For those who know Honduras, one thing they understand very clearly is that it is a country of enviable beauty with a rich cultural and historical heritage, endowed with natural treasures unknown to many, unimaginable to most.

Central America, an isthmus rich in nature and cultural heritage from Guatemala to Panama, not yet consolidated as a single tourist destination because of limits such as the high cost of its domestic air transport.

Fly Jamaica Airways, after several delays, finally launched flights on 17 December from Kingston (KIN) in Jamaica and Georgetown (GEO) in Guyana to Toronto Pearson (YYZ) in Canada.

Mark Maddock, managing director UK and Ireland of lastminute.com, has stepped down amid speculation that parent, Sabre Corporation, is looking to sell lastminute.com. Maddock joined lastminute.com in 2002 from Holiday Autos as hotel product director, before heading up the UK and Ireland operation in 2010.

The underwater drone searching the Indian Ocean floor for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has dived to its deepest ever level, putting its equipment at unprecedented risk, as hopes dwindled that it might soon turn up some sign of wreckage.

The CEO of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart, 33, will deliver the motivational speech at the Student Colloquium – a contest among Caribbean tourism students at tertiary institutions, who are challenged to present well-researched, practical and financially viable sustainable tourism projects.