Karisma Hotels & Resorts, which opened the 136-suite Azul Sensatori Jamaica on Negril's Seven Mile Beach in December 2013, will debut its 149-suite expansion in May.

Destination Hotels has taken over management of the Royal Isabela, a golf resort on Puerto Rico's northwest coast. It is Destination Hotels' first Caribbean property.

The 116-room Hyatt Place Aruba Airport will open adjacent to the Reina Beatrix Airport in late 2018, marking the debut of the Hyatt Place brand in Aruba.

Kempinski has announced plans to open its first hotel in Cuba, in the historic Manzana de Gómez building in Old Havana.

El San Juan Hotel, a landmark property in Puerto Rico, has joined Curio – A Collection by Hilton.

Blue Diamond Resorts has launched a new loyalty program, which rewards travel agents for booking Memories and Royalton Luxury Resorts in Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, and Dominican Republic.