Funjet Vacations launched its Business Energizer, a mix of enhanced policies, new products and a cash incentive developed based on recent travel agent feedback. The program is designed to give travel agents what they currently need to make more money and close more sales, short-term and long-term.

The Florida Keys & Key West tourism council has added a component to its http://www.fla-keys.com/ website to provide travelers up-to-date information regarding the TransOcean/BP Oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Continental Airlines reported a first quarter 2010 net loss of $146 million, as increased fuel costs offset increases in revenue. In part due to significantly higher jet fuel cost, Continental’s mainline cost per available seat mile (CASM) increased 7.4 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period last year.

Royal Caribbean International will return to New Orleans in 2011 after a three-year absence. New Orleans will be the homeport for the 142,000-ton, 3,114-guest Voyager of the Seas, the largest cruise ship ever based in New Orleans. The deployment is expected to generate an additional 165,000 cruise guests per year for New Orleans. The Voyager of the Seas will offer seven-night Western Caribbean cruises from New Orleans departing on Saturdays.

The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) is excited to introduce its new Director of Tourism. Expected to assume her post in April of 2010, Seleni Matus brings more than 10 years of experience in leading large-scale initiatives that have helped to mainstream sustainable tourism principles into key sectors of the tourism industry.

The Antarctica season beginning in November is likely to be the last one as it has been known. Proposed changes to the type of fuel ships are allowed to burn and carry in this fragile ecosystem have now become a reality, making the future of big cruise ships in Antarctica uncertain.