With growing competition from neighboring Caribbean nations and the changing face of its own islands, the Cayman Island Tourism Board (CITB) decided it was time to explore new options to support the Creative and Public Relations needs of its business.

In the last five years, Europe has lost a total of 73 scheduled airlines, meaning that if the trend continues there will be no European-based airlines in 25 years, according to John Grant, Executive Vice President of OAG.

Dilip Sarjoe, owner of Fly All Ways Airline of Suriname, a sister company of Suriname’s Blue Wing Airlines that has been blacklisted by the European Union, was promised lucrative concessions to make Guyana one of its hubs, according to people familiar with the development.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico Secretary of Tourism Claudia Ruiz Massieu and Governor of the Mexican State of Quintana Roo Roberto Borge Angulo were on hand Thursday at the Vidanta Theater to help announce Grupo Vidanta's $1.3 billion investment in new tourism projects.

Panama President Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez and U.S. President Barack Obama witnessed a historic agreement in which Copa Airlines and Boeing  announced an order for 61 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 airplanes.

Marriott International has completed the acquisition of the Delta Hotels and Resorts brand and management and franchise business from Delta Hotels Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC).