Blue Diamond Resorts has launched, BDAgentRewards, a loyalty program for agents booking its Memories and Royalton brands in the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, St. Lucia and Mexico.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation on December 7 announced the opening of Hyatt Regency Cartagena, the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Colombia.

The Bahamas' long-delayed Baha Mar beach resort will open its first phase by June and will be completed by the end of 2017.

An elite group of top-selling agents hosted at this year’s Sandals STAR Awards heard details about six new properties in the works, including the possibility of a new resort site in Trinidad and Tobago.

In the Bahamas, the One&Only Ocean Club in Nassau pushed back its original reopening date of Oct. 21 to Feb. 14, 2017 due to ongoing repair issues.

The Wyndham Hotel Group announced Thursday that it will acquire hotel management company Fen Hotels, expanding its presence across Latin America in the process.