The impact study also found businesses sent travelers on the road in Mexico for 17.2 million domestic business trips. The business travel industry supports 1.2 million jobs.

Panama tourism industry employs fewer people. The decrease of 3.6 percent was revealed in a recent report by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic.

As previously announced, the parties have cleared the pre-merger antitrust review in the United States and Canada and multiple other jurisdictions.

Several media outlets are confirming what most travel experts have been expecting since last week: Virgin America is near a sale for $2.6 billion to Alaska Airlines.

The unfinished Baha Mar resort complex has officially been put on the block after the financial interests involved were unable to reach an agreement that would have resulted in the completion of the $3.5 billion Bahamas project.

Marriott International, Inc. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. encouraged shareholders of both companies to vote in support of the proposed merger.