The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) on June 7 presented two distinguished travel media mavens, Gay Nagle Myers, Senior Editor of Travel Weekly; and Neysha Soodeen, publisher of MACO Caribbean Living, with the Marcia Vickery-Wallace and Marcella Martinez awards respectively.

Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe used a Bahamas 40th anniversary of Independence party during Caribbean Week in New York City as an opportunity to update travel writers and editors about the many developments taking place in the the Bahamas, including the addition of gaming on Bimini.

Meliá Hotels International has appointed Luca by Luchford APM to lead the global strategy for the portfolio of over 350 hotels, in 35 countries, in a more consolidated PR campaign as it seeks to elevate the brand.