Aruba Airport Authority N.V.(AAA) has announced air service increases for the coming winter season from one of its valued air carriers, JetBlue Airways. New York JFK will receive an additional Saturday frequency making the first quarter of 2009 schedule from JFK 2 times daily and 3 flights on Saturdays.

Go east young man –or woman. That’s the rallying cry summer holidaymakers will be heeding next summer. Holidaymakers in search of a perfect getaway from the looming recession and dismal grey skies are seeing red and opting to go east. That’s according to destinationRussia –one of the leading UK based websites for hotels, visas and travel within Russia.

The Portuguese National Tourist Office has appointed Miguel Perestrello as its new Director of Tourism in the UK. Mr. Perestrello, 35, is a former cabinet member of the Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism.

To kick off the year of Darwin’s 200th birthday, International Expeditions is celebrating with $500 per person –$1,000 per couple- savings on its Jan. 2 and 16, 2009, voyages. Like all Galapagos Islands departures with IE, the tours will bring guests face to face with some of the most interesting and accessible wildlife.

Travel Impressions launched its Early Bird Catches the Savings promotion to reward travelers who book their 2009 vacations to the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada, Hawaii, U.S. and Islands of Tahiti in 2008.

The Jamaican government has announced the appointment of veteran airline industry executive Bruce Nobles as President and CEO of Air Jamaica.