Americans have grown more accustomed to hearing about West Nile virus, but now it seems like a new mosquito-borne illness might be approaching US shores and making news. This week health officials reported two new cases of chikungunya virus in the US Virgin Islands, one of which was acquired locally.

Expedia., Inc., one of the world's largest online travel companies, has reported that travel demand garnered via Expedia.com and Hotels.com points of sale for US Virgin Islands hotels grew 23 percent in the first quarter of 2014 when compared to the same time period in 2013.

The Tourism Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TDC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, officially launched the Trinidad and Tobago Meeting Planners' Guide on Wednesday, June 11 in Port of Spain.

Cabo Pulmo, one of the rarest and environmentally sensitive land and sea ecosystems in the western Pacific is under threat by this mega-development, the Huffington Post reported this week. In 2012, the Mexican Ministry of Environment revoked Cabo Cortes’s provisional development permits.

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America announces its preliminary air traffic figures for May 2014. Comparisons refer to May 2013 and year to date (5M13).