The US Virgin Islands has welcomed the unveiling of Royal Caribbean International's new Caribbean itineraries which include two additional ships regularly calling on the Virgin Islands. The deployment will include an increase in summer calls to the Virgin Islands by 16 vessels in all.

Costa Crociere and Italo-American consortium Titan-Micoperi presented their plan to Costa Concordia Emergency Commissioner Franco Gabrielli to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia from the coast of Giglio Island. Work will begin in a few days and is expected to last about 12 months.

Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Caribbean’s newest destination, the $65 million Amber Cove Cruise Center, were held on May 15th in the Dominican Republic at the project site on the Bay of Maimon located near Puerto Plata in the country’s North Coast. The new facility is scheduled to open in 2014.

St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Sen. the Hon. Richard Skerritt delivered good news to the island’s tourism stakeholders in the National Assembly on Thursday. "The global recession has changed the face of tourism markets everywhere," he said.