Hilton HHonors, the loyalty program for Hilton Worldwide’s portfolio of hotel brands, announced a new partnership with JetBlue Airways, making Hilton Worldwide the first hotel partner for the airline’s customer loyalty program, TrueBlue.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will deploy more than its usual maximum capacity to bring stranded passengers home. Effective Thursday, April 22, KLM will operate its entire intercontinental schedule and almost all of its European services. In addition, KLM will operate extra flights to ensure that passengers and cargo are transported more quickly.

An ash-spewing volcano in Iceland has given the Caribbean an unexpected economic boost, causing some hotels to fill up with stranded travelers and increasing demand for tourist activities.

The U.S. Department of Transportation fined Prestige Cruise Holdings -- which operates Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises -- $75,000 for failing to disclose fees and taxes on free-air offers in advertisements.

Air France/KLM said that in March, the passenger and cargo businesses each showed a further marked recovery both in terms of traffic and unit revenues. Even though unit revenues were significantly above last year’s level, including in premium class, they remained below the levels achieved in March 2008.

Ismay Mason, who has never missed a day of work in more than 46 years as a housekeeper at the Galley Bay Resort & Spa on Antigua’s west coast, has been awarded a Merit of Order from the Queen of England, represented by Dame Louise Lake-Tack, Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda.