The Cuba Trade Expo (www.CubaTradeExpo.com) organizers today announced updates to their roster of experts and industry leaders set to participate in this year’s conference, which will take place in Miami, Florida from March 19-20.
Hawaii’s visitor arrivals fell in January for the 11th consecutive month and spending was down nearly $150 million as the nation’s deepening economic slump caused anxious consumers to postpone or cancel their vacation plans.
The Barbados government unveiled the Tourism Industry Relief Fund stimulus package on Feb. 26. In April, the government will pump an initial $7.5 million into the industry to help it pull through the global economic crisis, according to Tourism Minister Richard Sealy.
The number of tourists who visited Mexico last year rose nearly 6 percent to 23 million, due in part to a decline in the Mexican peso versus the U.S. dollar, Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism said.
Ryanair is planning to eliminate all of its airport passenger check-in counters by the end of this year, a strategy that has never been attempted by another carrier. The Dublin-based discount carrier plans to get rid of its ticket counters, shifting some of those employees to staff drop-off stations for passengers’ checked bags.
Auberge Resorts, owners and operators of award-winning luxury resorts and private residence clubs, announced today that the company will assume the hospitality management of Pond Bay, FOLIO Collection’s new private residence club on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands.