Airfares to Guyana are again at an all-time high, despite promises by Caribbean Airlines (CAL), which controls over 75 percent of the Guyana market.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., in partnership with Red-Co Ltd, announced that its Paris-born Le Meridien brand will open in Batumi, the brand’s first location in the Republic of Georgia.

Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt said it will take nearly $15 million to restore the Douglas-Charles Airport, which was damaged in Tropical Storm Erika on Aug. 26.

Member of Parliament for North West Manchester, Mikael Phillips, said plans include turning the community of Maidstone, the first free village in Manchester, into a tourist attraction.

VISIT FLORIDA CMO Paul Phipps announced a new partnership with global music superstar Pitbull at Tuesday afternoon’s lunch presentation during the Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism in Tampa.

Travel industry veteran Kathy Goldsmith has just been appointed by Star Clippers to head up the company’s business development in Canada.