The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism has launched a “USVI Travel Agents Specialist and Loyalty Rewards” program to drive travel agency bookings to the Territory.

The International Association of Conference Centers (IACC) has released the 2015 edition of "Trends in the Conference Center Industry." According to IACC CEO Mark Cooper, "For the third year running, this comprehensive trends report, the only one which focuses on small meetings-focused venues industry wide, indicates that IACC members have improved occupancy and rates are stronger than the previous year, significantly so for IACC’s corporate meeting venue operators."

The Bahamas is one of the world’s busiest warm-weather cruise destinations. But the country’s success with shipboard arrivals does not extend to cruise passenger spending.

Iberostar Tucan and Iberostar Quetzal in Playa del Carmen are already starting restoration on the hotel after a fire broke out this past weekend.

Two companies, one U.S.-based and the other French, recently found themselves in the front lines in the battle to rid beaches of sargassum in the Caribbean and Mexico.

A tourist suffered severe injuries after falling into the scalding-hot El Tatio geysers in northern Chile late last week, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.