Canadians can expect to have more travel options to Barbados this summer as Air Canada and WestJet will be offering additional summer services out of Montréal and Toronto for 2010.

The Aruba Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino named Antoinette Van den Berg director of sales and marketing, with responsibility for electronic commerce, marketing and public relations, and transient and group sales. Van den Berg joined the Aruba Marriott in 2005, and most recently served as director of sales.

LAN Airlines was again voted the best airline in South America according to a survey conducte1d by the prestigious British market research company SkyTrax. The company was also honored with the award for excellence in the service provided by its personnel throughout the region.

Jamaica’s hotel and resort operators say skyrocketing energy costs are affecting their ability to operate and loom as a major challenge to the island’s tourism industry, according to a report in the online edition of the Jamaica Observer.

The Honorable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, recently elected Trinidad and Tobago's first female Prime Minister, appointed Dr Rupert T. Griffith as Minister of Tourism and Dr. Delmon Dexter Baker as Minister in the Ministry of Tourism.

Costa Rica is cracking down on an unauthorized stem cell clinic that has attracted hundreds of foreigners seeking relief from degenerative diseases and serious injuries.