St John's.- With the motto, Journey To Distinction, Antigua and Barbuda Tourism and Civil Aviation Ministry welcomed a group of 40 secondary and college students who classified for the 2008/2009 Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Cadet Corps (ABTCC) program, according to A & B Government News.
San Juan.- With 42 properties in the Caribbean and Latin America development agenda, plus an existing portfolio of 51 hotels in the regions, Hilton Hotels Corporation has announced plans to set the company's total presence in the areas at more than 200 properties.
Basseterre.- The 1840-passenger Celebrity Mercury will start Eastern Caribbean cruises in late 2009 and early 2010 with calls to St Thomas, St Croix, St Kitts, Antigua and St Maarten.
Accra.- All our currencies are tied to the US dollar -some are fixed, some are floating but stable. Anything, therefore, that affects the US dollar is of importance to us, Edwin Carrington, CARICOM Secretary General, told Reuters in an interview in Ghana where he attended a meeting.

