Sandals Resorts expanded its Club Sandals program to three properties in St. Lucia. The program is available to concierge-level guests at Sandals Regency La Toc Golf Resort & Spa, Sandals Grande St. Lucian Spa & Beach Resort and Sandals Halcyon Beach St. Lucia.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced that its rapidly expanding Aloft brand has arrived in Panama, one of the most important travel markets in the Americas. Aloft Panama is the fourth Aloft hotel to open in Latin America, since the brand made its debut less than two years ago.

The findings of a recent research carried out by an online travel portal, Hotels.com, reveal that a rapid influx of Chinese tourists all over the world has caused a global upward shift of most hotel prices.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with Fideicomiso FAFP-Promover-Hotel Cali- Fiduciaria del País S.A. for a Hyatt Regency hotel in Santiago de Cali, Colombia.