Baha Mar has named Bahamian artist John Cox as the creative arts director for the $3.5 billion luxury resort fast rising in Nassau, Bahamas. In a unique step for a destination resort, Baha Mar has committed to the extensive use of Bahamian art as an inherent component of the guest experience.

Richard Twynam has been appointed as Azamara Club Cruises’ first managing director of UK and Ireland. Twynam has more than 20 years of experience in the travel industry and has held senior positions at companies such as Air New Zealand, Tui UK and Virgin Holidays Cruises.

There will not be strong growth in the hotel industry in 2014, says Fred Chin Lee, chairman, Normandie Hotel. “The growth in rooms in the hotel industry will be slow because the tourism product is not in place.”

Cuba has temporarily reopened consular services in the United States after its bank postponed closing the accounts of its diplomatic missions in Washington and New York, it said in a statement released to media on Monday.

Travel agents in New England now have access to new nonstop flights and vacation packages from Boston to two world-class Caribbean destinations through Delta Vacations.