Americans are dusting off their passports and seeing the world in big numbers. In the first two months of 2012, 8.1 million U.S. citizens traveled abroad, a 6 percent increase over the same period in 2011, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Office of Travel & Tourism Industries.

Recognizing the resort's commitment to operating at the world's highest environmental standards, the luxurious 64-suite Spice Island Beach Resort in Grenada has received the prestigious Green Globe Re-Certification Award. Spice Island Beach Resort was the first property on Grenada to become Green Globe Certified in 2004.

A high-level delegation led by Karine Roy Camille, Chairman of Maison de Martinique, visited Drydocks World, the well-established international player in ship repair, conversion, newbuild and engineering, a day after the announcement of its MoU with Big Invest Consult AG for constructing the revolutionary Water Discus Hotel, which is both above and underwater at the Annual Investment Conference 2012, Dubai.

A British tourist has fallen to her death from a hotel balcony in Mallorca in the third such British death on the Spanish island in less than a month. Charlotte Faris, 23, fell during the early hours of Saturday morning in the popular party resort of Magaluf, authorities said. A Foreign Office spokesman confirmed the death. "We are aware and can confirm the death of British national Charlotte Faris in Mallorca on May 5. We are providing consular assistance to her family."

The newly-refurbished Magdalena Grand Beach Resort, formerly Tobago Hilton, back in operation only for about six months now, has been rated the top hotel establishment in Tobago by the Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association (THTA).