The Public Transport Board has issued new permits for the first time since 2007 to cope with an anticipated surge in demand as cruise passenger volumes are expected to reach record levels over the next two years.

Tourism ministers from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) sub-region met in Dominica last week to discuss a number of tourism related issues now confronting the sector and identified joint solutions to some of these challenges.

Grenada has engaged the state-owned China Harbour Engineering Company to execute the expansion of the Lauriston airport on the island of Carriacou. The project would involve an upgrade and an expansion at Lauriston Airport; CHEC has already mobilized engineers on the ground in Carriacou, the government said.

The owners of online travel agency sunshine.co.uk have acquired a holiday review website for an undisclosed amount in a bid to widen their offering to UK holidaymakers.