Thomas Cook AG has selected its Group 1 Software’s e2 Customer Communications Management (CCM) solution to deliver personalized travel booklets to its tourism customers.

Pleasant Holidays and its luxury brand, Distinguished Resorts, have launched a series of programs to Costa Rica that will take effect in January. The booking window will open on December 1.

Things are looking up at Jamaica-based Chukka Caribbean Adventures. The tour company recently said it has added a new polo option and a water adventure to its tour roster, was named the exclusive provider of nature-adventure tours in the Rose Hall area on Jamaica’s north coast and announced projected sales of more than 300,000 tours for 2007, up from just 24,865 tours booked in 2000.

Hotetur & Blue Bay Resorts announced this week the appointment of Martina Heusinger-Cabre as the Spanish company’s new sales director in the Dominican Republic.

An Australian woman’s family cycling holiday in the United States has ended in tragedy when she looked the wrong way while attempting to cross a busy Florida highway. Elsise Hoath, 60, made a mistake many Australians do while in America, but her error was fatal.

The Aruba Bucuti Beach Resort grabbed the Blue Award from ISLAND magazine in the December 2007 issue dedicated to Sustainable Tourism and the award winners.