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Guyana will be attending the World Travel Market (WTM) in November 2007. WTM is one of the largest and most important travel shows for reaching not only the large UK travel industry and press, but also travel professionals from throughout Europe. It has re-emerged as a very strong show, based on the number of business contacts generated from the last few years that the GTA has attended. The Guyana Tourism Authority's booth is always a big attraction at the exhibition. Each year the booth showcases our rich culture, flora,fauna, food, drinks and much more. Don't miss it. Visit Guyana's booth at WTM 2007.

The Guyana contingent will be promoting “Guyana Naturally; the Choice of the Nature Lover” at World Travel Market 2007, placing emphasis on initiatives presently being undertaken such as Birding, the Pakaraima Safari and adventure travel across the country.

Additionally information will be disseminated on the plans for CARIFESTA X to be held in Guyana next year. This will showcase the culture of the Caribbean as a collective community.

Other activities where Guyana will be present include:-

• Sunday 11 November 2007- ‘CTO European Marketing Forum’

• Monday 12 November 2007 -‘Host and Reward the Media’ @ WTM

• Tuesday 13 November 2007- ‘Ministers Summit’

• Tuesday 13 November 2007 -‘Caribbean Village Street Party’

Guyana will be participating in the activities in “The Caribbean Area”. This Area is recognized as the only place at WTM where you can be entertained by internationally recognized bands and artistes eat tasty Caribbean food and drink a cocktail of rums and punches from 30 different countries. Guyana will be providing samples of our premier Rums and other cocktail beverages to visitors to the booth. So if you are at World Travel Market, come visit us at Booth CA0500 and be part of this “must attend event”.

• Thursday November 15- Meeting with the Members of the Diaspora

Working in collaboration with the Guyana High Commission, London, Guyana Tourism Authority will be hosting a cocktail and presentation at the GHC London to introduce the newly appointed Director Mr Indranauth Haralsingh. Mr Haralsingh will utilise this opportunity to enlighten the members of the Diaspora on his vision for tourism development in Guyana; initiatives towards increased destination marketing, upcoming events and promotions for national activities such as Mashramani and Carifesta 2008.

To arrange meetings with the Director of Guyana Tourism Authority, Mr Indranauth Haralsingh please email iharalsingh@guyana-tourism.com and for Marketing, Ms Treina Fiona Butts at tfbutts@guyana-tourism.com

The Caribbean Association of Indigenous Bankers Conference
November 12-15, 2007

The Caribbean Associations of Indigenous Bankers is a community of locally owned banks and sister financial institutions in the CARICOM region. It is a forum which provides the opportunity for locally incorporated /owned entities to discuss issues that relate to and have an impact on Banking and Finance. It is a platform which provides financial institutions with the opportunity to influence regional policy on those issues that have major implications for the banking and business sectors.The CAIB was founded in 1974 following the 1973 inaugural meeting of the Standing Committee of Ministers responsible for Finance.

The CAIB has an asset base of approximately US$ 17.5 billion and falls under the aegis of a Board of Directors and sub-committees which provide the Association with strategic oversight and direction. The routine management of the association is assigned to a Secretariat located in St. Lucia,Membership
Categories: Members, Honorary members, Service members/Non membersRe: Members
Fifty (50) local Banks/ financial institutions in the Caricom region Re: Honorary Members:
Three (3) – Caribbean Development Bank
Caribbean Community - Caricom
The Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies (CCMS)Re: Service Members:
Firms/organizations that provide member institutions with areas of service that are directly related to production in the two sector areas. Re: Non -Members: Organizations with their base in North America, Europe etc. but with subsidiaries in the Caricom region.CAIB - AGM & Conference November 12-15, 2007
Guyana is the host country for the 34th session of the CAIB -AGM/Conference.
Discussions will take place against the background of the Caricom effort at creating a Single Market & Economy (CSME) in the region.The Conference Theme:-
“Defining the Market Space”
“CSME “The platform for global Market Expansion”
“Banking in a Single Space”The debate on these fundamental issues will be led by eminent practitioners /scholars in the field of Finance and matters of regional /extra regional monetary and economic policy.Speakers / Presenters
They include:
Calvin Wilson - Executive Director, Caribbean Financial Action Task Force
Dr. Wilbert Bascom - CEO, Bascom Consulting Inc.
Wendell Mottley - Senior adviser, Credit Suisse, First Boston.
Berkeley Greenidge - Director Advisory Services, Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
Claremont Kirton - Senior Lecturer & Head, Department of Economics, UWI
Nigel Edwards - Corporate Manager, Ansa Finance & Merchant Bank Ltd.
Shelton Nichols - Deputy Governor, Research & Policy, Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago.
Dr. Gobin Ganga - Deputy Governor, Bank of Guyana.
ParticipationThe participants, who are expected to number about one hundred and fifty (150), will be drawn from Guyana, the wider Caribbean region, and further afield. The latter will include delegates/presenters from Suriname, Argentine, Canada, Miami and as far north as England.