The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global traffic results for March showing that total passenger demand rose 7.6 percent and freight demand climbed 0.3 percent compared to the same month last year. Comparisons with March last year are affected by events that depressed passenger demand in 2011

Interval International and its participating Caribbean member resorts have made another record donation to the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association Education Foundation. Participating member resorts who donated to the foundation were based across the Caribbean.

An Australian billionaire running for Parliament says he is building a replica of the Titanic at a Chinese shipyard. Clive Palmer, who built his fortune in real estate and coal mining and apparently likes the media spotlight, said the new ship would accommodate 1,680 passengers and start sailing in late 2016.

Steven Heydt, president of Elite Island Resorts, recently announced that the company has reached a mutual agreement to end its partnership with Mount Cinnamon Resort in Grenada. The resort will be taking all of their sales, marketing, public relations and reservations back in-house and will be managing their communications from Grenada, Hedyt says.

PriceTravel, Mexico’s most innovative online and wholesale travel agency, is the first travel agency in Quintana Roo to take a stand against the commercial sexual exploitation of children by signing the Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct (The Code) in collaboration with the Riviera Maya Hotel Association.

The Cayman Islands Airports Authority last week unveiled a new community showcase and advertising program at Owen Roberts International Airport in Grand Cayman with a kickoff media event held in the customs arrivals hall.