Messe Berlin has announced the appointment of Ingrid Maass as its new chief operating officer following its latest regular supervisory board meeting. The move follows a decision by the supervisory board, in December 2012, to appoint Christian Göke to succeed the current chief executive, Raimund Hosch, who is due to retire at the end of June.

Beyonce and Jay-Z caused a big stir in Havana as they marked their fifth wedding anniversary Thursday. R&B's power couple was mobbed by dozens of well-wishers at the renowned restaurant La Guarida on Wednesday night, and police had to step in to keep the crowds at bay.

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line officials said a 64-year-old Virginia woman was found dead in her cabin aboard the Enchantment of the Seas last Sunday on the last day of a weeklong cruise to the Bahamas. The woman's husband reportedly found her body. The FBI is investigating the case.

Belize’s Ambergris Caye has been voted the “world’s best island” by contributors to TripAdvisor, taking the top spot from more well-known island paradises such as Bora Bora and Thailand’s Koh Tao and cementing Belize’s reputation as one of the world’s top travel destinations, according to one of the little country’s most popular eco resorts

Russia’s poor image overseas is holding back its inbound tourism industry’s ability to attract visitors from the US and Western Europe, reveals new research at WTM Vision Conference – Moscow today. Visa bureaucracy, security, infrastructure and the quality of tourism services contributed to Russia’s poor image overseas.