The US Virgin Islands’ hotel tax is going up. The United States Caribbean territory has announced that its hotel room tax will increase to 12.5 percent from 10 percent, a 25 percent increase.

United Airlines reported adjusted profit of USD$1.7 billion for the third quarter, up 58 percent from a year earlier thanks to lower fuel costs.

Embraer and SkyWest, Inc. (SkyWest) have signed a firm order for an additional 19 E175s jets.

A strong performance in Asia propelled Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s third quarter 2015 earnings to a bit higher level than financial analysts had expected.

The Bahamas' stalled Baha Mar resort may begin its formal asset-liquidation process as soon as early next month, as negotiations have failed to produce an agreement among the parties.

MPH Ventures Corp. (MPS) is pleased to announce, further to its news releases of July 8 and August 14, the Company has completed the acquisition of a 20 percent interest in Travelucion S.L. by the issuance of 4,000,000 shares of MPH Ventures at a deemed price of $0.05 per share and the payment of CAD $100,000 to the selling shareholder of Travelucion S.L.