On March 31, 2009, the Sol Meliá Board of Directors approved a modification to the dual leadership of the company defined almost two years ago when the chairman of the company, Gabriel Escarrer Julia, announced the beginning of a process of succession in the hotel company he founded 53 years earlier.

Officially opening March 2009, a unique luxury electronic art hotel attached to a socially-inclusive arts venue is to open in the city of Poznan, Poland, a stone’s throw from Berlin.

Visitors can eyeball stingrays, sharks, turtles and thousands of tropical fish and coral species without getting wet with one of Antigua’s newest attraction offerings.

Windward Islands Airways International NV (Winair) has announced that its planned closure of the Nevis route will not go ahead as it had initially announced some weeks ago.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) has cancelled the April 18 and May 8 departures of the 700-passenger Seven Seas Voyager in order to repair one of its pod propulsion units. The starboard propulsion unit became entangled with the fishing net on or about March 18 after departing Singapore and subsequently experienced mechanical failure, which resulted in a shutdown of the pod.

The Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) has been actively working together with its valued air service partners in securing sufficient air service from New York JFK airport, Aruba’s strongest market.