PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A senior government minister Monday blamed “ a handful of individuals” that forced the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) to cancel dozens of flights on its domestic, regional and international routes on Sunday.

United Airlines, in collaboration with Tourism Corporation Bonaire, the Government of Bonaire, BONHATA, and Bonaire Flamingo International Airport (BON), today announced the addition of two additional weekly flights from New York/Newark (EWR) to Bonaire (BON) in anticipation of a busy winter and spring travel season. United currently offers once-weekly flights to Bonaire from Houston (IAH) and once-weekly from New York/Newark (EWR) and will be expanding their New York/Newark (EWR) service to three times a week to meet the continued demand of US travelers wanting to visit the Dutch Caribbean island.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada’s Underwater Sculpture Park at the Molinere Beauséjour Marine Protected Area will soon receive two installments of sculptures as part of plans to transform and develop the underwater attraction.

Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) has announced that the Dutch Caribbean Island, also known as the shore diving Mecca of the world, will be hosting the first ever Bonaire Dive Week in partnership with PADI, the world’s largest ocean exploration and diver organization, and Buddy Dive Resort, home of the Reef Renewal Foundation focused on protecting and restoring the coral reefs in Bonaire, from September 23-30, 2023.

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos – Preparations for the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s much-anticipated State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) are well underway, with the program set to take place at The Shore Club Turks & Caicos on Providenciales from October 9-13, 2023.

Margaritaville Beach Resort Nassau in the Bahamas has launched a new Navigator Experience, an exclusive butler service catering to guests staying in the exquisite One Particular Harbour residences section of the resort.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana aviation authorities say they are monitoring the situation involving the state-owned Trinidad-based Caribbean-Airlines (CAL) amid confusing reports of industrial action by employees of the airline that forced the cancellation of several domestic, regional and international flights on Sunday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has told the Turks and Caicos-based InterCaribbean Airways that it could face sanctions if the carrier does not avoid prolonged flight delays and cancellations.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is on a visit to three Latin American countries for a week-long visit aimed at increasing tourist arrivals from the region.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Tourism Minister, Randall Mitchell, has expressed his disappointment after Air Canada announced a suspension of its service to Trinidad and Tobago just three months after it had resumed flights to the Caribbean country.

NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS – Following the tremendous success of the inaugural celebration, Baha Mar announces the return of The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival, from October 27 to October 29, 2023. The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival showcases the best in culinary and artistic expression headlined by world-renowned chef talent including Marcus Samuelsson of Marcus at Baha Mar Fish + Chop House, Katsuya Uechi of Katsuya, and Dario Cecchini of Carna. Baha Mar’s chefs will be joined by Bahamian celebrity chef, Chef Simeon Hall Jr., Food Network stars Amanda Freitag, Carla Hall, Geoffrey Zakarian, Scott Conant, and Michelle Bernstein, as well as social media star and chef Eitan Bernath. Also in attendance will be the country's foremost spirits expert and author Noah Rothbaum, wine experts Ted Diamantis, Fernando Beteta and Ken Fredrickson, the team behind the award-winning Broken Shaker bar and sponsors from Antinori Wines. This year’s festival will also feature a show-stopping musical performance, to be announced in the coming weeks.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has announced the return of the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF), to be held November 29 to December 1, 2023, at the Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon.