Norwegian Cruise Line is realigning its North American sales team in an effort to provide enhanced and more effective customer service to its travel partners. Reporting to Andy Stuart, executive vice president-global sales and passenger services, this newly structured sales force is led by Camille Olivere, vice president of sales.

Accor announced that, for the first half of 2009, consolidated revenue totaled 3.41 billion euros, down 9.3 percent on a reported basis and 8.1 percent like-for-like over first-half 2008.

The Mustique Company forged a partnership with Grenadine Airways which will provide direct flights in and out of Mustique, exclusively for villa owners and guests of the island.

Frontier Airlines reported June traffic and said that revenue passenger miles decreased 13.1 percent to 804,407,000 and capacity (as measured by available seat miles) was down 14.9 percent to 903,816,000 from the same period last year. This resulted in a record load factor of 89 percent, an increase of 1.8 points from June 2008.

Starwood Capital Group Global L.P. announced the signing of a binding agreement for an affiliate to purchase Golden Tulip Hospitality BV’s franchise business, development and representation businesses, joint venture interests, and the brands, trademarks and intellectual property of Golden Tulip, Tulip Inn and its related brands.

Delta Air Lines and the Virgin Blue Airlines Group have announced that they plan to seek regulatory approval to form a joint venture that will expand both carriers’ reach between the U.S. and Australia and the South Pacific.