Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) has created separate presidency posts for its Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises brands, appointing Adam Goldstein president of Royal Caribbean and Dan Hanrahan president of Celebrity. The two will report to Jack Williams, who will take the title of RCCL president and COO.

Condé Nast Traveler, the prestigious travel magazine, has just chosen the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Chile as the best Latin American lodging in 2005. The British bimonthly publication is considered one of the world´s best specialized magazines.

Paraguay´s Department of Childhood and Adolescence has just issued a report that spells out harrowing details on the reality at the so-called Triple Frontier, a territory that has acquired notoriousness as a shelter of tourists looking for sex with children.

United Airlines Mexico has recently named Jesus Noguez the company’s new general manager to replace Carlos Bragado. Mr. Noguez cut his entrepreneurial teeth as sales manager for United in Mexico City, a post he served in for nine years.

Several Mexican hotels and recreational centers along the Caribbean shoreline have been tossing toxic wastes into pre-Hispanic ruins and in the Sian Ka´an Biosphere Reserve, a situation that has driven environmentalists and civil officials in Tulum to order the lockdown of some hotels and companies.

Mexico´s airports will shell out at least $90 million to install new security systems that will allow X-ray screening of suspected objects in passengers´ luggage. The new system will be fully implemented in the course of the ongoing year in both public and private airports. According to officials, the whole thing will be ready to go on New Year´s Day 2006.