Montserrat’s new aquatic adventure offers visitors breathtaking views of the island’s majestic coastline and enchanting tropical landscape. Beginning December 1, 2008, Ondeck Sailing will provide travelers with a taste of the ocean by providing daily sailing excursions between Falmouth Harbor in Antigua and Little Bay in Montserrat using 65-footer Ocean Racing Yachts.

7th Heaven Properties, the exclusively Caribbean property portal, has launched a new service for major property developers seeking financing for property and land development in the Caribbean region.

The Costa Crociere S.p.A. Group has announced the appointment of Mario Martini, the current Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing Europe and New Markets for the Costa Cruises fleet, as new President of Iberocruceros.

Tourism to Portugal from the U.S. has been on an upswing since 2005, and the numbers show that trend still going strong, despite the tumbling economy and high fuel prices.

Authorities in Belize established new protective policies for cave-tubing after a Carnival Cruise Lines passenger died on a shore excursion Sept. 24. Carnival has suspended all sales of the cave-tubing excursion in Belize.

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) made its first payout of approximately $6.3 million to the government of the Turks and Caicos, under the terms of a hurricane policy that was purchased at the start of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season.