The UNWTO Affiliate Members Board has elected Mr. Edmund Bartlett as its new Chairman at the Board’s Meeting held at the sidelines of the World Travel Market in London.

Sabre Corporation announced the winners of its first travel hackathon held in the Latin America region, based on their creative use of API technology powered by Sabre Dev Studio.

Barbados is the latest Caribbean country to be hit with a travel advisory because of crime. In a security message for American citizens, the Embassy based in Bridgetown advised of “a recent surge in robberies involving the use of firearms and high levels of violence."

Mayor Michael A. Nutter, Alan Greenberger, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Commerce Director, and the Global Philadelphia Association announced that the City of Philadelphia has become the first World Heritage City in the United States.

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala will approve the creation of the national park at Sierra del Divisor, protecting an immense expanse of Amazon rainforest.

The BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) has announced the return of the BVI Greeter Service for visitors entering the territory from St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands (USVI).