Tobago’s Magdalena Grand Beach & Golf Resort has named Sandy Bell Rojas its new director of sales and marketing. Bell will oversee efforts in all international markets for the 178-room hotel, according to the property. Bell Rojas said she was excited to be working with the entire Magdalena Grand team.
During the closing ceremony, the attendees also honored Makoto Sasaki and Japanese duet Sones de Corazones. Makoto has participated in “Pepe Sanchez Festival” over the past 15 years and he is one of the most popular foreign figures in the Festival, especially because of his fidelity to the authentic and popular Cuban trova.
A shark has killed a 52-year-old German tourist swimming off an Egyptian Red Sea resort in the city of al-Qusair, said the BBC. The aquatic predator reportedly bit off the man’s leg at the knee.
The Excelencias Group gives you details on the life and work of Pepe Sanchez, an outstanding Santiago-born troubadour that enriched the Cuban musical heritage and wrote the first Latin American bolero.
The Belize Tourism Industry Association has its newest executive director. The BTIA announced that John Burgos officially began work as the association’s executive director last week. Burgos comes to the BTIA with 10 years of experience in the Education Sector and seven years’ experience at management-level positions both in the private and public sectors.
Another airport is exploring the possibility of service to Haiti. Florida’s Orlando International Airport announced that it was exploring the possibility of flights between Orlando and Port-au-Prince.