Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa has hired Jason Heath as director of sales and marketing for the resort hotel, a key position that directs the resort’s public relations efforts along with its group sales, vacation planning, meeting planning, catering and golf.

The Department of Transportation on Friday assessed civil penalties against AirTran and Delta for violating rules that require airline price advertisements to disclose the full price consumers must pay. AirTran was fined $20,000 and Delta $40,000.

Air Jamaica has resumed service to Grand Cayman and the return of its popular summer service from New York (JFK) to Barbados and Grenada.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that, not surprisingly, the Iceland volcano eruption that shut down European skies for six days hurt passenger traffic in April. IATA announced international scheduled air traffic results for April, saying that passenger demand slumped by 2.4 percent as a result of massive flight cancellations centered in Europe during the six days in April following the eruptions of an Icelandic volcano. The fall in traffic interrupted the industry’s recovery from the global financial crisis.

Morgans Hotel Group Co. has appointed Joseph Magliarditi as executive vice president, gaming of MHG, and president and chief executive officer of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

During our week-long coverage of the ninth annual SMART tradeshow in St. Maarten, Travel Agent sat down with members of the St. Martin Office of Tourism and learned that the French region of the country is expected to see a 10-15-percent spike in hotel rooms in the next three to four years.