The Madrid based international tourism and travel marketing and communication company, GSAR Marketing, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. GSAR Marketing was founded in 1982 as a spinoff of Convenco Incentive Solutions.

Rising crime across the Caribbean threatens the region's tourism-based economy and has exposed a weak and ineffective judicial system, according to a sweeping U.N. study released on Wednesday. Nearly every Caribbean nation reported a spike in homicide rates and over the past 12 years.

As part of the coverage of the grand opening of the IBEROSTAR Cancun, Travel Agent’s Joe Pike sat down with IBEROSTAR Hotels & Resorts' owner and CEO Miguel Fluxa and learned of the company's plans to expand north of Puerto Vallarta.

Transport hubs in Central and Eastern Europe have been forced to close amid the biggest freeze in decades, which has claimed more than 200 lives. According to BBC, dozens of flights were delayed at Amsterdam's Schiphol and London's Heathrow cancelled 30% of flights.

Several European carriers have said they are interested in filling the void left by the collapse of state-owned Malev Airlines. The airline, which was $270 million in debut, shut down Friday after 66 years in business.