Expedia said on Tuesday it had started offering online booking for hotels in Cuba, hoping to capitalize on a boom in tourism to the Caribbean island.

The luxurious Four Points by Sheraton hotel offered a welcome cocktail for a group of 38 U.S. MICE operators and event planners. This ceremony teed off a fam trip focused on the MICE segment and organized by Global Incentive Management DMC, in coordination with Havanatur and VaCuba.

Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Roseanne Myers has told employees of Sandals Barbados to look at the “bigger picture” as they continue to promote the island as the ideal tourist destination.

With its vote to gut Visit Florida's budget from $82 million to $25 million, the Florida state legislature has greatly underestimated the importance of the destination marketing organization, travel officials said.

Sabre strengthened its international footprint over the past 10 years, taking the lead over other technology providers to the travel industry.

The Jamaica government will be spending just over J$4 billion (US$30.9 million) to construct new and renovate several existing facilities in one of the island’s primary tourism destinations, Ocho Rios.