NYC & Company previously achieved its goal of 55 million visitors one year ahead of its 2015 schedule by welcoming an all-time record 56.4 million visitors last year. In 2014, New York City welcomed 56.4 million visitors.

Riding a wave of hotel developments, a 6.5 percent increase in air arrivals in 2014 over 2013 and a projected rise of 31.5 percent in cruise passenger arrivals, which would top 1 million this season, St. Kitts is well positioned for a strong, solid year of growth.

The Bahamas ministry of tourism has announced that preliminary tourism statistics show double digit increases in air arrivals and hotel performance for the month of January. Nassau/Paradise Island welcomed 74,361 stopover visitors during the month of January, a hike of 13 percent over arrivals in 2014. Hotel performance also showed improvements.

Colombia and Puerto Rico continue to work on joint trade relations, this time in the groups and conventions tourism segment, Milton Segarra, president and CEO of Meet Puerto Rico announced recently.

The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration announced this week that the U.S. welcomed a record 75 million international visitors in 2014, marking a seven percent increase over 2013.

The Saint Lucia Tourist Board has seen a strong start to 2015, with UK operators and agents reporting good bookings to the end of February. This comes against a backdrop of the highest total number of arrivals in the island’s history recorded for the month of January.