Tourism is delivering jobs, income and well-being around the world, and deserves increased support from political leaders in these challenging economic times, said Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica. She said this during the Caribbean Tourism Summit & Outlook Seminar 2012 last month.

Some 44 Members of the British Parliament are backing the campaign for a reduction in Air Passenger Duty (APD). The alliance of over 30 carriers and tour operators is urging MPs to support parliamentary a motion that voices concern about how APD effects ordinary families.

With one month to go before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, research by Hotels.com shows that hotel prices in the city during the Olympic period have fallen around 25 percent during the past two weeks. The average cost of a hotel room in the capital for the Games period now stands at GBP160, still 75 percent up on the same time last year.