Hilton Hotels Corporation announced the appointment of Steven Goldman as president, global development and real estate. Goldman is currently president and chief executive officer of Sunstone Hotel Investors, a real estate investment trust that owns upscale hotels operated under various nationally recognized brands.

Miami-based Marine Safety Group has called upon the Bahamas government to ban shark-feeding tours in the wake of a recent death. An Austrian diver was bitten by a shark while diving in Bahamian waters that had been baited with bloody fish parts; he later died from his wounds.

The marina and cruise ship industry in The Bahamas would not be in jeopardy should the economic embargo the United States has on Cuba be lifted, Bahamas Port Authority Controller Captain Anthony Allens predicted recently.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed to grant four U.S. airlines the right to operate one new daily flight between the United States and Bogota, Colombia. In this tentative decision, the Department selected Delta Air Lines from New York’s JFK Airport, JetBlue Airways from Orlando, Spirit Airlines from Fort Lauderdale, and Continental Airlines from Houston.

Queen Elizabeth II opened Heathrow Airport’s gleaming new Terminal 5 on Friday, a day after a security breach at the world’s busiest international airport.

Cuba was elected president of the Latin American Federation of Professional Congress Organizers (COCAL) at the 25th congress of the organization held in Montevideo, Uruguay from March 9 to 11.