Within the next few years, we'll see numerous space tourism projects take off. In Russia, a company plans to open up a space hotel service that sends you on a two-day trip aboard a Soyuz rocket.

Excursion provider Island Routes Caribbean Adventure Tours has launched its first tour offerings in Barbados and will expand to the Cayman Islands before the end of 2011, giving travel agents new commissionable opportunities to sell shore excursions off cruise ships.

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has named John Melchior, managing director of JME Consultancy Enterprises Ltd., as the GBTA Foundation’s new European regional development director.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has fined Amadeus $95,000 because the software it provided to travel agencies did not tell consumers when flights were being operated under a codesharing agreement. Amadeus is the first GDS to be fined by DOT.

The Acapulco Destination Marketing Office and the Secretary of Tourism for the State of Guerrero reported that that the city of Acapulco and the State of Guerrero welcomed over 1 million tourists during the summer months, resulting in an economic impact of over $283 million.

The Los Cabos Convention & Visitors Bureau is asking fans of this destination to show their appreciation for Los Cabos visually with the launch of "It's My TIME2CABO," a new social media contest.