The Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort, located in Nassau, The Bahamas, named André R. Newbold to the newly created position of business travel sales manager. Based in Nassau, Newbold is responsible for soliciting new and existing transient and corporate accounts throughout the Bahamas in order meet and exceed sales revenue goals.

Bolongo Bay Beach Resort in St. Thomas is offering a Girls Just Want to Have Fun package, a five-night package that starts at $1,219 per person double occupancy, for travel through Dec. 22.

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a major development at the Port of Los Angeles that will include a new, outer harbor cruise ship terminal designed to accommodate the largest ships that will call at the port in the coming decades. The project is expected to take 10 or more years to complete.

U.S. airlines rang up more than $669 million in baggage fees in the second quarter of 2009, reported the DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

U.S. airlines rang up more than $669 million in baggage fees in the second quarter of 2009, reported the DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Despite the poor economy, Carnival Corp. reported net income of $1.07 billion in the third quarter. Chairman Micky Arison called surpassing $1 billion in earnings “quite an achievement and a testament to the power of our global brands.”