Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Latin America Division, announced that Andrea Carneiro has joined The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort as the new director of sales and marketing.

Martha Stewart traveled to Mexico City in July 2011 to film an episode of “The Martha Stewart Show”, and the episode premiered this week. A lineup of award winning, local chefs, including Patricia Quintana of Izote, Martha Ortiz of Dulce Patria and Ricardo Munoz Zurita of Azul Condesa, appeared on the program

Jamaica will shortly be launching a major partnership with a number of countries in Latin and Central America to ensure that tourism flow into the island remains in good numbers. Minister Bartlett said despite the Government’s divestment of Air Jamaica, there are measures in place to ensure that the country’s airlift security remains intact.

Friendly Planet Travel is the latest tour operator to offer people-to-people programs to Cuba. The Pennsylvania-based operator will offer two programs to Cuba, beginning in January.

Expedia, Inc. discussed newly-released data at the annual Feria Internacional de Turismo (FIT) showing positive growth in bookings made to Argentina on the company's more than 100 Expedia-brand and Hotels.com-brand travel booking sites worldwide this year.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Caribbean Airlines $60,000 for limiting reimbursements for lost, damaged and delayed baggage to less than consumers were entitled to under an international treaty.