The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) named Allen Chastanet regional vice president with responsibility for St. Lucia and neighboring islands, according to a membership advisory issued by Alec Sanguinetti, CHTA’s director general.

As Colombia's holiday high season begins, many of the country's roads are impassable due to landslides, flooding and embankment collapses.

The Caribbean-American community in Boston is celebrating increased air options for travel to the United States Virgin Islands this winter. The new schedule to the Caribbean features five weekly flights between Logan International Airport and St. Thomas' Cyril E. King Airport.

Hotel occupancy in the Dominican Republic’s tourist regions, including Bavaro, Bayahibe, La Romana, Macao and Punta Cana, is currently at 80 percent and is expected to “fill completely” by next week, said Arturo Villanueva, executive vice president of Asonahores.

The U.S. Travel Association claimed significant victories for the U.S. visa system and traveler facilitation reforms in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012, approved late last week.The legislation reflects 2011 advocacy efforts by the U.S. Travel Association to improve the U.S. economy, remove barriers to travel and improve the travel process.

This past Dec. 16 marked the start of the holiday flight season, and prices are up about 10 percent compared to 2010, according to Rick Seaney, CEO and co-founder of FareCompare.com.