Spain's Paradores hotel chain, a state-funded iconic product of Spanish tourism, will lay off 350 workers. The Paradores chain, which operates hotels at historic locations and dates back to 1926, said in November it would lay off 644 workers and close up to seven sites after occupancy rates fell from 70 percent in 2007 to 52 percent in 2012.

Spain's Paradores hotel chain, a state-funded iconic product of Spanish tourism, will lay off 350 workers. The Paradores chain, which operates hotels at historic locations and dates back to 1926, said in November it would lay off 644 workers and close up to seven sites after occupancy rates fell from 70 percent in 2007 to 52 percent in 2012.

Antigua and Barbuda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Civil Aviation Organization. The memorandum covers regulations stipulated by the IACO’s Universal Safety Audit Program on its Continuous Monitoring Approach.

Dominica will attend its first shareholders meeting of the regional airline, LIAT, on Friday after making an initial payment of three million dollars (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) to the cash-strapped Antigua-based airline, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt has announced.