Antigua and Barbuda’s tourism industry may see some relief from the effects of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative later this year, when a low cost passport card system is implemented in the United States.

The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday determined that the probable cause of a tilting incident by Princess Cruises’ Crown Princess was the second officer’s incorrect wheel commands, executed first to counter an unanticipated high rate of turn and then to counter the vessel’s heeling.

Wyndham Hotel Group signed a three-year agreement with Miles & More, Europe’s largest frequent-flyer program, to allow TripRewards members to choose that program’s miles as their preferred currency.

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC and Peter de Savary, founder and chairman of The Abaco Club on Winding Bay, a Ritz-Carlton Managed Club, restructured the ownership of the 534-acre property.

From December 2007 to February 2008 an expected 2.2 million passengers will be passing through Santiago de Chile’s Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport, reports The Santiago Times. This is a 10 percent increase over last summer, and 20 percent of this figure corresponds to first-time travelers, according to airport operations chief Alberto Becerra.

The Travel Industry Association has teamed with several other organizations to conduct a comprehensive study of the travel market in China, which is expected to soon become one of the largest travel markets in the world and one that the U.S. hopes to gain a larger share of.