The new agreement with the regional carrier means more than 400,000 travel agents connected to the Sabre travel marketplace in more than 130 countries will have real-time access to all interCaribbean Airways' offers.

Leaders of CANATUR sent President Luis Guillermo Solís a letter asking him to block a Finance Ministry decree ordering tourism businesses to change sales tax policies.

Chinese company Yida International Investment Group will invest approximately $1 billion in a mega-resort development on Antigua, to be built on 1,600 acres previously owned by disgraced U.S. financier Allen Stanford.

TripAdvisor has announced it has finalized the acquisition of Viator, a leading resource for researching and booking destination activities around the world. Viator features more than 20,000 bookable tours and attractions and more than 600,000 reviews, photos and videos submitted by travellers.

Boeing, South African Airways (SAA) and SkyNRG announced they are collaborating to make sustainable aviation biofuel from a new type of tobacco plant. This initiative broadens cooperation between Boeing and SAA to develop renewable jet fuel in ways that support South Africa's goals for public health as well as economic and rural development.