Haiti and Delta Airlines held talks on Friday on the possibility of establishing a vacation package to Haiti including Delta’s Atlanta and New York flights, according to the Ministry of Tourism. Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin first revealed the idea in an interview with Caribbean Journal in February.

Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of becoming a specialized UN agency, the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) will host the spring meeting of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) in Madrid, Spain.

After an extraordinary year for Jamaica, during which it celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence alongside sporting triumphs, the sunny island looks set to continue attracting new and repeat visitors in 2013. A number of new tourism developments, including new hotel developments and new airlift, look set to take place over the coming months.

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