The autumn statement by the Chancellor states that APD rates “will increase from April 1, 2012, as set out at Budget 2011”, with the extension to flights taken on business jets also set to go ahead. In response four of the UK's major airlines have released a joint statement again calling for APD to be abolished.

Belize is continuing to grow as a popular place for real estate investment. Tourism is a major component of the economy of this English-speaking former British colony, and property, in the right places, can be a great investment.

Travel firm Thomas Cook has reached agreement with its bankers to provide it with new access to funding. Shares in the company fell 75 percent on Tuesday after it said it was in talks about increasing borrowings.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) fined Spirit Airlines $50,000 for violating federal aviation laws and the department’s rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel. DOT rules require any advertising that includes a price for air transportation to state the full price to be paid by the consumer, including all carrier-imposed surcharges.

The ground has been broken at the site of Antigua’s major new terminal, an expansion to the VC Bird International Airport, located north of Saint John’s. The new terminal is expected to bring jobs, economic growth and even greater tourist numbers to Antigua and Barbuda.

PromPerú, the Peru Export and Tourism Promotion Board, recently announced that the FutureBrand 2011-2012 Country Brand Index has indicated that Peru has moved up three spots to number 44th in the world ranking. This climb positions Peru as one of the top five Latin American countries in the general ranking.