• Pandemic Funding Updates with SBA on Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. Join SBA USVI Senior Area Manager Wayne Huddleston and Outreach & Marketing Specialist Lisa Chamely-Aqui for updates on the Economic Injury Disaster Program (EIDL) as well as Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Forgiveness and Guidance from the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Non-Profits and Venues Act. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. Training Topics: COVID-19 Financing Capital, COVID-19 General Support. Register here.
  • Creating an Online Presence for Your Business on Jan. 26 at 10 a.m. Learn the basics of creating an online presence for your business, including getting your business listed on Google, creating social media pages and more. Get helpful tips on how to create content and advertise on a budget using Facebook and Instagram. Also learn how to understand your social media audience and insights. Register here.
Register here or visit www.caribbeanhotelandtourism.com and scroll down to see training sessions.

We encourage CHTA members and welcome non-members to register for the first training session of 2021! This training session, presented by CARPHA, addresses the following areas:
  • What is COVID-19 and how it is transmitted?
  • General health prevention tips and proactive measures
  • Overview of registration and use of the resources of the Tourism Health Information System (THiS) – a requirement to receiving CARPHA’s Healthier Safer Tourism Stamp

Important to note: Individuals attending a live training will receive a Certificate of Participation. In order to receive this certificate, each individual will need to register, attend and check-in separately as certificates are provided based on the attendance list from the registration. We encourage you not to share the same registration link.
 
Live attendance and receipt of the Certificate of Participation from one session is required by 10 percent of all the hospitality facility staff, including senior management, as part of the process to receive CARPHA's Caribbean Travellers Health Assurance Stamp and WTTC Safe Travels Stamp as part of CHTA's Health Safety Commitment - which includes Listing on CHTA's Website & CaribbeanTravel.Com Consumer Website.
 
If you attended previous sessions of this training, you are not required to attend, but we encourage you to share with your colleagues for their attendance.
Register here or visit www.caribbeanhotelandtourism.com and scroll down to see training sessions.

FREE to register. Open for CHTA members and non-members.
 
COVID-19 has dramatically changed the travel marketplace. How quickly and how successfully destinations, hotels and other tourism service providers emerge from the crisis is tied to their ability to adapt to new consumer trends.
 
Join us for a deep dive into phased-in strategies for stimulating business activity over the coming months and beyond.
  • ENGAGE to understand the shifts in consumer search, shop, purchase and spending patterns shaped by the pandemic.
  • IDENTIFY market segmentations which best align with your offerings in today’s new marketplace.
  • GENERATE additional direct revenue with upsells and by monetizing existing business realized through OTAs and tour operators.
  • EXPLORE successful strategies being undertaken in today’s changed marketplace to generate business in an intensely competitive post-pandemic travel world.

Leading the discussion will be:
  • Andreas Spycher, Principal – Mastercard Data & Services
  • David Klippenstein, Government Data & Services lead at Mastercard Advisors

This forum is brought to you by Mastercard Advisors and CHTA. Mastercard data assets enable access to deep understanding of customer behaviors, attitudes and preferences. Mastercard provides unique perspectives on international customers and domestic consumer performance. Mastercard analytics and predictive modeling applies segmented views of spend at different types of merchants. As a result, destinations, hotels and travel operators can invest their marketing funds to more targeted audiences and consumers with a higher propensity to visit and spend.
 
Reserve your spot today! Max of 500 participants.