Southwest Airlines said last week it raised fares by up to $10 for one-way routes, thus affecting 68 percent of its passengers.

As part of an initiative entailing $8.4 billion Dominican pesos to be invested in stepping up tourism infrastructure, Dominican authorities disclosed a project to create a new airline. Flights for Air Dominicana, a national airliner to operate under technical and commercial management by Air Europa, are projected for the year 2008.

Mario Bodner will be responsible for overseeing the timeshare sales efforts of all Divi Resorts properties. Mr. Bodner joined the Divi Resorts team in January 2007 following his position as Project Director with Harborside Resort at Atlantis in the Bahamas.

You can visit the tropics without shelling out your hard-earned cash on passports. That’s because CheapCaribbean.com has just extended its Passport Rebate promotion. Any traveler who books a trip with CheapCaribbean.com before February 28 is eligible for a passport rebate.

Recently the Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) informed the airlines of an adjustment to the Airport fees and Charges effective April 1 this year.

A work stoppage of the employees of a third party vendor continues to affect Club Med Buccaneer’s Creek on Martinique.