Bermuda’s Reefs Hotel named Helen Bryan spa manager at La Serena, the property’s Elemis-branded spa.

In Magistrates Court, 35-year-old American tourist Gabriel Rivera pleaded guilty to possession of 6.0 grams of cannabis. The DPP’s evidence was that on the afternoon of 21 September 2011, Bermuda Customs officers working with a canine unit for interdicting illegal drugs had been attracted to cabin 9073 on board the cruise-ship Norwegian Gem.

Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the campaign will not only seek to promote HIV/AIDS awareness within the workplace, but will also aim to eliminate the stigma and other negative connotations that have been associated with the disease and those infected with the disease.

A leading hotel expert wants Caribbean hoteliers to take social media more seriously. Speaking at the second annual Small Hotels Conference, produced by the US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism, Leon Thomas, a senior trainer with Choice Hotels International, told local hoteliers from St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix social media is about engagement.

United Kingdom travel agents say the controversial Air Passenger Duty (APD) has made Jamaica a hard sell, even to some persons who are accustomed to visiting the island up to three times a year.

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation (CHTAEF) is doing its bit to help the Haitian tourism industry recover via a special Haiti Fund and the related Help and Hope Project. Several Antiguan hospitality experts are involved as facilitators in the project that started in 2010.