Exploring The Diverse Supply Of Hotels In The Caribbean
The Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) was formed in 1959, as a committeee of the Caribbean Tourist Association. It was intended to promote the Caribbean region, and became an autonomous body in 1962. The Caribbean Hotel Association focused on the tourism market and aspects such as the airlines controlled access, hotel reps controlling communication with travel agencies, and wholesalers which controlled traffic and payments. At that stage, the hotels themselves were not a part of the Association’s operations.
Eventually, it was realized that in order to fix any problems, the entire Caribbean hospitality industry would have to work together, and hence the Caribbean Hotel Association developed and implemented several programs over the years.
Caribbean hotels offer acommodations that suit all tastes and budgets. They offer everything from inns and guesthouses to private villas and luxury resorts. Families have the option of self catering, or full service hotels that offer special meals, programs and activities targetted towards children. There are also resorts that cater towards singles...