Following an announcement this morning from Kuoni Group that it has secured an agreement to sell its European tour operating businesses to DER Touristic, the travel division of REWE Group, UK managing director Derek Jones has welcomed the news.

Two major new casino resort developments are coming to Jamaica. The country’s Cabinet this week gave approval for provisional development orders for a pair of developers for huge new casino resort projects.

The Airline Business Magazine has just published the results of their study focusing on the “low cost” carriers for 2014. 100 companies were analyzed, the largest remains Southwest with 135.8 million passengers and the smallest being the Mexican Magnicharters with 1.1 million passengers.

The agreement also encompasses IATA offering technical and professional advice for the current Mexico City airport to ensure it continues to operate efficiently until the new facility is completed around 2020.

Venezuela should urgently seek a solution to the $3.7 billion it owes to several international airlines, CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Tony Tyler, said during the annual meeting of his organization in Miami. The government in Caracas uses an intricate system, after which all payments for tickets go through a single office.

Top Caribbean tour operators are taking varied approaches as vacationers, hoteliers, government tourism officials and Bahamas sub-contractors and resort workers all await the much-delayed opening of the $3.5 billion Baha Mar development.