Please find attached for your perusal an invitation to The Travel Foundation “Switch Off Save Big� workshop scheduled for Wednesday 19th May, 2010 from 1:00p.m. to be held at the Bay Gardens Hotel.  Travel Foundation of the UK is working to encourage hotels across Antigua, Barbados and St Lucia to adopt water and energy saving [...]

The Caribbean Development Bank, through its Caribbean Technological Consultancy  Services (CTCS) Network, will be hosting a regional workshop on “Water and Energy Conservation Techniques and Procedures for Owners and Operators of Small Hotelsâ€� to be held at the Accra Beach Hotel & Spa in Barbados from 3rd – 4th June, 2010.  CDB, through its CTCS [...]

Caribbean Export Development Agency has launched a Call for Proposals under the Direct Assistance Grant Scheme.  This call for proposals applies to both the Regular Procedures and Accelerated Procedures grants.  The Direct Grant Assistance Scheme is focused on enhancing the competitiveness of firms in CARIFORUM, through increasing export potential and expansion of export markets.  The scheme [...]

Please find attached an invitation to a half day seminar on Security and Incident Management hosted by the Ministry of Tourism.  The gathering will take place on the Monday, 08th March 2010 at 8:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Coco Palm.  The seminar will cover security issues and how to deal with such problems and [...]

The Mental Health Reform Project is currently in the process of planning the implementation of its public education campaign “Treasure Mindsâ€� for the year 2010-2011.  In 2009 – 2010, the campaign raised awareness of mental health/mental illness and sort to de-stigmatize mental health treatment.  As part of this Campaign three public service  announcements for television [...]

Please be advised of the commencement of the following Entrepreneurial Development Courses offered by the Small Enterprise Development Unit of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Consumer Affairs.  The listing of the courses with cost information and other relevant details can be downloaded below.  For further information regarding course descriptions, pre-requisites, endorsement, programme outline, payment plans etc., kindly [...]

The St. John Association of St. Lucia (www.orderofstjohn.org/saint-lucia ) has extended an invitation to the members of the SLHTA to take advantage of their training programme in Basics First Aid, currently being conducted.  These one day training workshops are being offered free of charge over the next 15 months and will be delivered on a [...]

From 26th August, 2009 the Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards, in conjunction with the Sustainable Development and Environment Unit of the Ministry of Physical Planning, Housing, Urban Renewal and the Environment, has been engaging stakeholders and the general public in the discussion on the draft national standard Guidelines for Recreational Water Quality.  Through the SLHTA, [...]

Visit www.chtaeducationfoundation.com to download application forms. 
Please note the application process is electronic from 2010 and the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation (CHTAEF ) is encouraging applicants to submit their forms early.   Applications will be accepted from January 4th through March 12th 2010.
ABOUT THE CHTAEF
The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association Education Foundation was established in 1987 as an [...]

The Value Added Tax (VAT) Implementation Project Team in collaboration with the SLHTA conducted a consultative session for members on the policies to guide the VAT System. The VAT Implementation Project Team was established by Cabinet in October 2008.  The gathering was held on Wednesday 9th December from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the [...]