The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) –the business leaders’ forum for the Travel & Tourism industry- announced last week its call for entries for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, WTTC’s sustainable tourism accolade, in association with Travelport and The Leading Travel Companies Conservation Foundation.

The Jamaica Tourist Board unveiled its new VisitJamaica.com website, which will offer an online booking engine for vacation packages powered by Travelocity. Created and designed by worldwide agency of record Draftfcb New York, the website is a rebirth of Jamaica’s online brand presence and will offer a fresh look and feel focusing on the country’s diverse attractions, activities and accommodations.

Wyndham Hotel Group has signed a non-exclusive agreement with Green Hospitality Management Co. LTD of Tokyo to open nine hotels in Japan during the next five years under the Ramada and Days Inn lodging brands.

328 Support Services GmbH this week formally handed over a new-build Dornier 328 Jet to privately owned Welcome Air of Austria, the first all new aircraft to be completed at the Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany facility in four years. OE-HRJ, configured with 31 all-leather seats plus a baggage bay access door, was previously earmarked for Hainan Airlines of China, but was never delivered.

A master-planned resort and residential community is taking shape on a 483-acre former coconut plantation in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, just six traffic lights and 16 miles from San Juan Airport.

The executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), Terestella Gonzalez Denton, on behalf of Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila, announced that 10 historic coffee plantations, known as haciendas, will form part of the Island’s newly designated Coffee Zone following certification by the Department of Agriculture and the PRTC.