AMResorts, provider of sales, marketing and brand management services for Zoëtry Wellness & Spa Resorts, and Secrets, Dreams and Now Resorts & Spas, said it is continuing to support the travel agent community with an ongoing incentives campaign. Starting in March, the company is launching two new incentives-based promotions to coincide with the celebration of Mardi Gras and also underscore its continued growth and vacation opportunities in Huatulco.

RockResorts, a subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc., will continue its expansion into the Caribbean with the addition of Bimini Bay Resort and Marina, an existing 350-unit resort on Bimini, the Western-most island of The Bahamas.

Starting March 1, the existing resort properties, restaurants and activities, as well as the largest deep-water marina in The Bahamas, will be managed through the company’s property management collection, Legendary Lodging.

Founded in 1533, Cartagena has emerged as world class tourism and resort destination, and an important convention city for the country. The hotel will be ideally located in the Bocagrande neighborhood of the city, overlooking the Caribbean Sea and approximately one and a half miles from the historic city center, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984.

Chinese and Bahamian dignitaries celebrated as workers broke ground on what is being billed as the largest project of its kind in the Caribbean — a megaresort that will be financed and largely built by Beijing.

Marriott opened its first Courtyard property in Barbados. The 118-room hotel, located in the Garrison historic area near the capital of Bridgetown, is a five-minute walk from the beach.

In an effort to sustain minimal fallout from the anticipated closure of Simpson Bay Resort & Marina and The Villas at Simpson Bay in St. Maarten, the Honorable Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams has announced that a public-private sector plan of approach has been formulated during a Monday.