Calendar.

Details and contact information for most events listed here may be obtained on the website www.calendar.caribseek.com. Readers are invited to submit information on relevant activities, at least 45 days prior to date of your activity. Mail to: Caribbean UPDATE, 116 Myrtle Ave., Millburn NJ 07041. U.S.A. Email: kalwagenheim@cs.com. Some dates are tentative, all are subject to change; readers are urged to reconfirm prior to making travel plans.

March 27-April 21: Second round of cricket World Cup in Barbados, Guyana, Grenada and Antigua.

April 2-3: The Natural Resource Summit of the Americas, focuses on mining opportunities in the Hemisphere, at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas, 140 exhibitors and 40 presentations by producers and explorers. Details: Tel: 305 669 6873. Web: www.premierconferences.com. Email: Diana Snyder, snyder@premierconferences.com.

April 5-9: The 36th Annual Carifta Games (the Caribbean Olympics) at the new Turks & Caicos National Stadium. Details: Government Information Service. Tel: (649) 946-2801/8; Exts. 40916/40917/40925. Fax: (649) 946-1311. E-mail: gis@gov.tc. Web: www.turksandcaicosislands.gov.tc

April 24-25: Semifinals of cricket World Cup, St. Lucia and Jamaica.

April 25-27: Execs from firms with business interests in Latin America & the Caribbean will learn about managing human resource issues at the 10th Latin America and Caribbean HR Forum, Miami InterContinental Hotel. Details: www. mercerHR. com/ hrforum. Natalia Campillos. Tel: +44 20 7178 3184 (tel.& fax). Email: Natalia. Campillos@mercer.com. Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Stephanie L. Poe, Tel: +1 202-331-5210. Email: stephanie.poe@mercer.com

April 28: Finals of cricket World Cup, Barbados

April 29-May 5: Stanford International Bank sponsors the 40th Antigua Sailing Week. 5,000 spectators watch as more than 1,500 participants including Olympic, America's Cup and around-the-world sailors pit their skills in more than 200 boats. Details: www.sailingweek .com. And: Heather Keroes. YPB&R. Tel: P: 407.838.1704. F: 407.875.1115. E: heather.keroes@ ypbr. com. W: www. ypbr.com

May: World Tourism Organization holds its 46th annual meeting, in El Salvador. Some 25 countries from the Americas and Spain will be represented.

May 8-10: 2007 Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC), World Trade Center in Curacao. Hotel executives, investors, lenders, developers, and professional advisors meet to conduct business. Details: Lorraine Ortiz-Valcarcel. Email: lortiz@caribbeanhotelassociation.com. Tel 787 725 9139/Fax 787 725 9108. Web: www. caribbeanhotelassociation.com

May 9-11: St. Maarten/St. Martin Annual Regional Trade Show. Details: Sue McGill-Kauffman. Senior Acct Exec., Richartz Fliss Clark & Pope. P: 973-627-8180 ext. 22. F: 973-627-8410. Email: kauffman@rfcp.com

May 13: Antigua & Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament

May 21-24: 9th Annual Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC-9), Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Theme: Health & Wellness: Communities, Environments & Economies. Details: www.onecaribbean.org. And: Johnson JohnRose, CTO. Tel: (246) 427-5242. E-mail: jjohnrose@caribtourism.com and Theresa Oakes, KTC. Tel: (516) 594-4100. E-mail: T.Oakes@KTCpr.com

June 3-5: 37th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) meets in Panama. The theme: "Energy for Development."

June 19-21: The US Govt., in collaboration with Caribbean Community (CARICOM), hosts a Conference on the Caribbean in Washington DC at which all 15 CARICOM Heads of States/Government will attend. Details: Ellsworth I.A. John. Ambassador of St. Vincent & the Grenadines to the USA and Chair of the Caucus of Ambassadors. Tel: (202)364-6730. Email: ejohn@embsvg.com

June 21-24: 11th Annual St. Kitts Music Festival. Among the performers will be Michael Bolton, who has has earned multiple honors including BMI's Songwriter of the Year, Song of the Year and Million-Air awards, ASCAP's Writer and Publisher Awards and a Hitmaker Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Details: Donna Jannine/Candice Adams-Kimmel. Adams Unlimited. (212) 956-5900. E-mail: donna@adams-pr.com

June 21-24: Award-winning journalist and international faith tourism advocate Andria Hall, president of SpeakEasy M.E.D.I.A., will bring The Walk: Sanctuary for the Soul faith tourism conference back to St Lucia. The seminar is an invitation for women challenged by managing the multi-facets of life in the 21st century, such as family, finances, career and marriage. The conference will offer practical ways to achieve work-life balance through The Word of God.

July 28-29: Sir Vivien Richards Heineken Golf Classic, Antigua & Barbuda

July 28-August 7: 50th annual Antigua Carnival celebrations

July 30-Aug. 4: Under the theme "Natural History, Ecology and Conservation on Caribbean Islands" the 8th Wider Caribbean Environmental Youth Program will be presented at the US Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station (VIERS). The eco camp program provides Caribbean young people with awareness on environmental issues in a fun, yet educational way and is sponsored by the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA),the Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST), American Airlines and Clean Islands International. Details: Melissa Rivera. Email: mrivera@caribbeanhotelassociation.com

Sept. 27-30: Caribbean Gift and Craft Show, 2007, Curacao. Details: Caribbean Export Development Agency. Tel: (246) 436-0578. Fax: (246) 436-9999. Website: www.carib-export.com. Email: clowe@carib-export.com

Oct. 31: "Jubilation" World Gospel Festival, Antigua & Barbuda.

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