Dominica is experiencing new hotel upgrades, events and restaurants. The Rainforest Shangri-la Resort has completed construction on their fourth stone hot tub on their river just this month.

GOGO Worldwide Vacation launched a Curacao Island promotion. Curacao is a unique and diverse island, offering more than 35 beaches, championship golf and some of the world’s best dive sites.

The Rezidor Hotel Group will once again increase its portfolio in Russia with three new hotels with a total of 969 rooms: The 173-room Park Inn Volgograd is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2010, followed by the 276-room Park Inn Kaliningrad in the first quarter of 2011 and the 520-room Radisson Grand Hotel Rostov-on-Don in the third quarter of 2011.

An American investor has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) and the attorney general for damages amounting to $3 million.

St. Vincent is building a new airport that will accommodate large jets for the first time. The $24 million project is expected to give a mighty boost to the Caribbean nation’s tourism industry. It is expected to be completed in 2011.

The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. appointed Ted Teng as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer, effective Sept. 1, 2008.