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(Dive Travel Business News - January 25, 2012) -- At the 30th anniversary opening of Caribbean Marketplace 2012, held January 22-24 at Atlantis Paradise Resort Bahamas, President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Josef Forstmayr spoke to the dirth of competition in the regional airline industry  that is stifling the tourism sector resulting in outrageous ticket prices and an ill-conceived network, lacking a true regional airline system. 

Addressing hoteliers, travel agents, tour operators and buyers from the regional and international community at the official opening of CHTA Caribbean Marketplace 2012, Forstmayr remarked that the CHTA estimated that in 2010, the Caribbean governments collectively paid US$45 million to secure airlift, only to find that the situation is still inadequate and way too expensive for visitors. read more »

(DiveTravelBusinessNews.com - January 19, 2010) -- The tourism outlook for 2010 in the Caribbean region anticipates an uphill struggle and continued challenges for hoteliers, operators and destinations as the economic effects of the global recession continue to erode demand.

The mood at the annual Caribbean Marketplace was sober and realistic. Yet, attendance figures, the third-largest in recent years, suggested that buyers and suppliers are hellbent on salvaging business lost in 2009 and bolstering what’s on the books thus far in 2010 and beyond with creative deals and incentives.

Alec Sanguinetti, director general and CEO of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, which hosted Marketplace, put it bluntly: "From the tourist industry point of view, we see no reason that 2010 will be any better than 2009." Read more of Gay Nagle Myers story here at Travel Weekly.

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