The craving for Japanese food is now a dream come true at the Meliá Varadero Hotel. The five-star resort –a classic lodging in Cuba’s most famous beach- has just opened Sakura, a restaurant decked out with ambience, scents and tastes hailing from the Asian nation.

Melia Hotel International will be managing five new hotels in Venezuela under the Innside By Melia brand in the coming years, the company announced. The hotels will be developed together with investor Franco Biocchi Zurita; There are 16 Innside by Melia hotels around the world.

With a soft opening in October 2014, Sonesta Ocean Point Resort will be the premier five-star, all-suite property in St. Maarten, bringing a new brand of style, luxury and outstanding service to this stunning Caribbean island.

While massive hotel developments such as the Baha Mar complex in the Bahamas and the Singulari project in Antigua capture headlines, smaller properties in the region are staking out their turf with enhancements that indicate solid knowledge of both their source markets and guests' expectations.