Spanish airline Iberia has been bound to cancel 431 flights –roughly 40 percent of its schedule- between March 4 and 8 as a result of the strike against the company’s overhauling. The strike’s first week ended last Friday with nearly 1,300 cancelled flights among Iberia, Iberia Express, Air Nostrum and Vueling.

Costa Crociere boss Pier Luigi Foschi has donated a quarter of his pay package to the Costa Foundation, set up in the wake of the Costa Concordia tragedy. Mr. Foschi received almost $4 million (£2.6 million) for the year to November 2012, according to regulatory filings by Costa's parent company, Carnival.

ASTA announced today that it had appointed Zane Kerby as the Society’s new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective February 19th. Kerby moves to ASTA from a long and successful career with the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), formerly called the National Business Travel Association.

Two Mexican policemen have been charged with rape and abuse of authority after allegedly attacking an Italian woman in the resort of Playa del Carmen. A third man, reportedly their commander, is still being sought.

A recent study by United States research firm Business Research & Economic Advisors (BREA) has placed St Kitts among the highest-rated cruise destinations in the entire Caribbean for the 2011-2012. Average per passenger expenditures in St Kitts have almost doubled since 2006

The International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced that Cruise and Rail Travel International Ltd. in Tobago became its newest member. The International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) is a grassroots travel and tourism coalition of global destinations committed to quality service and green growth.