New and improved activities for Caribbean Week

THIS year’s “Caribbean Week in New York” will be engaged with exciting and unmatched new events, along with refreshed and improved familiar ones.

The week of activities, organised by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), will take place June 1-8 showcasing the warmth, spirit and vibrancy that makes the Caribbean the most desirable warm weather destination.

The CTO has described the event as a sensational holiday fair, at which prospective travellers to the Caribbean can purchase special deals, which is among the new elements to the week which has become one of the most important events on the tourism calendar in the “Big Apple”.

“The One Caribbean Vacation Marketplace will offer specially priced Caribbean holidays and indigenous Caribbean products at special prices available only during Caribbean Week. Professional retail travel agents will close the sales in an environment that evokes the colours and energy of the Caribbean.”

Events to look forward to include the “Gospel Celebration”, on June 1, which will feature inspirational messages interspersed with gospel, dance and other performances by talented and accomplished Caribbean artistes.

Caribbean Week in New York will end with its most exciting signature event, “Rum & Rhythm”. There, rum and food lovers can sample top-shelf, award-winning Caribbean rums and enjoy traditional Caribbean cuisine and rum-infested delicacies.

Other rousing activities on the week’s calendar include the fascinating “Students’ Colloquium”, at which Caribbean students studying at the tertiary level present sustainable tourism projects that are practical and can provide a sustainable source of income for Caribbean nationals. (TL/PR)