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CHTA TO HOST SMALL HOTELS RETREAT, TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN CONCURRENTLY, SEPT.
9-12, IN PUERTO RICO
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admin on 06/10/2010 10:39:00 Etc/GMT+1


THE CARIBBEAN (June 9, 2010) - This fall, the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism
Association (CHTA), in conjunction with the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC),
the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association (PRHTA) and the Puerto Rico
Convention Bureau (PRCB) will present two of its annual events concurrently. 
The Small Hotels Retreat will take place Sept. 9 - 11, 2010 while the Taste of
the Caribbean culinary event and regionalcompetition is set for Sept. 9 - 12,
2010 - both will be held at the Rio Mar Beach Resort, A Wyndham Grand Resort in
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Small Hotels Retreat
The Small Hotels Retreat, "Serving the Needs of Small & Independent Hoteliers,"
is primarily for small hotels consisting of 75 rooms or less however, it is open
to all CHTA members.  The conference program is designed by small hoteliers
specifically for small and independent Caribbean hoteliers.  During last year's
conference in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a total of 196 delegates participated, of
which 88 were hoteliers and seven were hotel association executives.  A total of
17 countries were represented at the Small Hotels Retreat in 2009.
CHTA is offering an early bird registration fee of US$150 for hotelier delegates
and US$275 for non-hoteliers who pay by Aug. 2, 2010.  Registration increases to
US$200 for hoteliers and US$325 non-hoteliers after Aug. 2nd.  Day passes are
available to hoteliers for US$125 per day for Sept. 10 and Sept 11.
Registration for the Small Hotels Retreat includes access to most of the Taste
of the Caribbean events with the exception of the Individual Awards Breakfast
and closing gala dinner.
Sponsors for Small Hotels Retreat include Forum Telecom, Green Globe, Interval
International, MasterCard, RCI and STR.
Event sponsorship packages are available for $4,850, these include multiple
value-added benefits.  For more details, contact Gabi Doria at
gabi@caribbeanhotelandtourism.com
For more information about the Small Hotels Retreat, visit
http://www.caribbeanhotelandtourism.com/events/event-SmallHotels-about.php.