The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation made the long-awaited announcement that an offer has been accepted for the purchase of Grand Lucayan.

The American Gaming Association, the gambling industry’s national trade group, said Wednesday that U.S. commercial casinos won more than $5.3 billion from gamblers in March.

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is calling on the region’s “bread and butter” industry to ramp up efforts to be adequately staffed to meet the impending surge of arrivals and continued growth.

The number of companies that allow domestic business travel rose in March, international travel is returning and travel bookings are on the increase.

Recent surveys show that red-hot inflation has eaten into U.S. consumers’ travel budgets. U.S. travel costs rose by nearly 16 percent in March.

OTA Insight, the global leader in cloud-based hospitality commercial intelligence, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Dallas-based Kriya RevGEN.