Do You Have a Tsunami Evacuation Plan? VITEMA Offers Resources to Begin Today!

Planning for natural disasters is crucial to the safety of your guests and team, and we encourage you to have a well-rounded plan that not only includes hurricane protocol, but also a tsunami evacuation plan. VITEMA offers resources that can assist your business in creating a plan, practicing drills/exercises, and executing your plan efficiently if an emergency should arise. VITEMA's program is called Tsunami Ready Supporters, and it provides a template for a plan, assistance with how to conduct an exercise, a workshop with personnel to review the evacuation route, and a tsunami evacuation map and plan. Click here to view a presentation from VITEMA regarding the program, and reach out to Regina Browne at Regina.Browne@vitema.vi.gov for more information on a plan template and implementing the plan.

VITEMA also participated in the annual Caribe Wave tsunami testing exercise on March 21. The exercise is a regional effort to promote tsunami awareness and readiness through drills and tests of the 44 tsunami sirens across the territory.

CHTA’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace to Introduce New Features in Jamaica

The 42nd staging of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA)’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace, scheduled to take place at the Montego Bay Convention Center from May 20-23, will feature new additions and three dedicated tracks, promising an even more dynamic and engaging experience for attendees. During a recent "Caribbean Fireworks" press conference in Kingston, CHTA President Nicola Madden-Greig stated, "This year we will be taking the event to a new level with three distinct tracks — The Business of Tourism: in the form of the Caribbean Travel Forum; the Marketing of Tourism: CHTA Caribbean Travel Marketplace; and the Community of Tourism: with our first ever Responsible Tourism Day."