Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States. He was a community organizer, civil-rights lawyer and teacher before pursuing a political career. He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996 and to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He was elected to the U.S. presidency in 2008, and won reelection in 2012.

Bulgaria is showing off its Black Sea resorts and lush nature at this year's ITB travel trade fair in hopes of attracting tourists scared away from formerly popular destinations such as Egypt and Tunisia following militant Islamist attacks.

The Cancun Convention & Visitors Bureau is delighted to announce the appointment of Rocío González Jonguitud to the position of Meetings Industry Director.

HotelsPro, part of MetGlobal group of companies and the leading global provider of travel and hospitality solutions, announced the opening of its new office located in Orlando area, Florida.

The Honorable Edmund Bartlett, M.P., has been appointed Jamaica’s new Minister of Tourism, returning to the helm of a portfolio he previously held. This follows the February 25 victory at the polls by the Jamaica Labor Party.

Barack Obama would be the first sitting U.S. president—Jimmy Carter visited in 2011—to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge attended the Pan American Conference in Havana in January 1928.