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A Full Day of Business at MONTAGE

April 16, 2010 / NTA News

A full day of business, crackerbarrels and seminars connected MONTAGE attendees yesterday. Click “MORE” to read about the second day of MONTAGE.

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A Royal Welcome For NTA Attendees

April 15, 2010 / NTA News

MONTAGE attendees arrived in Seville yesterday to begin the 4-day networking and educational event. Click more below to read about the first day of MONTAGE.

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Details on Volcano Ash Airport Closings

April 15, 2010 / NTA News

Over 17,000 flights have been cancelled due to volcano ash from Iceland. See what air space and airports are closed.

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NTA Addresses Spanish Media and Previews MONTAGE

April 13, 2010 / NTA News

Larry Friedman, NTA’s MONTAGE chair, and Lisa Simon, NTA president, addressed a dozen representatives of local and national Spanish media April 13 in recognition of NTA’s first international event, MONTAGE.

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Registration Is Open!

April 7, 2010 / NTA News

Join us in Montreal, Quebec (CANADA) for NTA Convention ’10, November 13-17, 2010.
Click more to visit our Convention Web site and to register.

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The U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit Concluded Friday with Much Success

March 29, 2010 / NTA News

The U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit, presented by Alamar Associates in association with NTA and sponsored by USTOA, concluded Friday after 3 days of valuable presentations from top Cuban officials and local travel specialists on the state of tourism and opportunity for investment in Cuba.

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Cubans Detail Tourism Development, Infrastructure and Investment Opportunity

March 26, 2010 / NTA News

CANCUN-During a day filled with excellent reports on the expansive and growing tourism product in Cuba, both government and travel industry leaders described the prospective business opportunities on the island to a packed house of United States tourism business professionals on March 25 at the U. S. Cuba Travel Summit in Cancun.

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NTA President Lisa Simon with Cuban Minister of Tourism Manuel Marrero Cruz

March 26, 2010 / NTA News

Marrero and Simon are at the U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit happening now in Cancun. Marrero is one of more than 30 Cuban officials participating in the summit that is connecting U.S. travel professionals with their counterparts from Cuba.

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CUBA BRINGS STRONG DELEGATION TO U.S.-CUBA TRAVEL SUMMIT

March 25, 2010 / NTA News

CANCUN, Mexico-More than 30 Cuban government and travel sector leaders are participating in the U.S. Cuba Travel Summit in Cancun through Friday. Led by Cuban Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz and the Ambassador Jorge Bolanos, Chief of the Cuban Interests Section on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., the delegation includes other government officials from the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Investment and the Ministry of Foreign Relations.

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Travel Industry Professionals Arrive in Cancun for U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit

March 24, 2010 / NTA News

CANCUN, Mexico–The U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit begins today in Cancun with travel professionals and Cuban officials in attendance. The agenda for the summit includes presentations from Cuban travel enterprises, information on current legislation including the Peterson-Moran bill (HR4645) and the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act (S428), breakout groups with Cuban travel experts and addresses from NTA President Lisa Simon, CTP, and U.S. Tour Operators Association President Bob Whitley on the view from the U.S. travel sector. The summit is presented by Alamar Associates in association with NTA and sponsored by USTOA.

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