The tour guides were waiting with bony, undersized horses to carry travelers to Haiti’s historic Citadelle Laferriere, one of the most impressive mountaintop fortresses in the world.

Southwest Airlines signed a multi-year agreement to use the patented, environmentally friendly EcoPower engine wash system offered by Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. company.

Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) appointed travel industry expert Alison Roberts-Brown as area director, Asia Pacific. Roberts-Brown, who will be based in Australia, will be responsible for overseeing business development, hotel relations and the operations of the SLH Regional Office in Sydney.

Small travel suppliers in Mexico have always had unique experiences to offer travelers, but getting the marketing message out to them has been a longstanding challenge, complicated as much by communications as by geography.

Travel Impressions has launched TI Gay & Lesbian Travel, a collection of gay-friendly travel products.

GradCity has suspended all snorkeling cruises for students traveling to Cancun, Mexico for the remainder of their travel season. The company made the decision following a snorkeling accident which took the life of Lisa Chung, a high school student from Grand Prairie, Texas.