Air Seychelles, the national carrier of the insular state Seychelles, extends its cooperation with AVIAREPS to two further markets: the United States and Canada. With immediate effect, the leading airline and tourism representative is taking over responsibility for the carrier’s marketing and sales activities.

The Wyndham Nassau Resort and Crystal Palace Casino in Nassau, Bahamas, will shut down for eight weeks, from Aug. 17 through Oct. 5, to reduce operational losses during the traditionally slow tourist season, according to officials of parent company Baha Mar.

Florida-based Global Hospitality Marketing Link announced a new collaboration with Biras Creek Resort to help the Caribbean property expand their sales efforts and target the growing international inbound markets to the British Virgin Islands.

The MAAC Group announced expanded sales representation in the New York Metropolitan area for The Caribbean Collection, to be assigned to Joan Dunne, a sales and marketing executive with extensive experience in luxury residential real estate and international wholesale travel sales and marketing.

Two senior government officials believes that the eco-friendly project to “green” the town of St. George’s that is being embarked upon by the Willie Redhead Foundation (WRF) will not only aid in improving the island’s tourism product but will also make the city one of cleanest in the Caribbean.

Gogo Worldwide Vacations launched its first gay and lesbian travel catalogue for U.S. travel agents. The catalogue, titled “Outgoing,” includes more than 130 hotels and resorts in the Caribbean, Mexico, Coast Rica, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Europe and the U.S.