The Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) partnered with renowned department store Saks Fifth Avenue and Modern Bride magazine to create the Barbados Bridal Suite, an invitation-only, one-stop event for brides at the Fifth Avenue flagship store on Feb. 19.

The Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) partnered with renowned department store Saks Fifth Avenue and Modern Bride magazine to create the Barbados Bridal Suite, an invitation-only, one-stop event for brides at the Fifth Avenue flagship store on Feb. 19.

Air Canada Reported that system traffic decreased 8.5 percent on a capacity reduction of 8.8 percent system wide in January. It reported a load factor of 78.1 percent on a consolidated basis with Jazz, versus 77.9 percent in January 2008, an increase of 0.2 percentage points.

Beginning immediately members of the Sandals Select Reward Club, an invitation-only loyalty program for previous guests of Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts, can receive 5,000 Sandals Select points when they refer first-time guests to a Sandals Resorts or Beaches Resorts vacation.

Concorde Hotels & Resorts appointed several new executives to its global sales team, to oversee the hotel group’s sales initiatives worldwide. Oliver Daurat, global sales manager, who previously held sales and operations positions within the group and at Hotel Concorde La Fayette, will manage the international sales offices in France, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Russia and Spain.

The mayor of Lisbon, Antonio Costa, in Brazil launched a campaign to promote tourism to the Portuguese capital, with the aim of attracting 400,000 Brazilians in 2009.