Funjet Vacations has lowered deposits on vacations that include airfare on Delta Air Lines and US Airways to $150 per person for the continental U.S., Hawaii, the Caribbean and Mexico, and $300 for Europe.

Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar hosted Serge Letchimy, the president of Martinique’s Regional Council, for talks in Port of Spain on Thursday. The two sides discussed issues including energy, transport, exchange programs, security and tourism, according to a Trinidad government statement.

Construction of the first phase of the Park Hyatt St. Kitts will create some 300 jobs in the construction sector and associated activities. Mohammed Asaria said Monday that the project is not so much about Range Development and Park Hyatt.

Baha Mar, the largest single-phase resort development in the Western Hemisphere, has become a powerful driver of the Bahamian economy, and accounted for an estimated 5 percent of the Commonwealth’s annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2011 and 2012.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are being urged to support a loan application by the regional airline, LIAT, for funds to undertake a re-fleeting exercise so as to sustain its operations and improve services. The statement gave no details regarding the costs of the re-fleeting exercise, but LIAT said it was seeking to acquire French-made 48- and 63-seat aircraft.