Travel Agent, along with several of our 35 Under 30 agents, recently had the privilege of touring the soon-to-be Couples Barbados, the first Couples Resorts property outside of Jamaica. In January of this year that Couples Resorts had finalized negotiations for the lease of the Almond Casuarina Beach Resort.

Spanish group Decameron plans to build two more four- and five-star resorts on the island of Boa Vista, in Cape Verde, adding 1,100 rooms to its network of 35 hotels, the Cape Verdean press reported.

Giving its Occidental, Allegro and Royal Hideaway brands a new lease on life, and tripling reservation volumes through its direct channels are two of Occidental Hotels & Resorts’ top priorities for the ongoing year as the hotel chain has announced the signing of a new management deal with Cuba.