InterContinental Hotels Group and Florida-based Orange Lake Resorts have partnered to create a new timeshare brand, Holiday Inn Club Vacations. The move marks IHG’s entry into the timeshare business.

More than two-thirds of business travelers questioned in a recent survey valued airline loyalty programs but complained that it was difficult to redeem the miles they earn.

The Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino has appointed 28-year hotel industry veteran Doug McLain to the position of director of sales for the resort located in Nassau, the Bahamas.

The USS Kittiwake, a decommissioned naval ship, will be sunk in the waters off Grand Cayman next June to create a dive site and artificial reef. The ship will be transferred to the government of the Cayman Islands before the end of the year.

Sandals Resorts is offering a stress-free approach to honeymoon planning through its annual Test Drive Your Honeymoon event. Available on Jan. 14 and Jan. 28 for $149 per person, including airfare, this event allows couples to take a peek at their honeymoon long before they say “I do” during a one-day jaunt to Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Private Island in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Transat Holidays newest destination for this winter is now available for fall departures. Due to popular demand, the Aruba program that was originally scheduled to start on December 21 of this year is now slated for a start date of November 2, 2008. An idyllic Caribbean island, Aruba offers visitors an ideal climate with an average temperature of 30 degrees during the month of November mixed with cooling trade winds.