The Puerto Rico Tourism Company will unveil a new integrated marketing campaign designed to increase awareness and make Puerto Rico a top of mind destination. The $10 million advertising campaign will run locally on networks like Bravo, Food Network, Fine Living, Travel Channel, CNN and CNBC.

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company will unveil a new integrated marketing campaign designed to increase awareness and make Puerto Rico a top of mind destination. The $10 million advertising campaign will run locally on networks like Bravo, Food Network, Fine Living, Travel Channel, CNN and CNBC.

In response to the recent spate of crimes in tourist areas, Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham pledged more police patrols on foot and car in the tourist sectors and more timely hearings and trials in the courts, according to the Nassau Guardian.

The Montserrat Tourist Board has announced the return of permanent ferry service between Antigua and Montserrat beginning on Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Operated by Anguilla-based MV Deluxe, the initial schedule will offer roundtrip service on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Additional service will be added on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning December 7, until the end of the year.

The Caribbean now has its first Relais & Châteaux property with a Grand Chef distinction. Chef Stéphane Mazières of St. Bart’s Hôtel Le Toiny and its Restaurant Le Gaïac recently received the Grand Chef Taittinger award at Relais & Châteux’s annual conference in Biarritz, France.

Vacation.com, North America’s leading travel services marketing organization, has further enhanced Engagement, its award-winning consumer direct mail and email program, by launching a new member-requested enhancement based on client labels.