Last week, Sandals Resorts played host to over 800 travel agents as part of the 2012 Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts "MORE Quality Includes" Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.

On top of fines levied last week against JetBlue and Orbitz, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) reports it fined Royal Jordanian Airlines, EgyptAir and Royal Air Maroc. The three carriers were charged for violating the DOT's expanded airline passenger protection rules that took effect in January. The three new fines add up to $190.000. DOT requires all advertisements that include airfares to state the entire price to be paid by the consumer.

Proof that travel is a bright spot in the economy is offered by new Commerce Department data that shows international visitors have spent an estimated $82.2 billion on U.S. travel and tourism-related goods and services year to date.

HG Travel, a leading inbound tour operator and destination management company specializing in travel to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar, has appointed REPRESENTATION PLUS as its representative in UK this year.

The lush national parks of Costa Rica have long attracted tourists from around the globe with their evergreen rainforests, white beaches and thermal springs. Recently, they have lured more unsavory visitors in the form of drug traffickers.