Funjet Vacations created a Travel Stimulus Package for travel agents with the goal of driving customers to travel agents and providing agents with the tools to stimulate 2009 travel and close sales. The tools in the package are intend to increase profit for the travel agent and help motivate their clients to travel.

The Montserrat Tourist Board is pleased to announce the launch of its new, monthly, online newsletter. The newsletter serves as one of tourist board’s many initiatives that are targeted at promoting the island as a hot-spot vacation destination in the ever-changing global tourism market.

Nisbet Plantation Beach Club, the Caribbean’s Top Luxury Hotel according to TripAdvisor, gives newlyweds the opportunity to enhance the environment and commemorate their union by planting a Nevis coconut palm on the grounds.

The British government will allow Internet gambling sites in Antigua and Barbuda to advertise in the UK after the Caribbean country strengthened its regulation of the industry.

American Express has announced companywide reengineering initiatives expected to produce cost benefits of approximately $1.8 billion in 2009, including the elimination of an estimated 7,000 jobs, primarily at the management level. The reengineering plan includes reducing compensation expenses, cutting operating costs and scaling back investment spending.

American Express has announced companywide reengineering initiatives expected to produce cost benefits of approximately $1.8 billion in 2009, including the elimination of an estimated 7,000 jobs, primarily at the management level. The reengineering plan includes reducing compensation expenses, cutting operating costs and scaling back investment spending.