An LLC is being formed with an executive steering committee to operate and manage the new curriculum which is expected to be available in 2013. Both organizations are bringing together their expertise and research prowess to develop and deliver these new educational and training offerings.

The Montego Bay Convention Centre (MBCC) was named the Caribbean’s Leading Meetings and Conference Center for the second consecutive year at the World Travel Awards 2012.  The Awards ceremony was hosted at Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa on 14 September 2012.

U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenbaum agreed with Carnival that the lawsuit should be filed in Italy, not the U.S. Up to 1,000 businesses on the island where the Costa Concordia ship ran aground had sought to sue Carnival in U.S. courts because it is Costa's parent company.