiveness as a tool for tourism development.
The OAS announced the following on its website:
The XIX Inter-American Travel Congress to be held in San Salvador, El Salvador, on 29 and 30 September, 2011 will focus on the following theme "Tourism, a challenge to poverty." Other important issues, such as the importance of public-private partnerships to promote investment and development for the tourism sector, tourism and cultural heritage, social responsibility of enterprises in the tourism industry and the challenges for sustainable tourism will also be discussed in plenary sessions.