A development agreement that will see a new $100 million luxury resort hotel and marina built in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) was signed at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Circle Holdings Limited is developing what it calls an “ultra-luxury” boutique experience on a 17-acre vacant site in Turtle Cove.

RIU Hotels & Resorts will inaugurate on Nov. 1, 2014 its first Riu Plaza urban hotel brand in the United States. The Hotel Riu Florida Beach is closed for a major refurbishment following which it will open its doors as the Hotel Riu Plaza Miami Beach.

Expedia.com, one of the world’s largest full-service online travel sites, announced the Expedia 2014 Insiders’ Select rankings, an annual crowd-sourced list of the world’s best-reviewed hotels. The Insiders’ Select list recognizes the top-ranked hotels worldwide.

Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, will join Marriott International's Autograph Collection, a portfolio of more than 60 independent hotels. The 3,400-room Atlantis will be Autograph's first resort in the Bahamas and will be the largest hotel in the collection.