Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has named Ted Tomaras chief operating officer of its Americas region. Based in Chicago, Mr. Tomaras is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the region’s hospitality advisory, asset management, financing, valuation and investment sales services.
Events for London, the city’s new strategic function tasked with attracting, developing and staging world-class major sporting and cultural events in London, was unveiled in Beijing.
Expedia Inc. has introduced its 13th international Website, and its first Spanish-language site, in Spain.
Voyages Jules Verne, the UK based tour operator, has been recognized for its web strategy at the 2007 Travolution Awards in London.
The failure of the Cricket World Cup (CWC) in the West Indies to boost tourism in the region has led to calls for one tourism minister to be sacked. The opposition party in Barbados has called for minister of tourism Noel Lynch to be sacked following abysmal tourism figures.
Continental Airlines is supporting the combined efforts of industry, government and media to ensure tourism helps improve the wealth, health, culture and environment of Caribbean and Latin American destinations by sponsoring the Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx).