Golden Tulip announced the expansion of its Management Board of Directors as the company appointed Alfred de Bruyn and David Cruz to its Management Board, increasing the number of board members from five to seven.

Starting April 1, agents will no longer be able to book commissionable British airways holidays products.

Operators of ships and other vessels may be hit with stiffer fines when they drop anchor and damage Barbados fragile coral reefs in the future.

During Almond Beach Village’s annual Super Bowl extravaganza, known as Big Game Week, Travel Agent sat down with Chris Forbes, the Barbados resort’s general manager, and learned that plans are in place to add about six treatments rooms to the resort’s spa. The spa expansion, said Forbes, is part of an “aggressive” move to attract more North American guests to the resort, which currently has mostly European guests.

Tourism to Cayman Brac, the larger of the two Sister Islands in the Cayman Islands, may get a boost if plans for a 32-room hotel are approved.

Tracey-Ann Jones and Colleta Collins were promoted to regional sales manager and romance sales supervisor, respectively. Previously the romance sales supervisor, Jones is charged with increasing business from Caribbean and Latin American markets as well as acting as the resort’s liaison for travel trade and meeting/event planners in these regions.