Revised: 6/21/10
2011 PROMOTIONS CALENDAR
JANUARY 2011
Jan. 6, 13,
20, 27 Garapan Street Market – Saipan (MVA)
Jan. 16-18 GVB Japan 35th Anniversary – Tokyo, Japan (GVB)
Jan. 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (MVA)
Jan. 22-23 NTA Leadership Meetings – Florida (GVB)
Jan. 22-30 BOOT Show 2011 – Dusseldorf, Germany (PVA/YVB)
Jan. 28-31 Guam Chamorro Dance Academy (GCDA) – Tokyo, Japan (GVB)
Jan Ultimate Travel Show - Ontario, Canada (YVB)
FEBRUARY 2011
Feb. 3, 10
17, 24 Garapan Street Market – Saipan (MVA)
Feb. 7-11 PATA Adventure Travel & Responsible Tourism Conference & Mart - Pokhara, Nepal (GVB)
Feb. 11 Palauan Night Market – Palau (PVA)
Feb. 12 10th Annual Valentine’s Walk – Garapan, Saipan (MVA)
Feb. 18-21 18th Travel Tour Expo – Manila, Philippines (PVA)
Feb. 18-20 18th Philippine Travel Agents Association Travel Tour Expo – Mall of Asia, Pasay, Phil. (GVB)
Feb. 19 Pacific Islands Club’s 2011 “Duck Race” – Saipan (MVA)
Feb. 19-20 7th Annual Tinian Hot Pepper Festival – Tinian (MVA)
Feb. 21 Palau Destination/Product Seminar - Manila, Philippines (PVA)
Feb. 24-28 2011 Marianas Cup Beach Volleyball Festival – CNMI (MVA)
MARCH 2011
Mar. 3, 10, 17
24. 31 Garapan Street Market – Saipan (MVA)
Mar. 5 2011 Festival of Runs (Full Marathon, Half Marathon & 10-Kilometer Fun Runs) - Saipan (MVA)
Mar. 5, 6 2011 Laguna Regatta – Saipan Lagoon (MVA)
Mar. 12 10th Annual XTERRA (Saipan) Championship (MVA)
Mar. 12, 13 San Isidro Fiesta – Rota (MVA)
Mar. 14-16 NTA Leadership Team Meeting – Washington D.C. (GVB)
Mar. 14-17 Seatrade Cruise Ship Convention – Miami, Florida (GVB)
Mar. 19 22nd Annual Tagaman Triathlon – Saipan (MVA)
Mar. 19 2011 TAGQ Kid’s Triathlon - Saipan (MVA)
Mar. 19-20 Los Angeles Times Travel & Adventure Show – LA, C alifornia (GVB)
Mar. 21-25 WAVE (Welcome All Visitors Enthusiastically) – Palau (PVA)
Mar. 24 Commonwealth Covenant Day (MVA)
Mar. 24-26 Guangzhou Int’l Travel Fair (GITF) – Guangzhao, China (GVB)
Mar. 25, 26, 27 11th Annual PIC Tennis Championship – Saipan (MVA)
Mar. 25-27 Beneath the Sea - New Jersey/ NY (PVA)
Mar. 25-28 Guam Chamorro Dance Academy (GCA) – Osaka, Japan (GVB)
Mar. 26 25th Annual American Red Cross Walk-A-Thon – Saipan, Tinian, Rota (MVA)
The Micronesian Chief Executives Summit (MCES) – TBD (GVB)
Mar 43rd Yap Day Festival – Colonia, Yap (YVB)
Mar Adventure Travel Expo – Washington DC (YVB)
Mar Woleai Cultural Day Woleai Atoll (YVB)
Mar PATA-MIC 1st Tri-Annual Chapter Meeting - TBD (GVB)
APRIL 2011
Apr 1, 2, 3 11th Annual PIC Tennis Championships (MVA)
Apr 1-4 Marine Diving Fair – Tokyo, Japan (GVB/PVA?YVB)
Apr 2-4 PATA Micronesia Chapter 1st Tri-Annual Meeting - Kosrae, FSM (PVA/YVB)
Apr 7, 14,
21, 28 Garapan Street Market – Saipan (MVA)
Apr 9-10 PATA Executive Board and Board Meetings – Beijing, China (GVB)
Apr 9-12 PATA 60th Anniversary and Conference – Beijing, China (GVB)
Apr 13-15 China Outbound Travel & Tourism Market (COTTM) 2011 – Beijing, China (GVB)
Apr 22 Good Friday
Apr 22 Green Fair & Palauan Night Market – Palau (PVA)
Apr 22, 23, 24 30th Annual Flame Tree Arts Festival (MVA)
Apr 22-24 Asia Dive Expo (ADEX) – Singapore (GVB)
Apr 23 9th Annual NMC Foundation Open Golf Tournament (MVA)
TBA JGTC Meetings (GVB)
Apr Northwest Dive Show – Tacoma, WA (YVB)
MAY 2011
May 1-31 2011 Tourism Month (MVA)
May 5, 12
19, 26 Garapan Street Market - Saipan (MVA)
May 7, 8 San Jose Fiesta Celebration – Tinian (MVA)
May 7, 14,
21, 28 13th Annual Taste of the Marianas International Food Festival & Beer Garden (MVA)
May 12-15 World Travel Fair (WTF) – Shanghai, China (GVB)
May 15 12th Annual S.O.P.H.I.A. Walk & World Walking Day - Saipan (MVA)
May 21 5th Annual Beach Road Magazine Car Rally - Saipan (MVA)
May 21-25 US Travel Association International POW WOW – San Francisco, CA (GVB)
May 27-30 Guam Chamorro Dance Academy (GCDA) – Tokyo, Japan (GVB)
May 30 Memorial Day
JUNE 2011
June 2, 9, 16
23, 30 Garapan Street Market – Saipan (MVA)
June 2-4 Korea World Trade Fair (WTF) – Shanghai, China (GVB)
June 2-4 KOTFA/Korea World Travel Fair - Seoul, Korea (PVA)
June 3-July 3 65th Annual Liberation Day Festival (MVA)
June 4 10th Annual Charity Classic Golf Tournament (MVA)
June 4-5 Scuba Show – Long Beach, CA (GVB)
June 9-12 2011 International Travel Expo Hong Kong (ITE) – Hong Kong (GVB)
June 11 12th Annual Tinian Turquoise Blue Triathlon & Reef Swim (MVA)
June 18 18th Annual Thomas Picarro “Silver Streak” Memorial Fun Run (MVA)
June Homecoming Event – Colonia, Yap (YVB)
JULY 2011
July 4 Liberation Day
July 7, 14
21, 28 Garapan Street Market – Saipan (MVA)
July 8-10 Hong Kong Diving Resort Travel Expo (DRT) – Wanchai, Hong Kong (GVB/YVB)
July 15 Palauan Night Market – Palau (PVA)
July 16 PIC Laser Tag Tournament (MVA
July 29-Aug 1 Guam Chamorro Dance Academy (GDCA) – Osaka, Japan (GVB)
July 31 2011 Rota Cliff Fishing Derby – Rota (MVA)
AUGUST 2011
Aug. 4-5 PATA Micronesia Chapter 2nd Tri-Annual Meeting - Majuro, Marshall Islands (PVA/YVB)
Aug. 4, 11
18, 25 Garapan Street Market – Saipan (MVA)
TBA US Commercial Services Tourisms Road Shows – Hangzhou, Nanjing, Hefe, Shenyan, Dalia, China (GVB)
Aug. 6,7 16th 2011 Annual Tournament of Champions (MVA)
TBA 10th Annual Foundation & Family Day Walk (MVA)
SEPTEMBER 2011
Sept. 1, 8, 15,
22, 29 Garapan Street Market (MVA)
Sept. 3, 4 27th Annual Saipan International Fishing Tournament (MVA)
Sept. 5 Labor Day
Sept. 6-9 PATA Travel Mart 2011 – New Delhi, India (GVB)
Sept. 9, 10 5th Annual International Point Break Championship (MVA)
Sept. 10 6th Annual POWERade Banzai Memorial Half-Marathon & Fun Run (MVA)
Sept. 16-18 Expat Show Shanghai – Shanghai, China (GVB)
Sept. 23 Palauan Night Market – Palau (PVA)
Sept. 24-26 JATA World Travel Fair - Tokyo, Japan (PVA)
Sept. 29 – Oct 3 JATA World Tourism Travel Fair – Tokyo, Japan (GVB)
TBA PATA-MIC 3rd Annual Chapter Meeting – TBD
TBA 2nd Annual DOCOMO PACIFIC Golf Classic (MVA)
OCTOBER 2011
Oct. 1 Olechotel Beau Fair (OBF) & Independence Day – Palau (PVA)
Oct. 6, 13
20, 27 Garapan Street Market (MVA)
Oct. 9 Hell of the Marianas 50KM Fun Ride (MVA)
TBA American Red Cross Club 200 – Saipan (MVA)
Oct. 10 Commonwealth Cultural Day (2nd Sunday in October)
Oct MWR Navy Show – Guam, USA (YVB)
Oct Andersen Travel Fair – Guam, USA (YVB)
Oct Guam Micronesia Island Fair – Guam, USA (YVB)
NOVEMBER 2011
Nov. 3, 18
17, 24 Garapan Street Market (MVA)
Nov. 4 Citizenship Day (MVA)
Nov. 5-8 2011 Taipei International Travel Fair – Taipei, Taiwan (GVB/PVA)
Nov. 11 Veteran’s Day (MVA)
Nov. 11, 12 PIC Dodge Ball Tournament (MVA)
Nov. 12 18th Annual Rota Blue Triathlon (MVA)
Nov. 12, 13 10th Annual Marianas Windsurfing Cup (MVA)
Nov. 13 15th Annual Club at the Hyatt Golf Classic Tournament (MVA)
Nov. 13-17 National Tour Association ’11 Convention (NTA) – Montreal, Quebec (GVB)
Nov. 14-18 Tourism Awareness Week & Palauan Night Market – Palau (PVA)
Nov. 18-21 China International Travel Market (CITM) – Shanghai, China (GVB)
Nov. 20-22 MICE Market Meeting – Tokyo, Japan (GVB)
Nov. 22 Chinese New Year Guam Seminar – Hangzhou, China (GVB)
Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Day (MVA)
Nov. 26 11th Annual Thanksgiving “Don’t Be A Turkey” Walk - Saipan (MVA)
Nov World Travel Mart – United Kingdom (YVB)
Nov 3rd Annual Canoe Festival – Colonia, Yap (YVB)
DECEMBER 2011
Dec. 1, 8, 15
22, 29 Garapan Street Market – Saipan (MVA)
Dec. 3 5th Annual Hell of the Marianas – The Century Cycle (MVA)
Dec. 1-4 PATA-MIC 3rd Tri Annual Chapter Meeting – Guam (GVB)
PATA Micronesia Chapter 3rd Tri-Annual Meeting – Palau (PVA)
Dec. 8 Constitution Day (MVA)
Dec. 15-16 The Micronesian Chief Executive Summit (MCES) – Palau (GVB
Dec. 17 2011 Christmas Walk in the Marianas (MVA)
Dec. 26 Christmas Day (Dec. 25) Holiday (MVA)
Dec. 31 New Year Celebration – Tinian (MVA)
Dec. 31** New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) (MVA)