Hotel occupancy levels last year were the lowest in the Caribbean since 2012, but the average daily rate (ADR) was the highest for any year on record, according to data from STR. Occupancy dipped 1.1% last year, to 65.2%, while …
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Ahead of opening the books for its first ship, the Scarlet Lady, Virgin Voyages revealed a commission structure and other travel advisor-focused policies that, like everything else at a brand spearheaded by iconoclast Richard Branson, will be different than industry …
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Get Our Free Voyages Cruise Guide Click the Cover to Download Voyages Cruise Guide – What’s Inside: Voyages by U.S. Tours presents its 20-page inaugural guide to cruise opportunities on the oceans and rivers of the world. This new division …
Two of the travel industry’s most innovative entrepreneurs are banding together to buy Abercrombie Kent, a leading purveyor of high-end travel experiences from round-the-world private jet tours to African safaris and villa vacation rentals. AK founder Geoffrey J.W. Kent and …
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“We dated for about a year and a half, and then Nick randomly told me not to make plans for an upcoming weekend,” Zoe Aust told INSIDER. “Soon after I found out we were going to Iceland, and then on …
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MIAMI – Troy McCarty was one of the nearly 3,000 passengers nearing the end of their western Caribbean cruise aboard the Carnival Sensation when reports of a fire caused a panic early Monday. “The fire alarms didn’t go off at …
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BANGKOK — The honeymoon that Bahraini soccer player Hakeem Al Araibi and his wife had hoped to have in Thailand late last year did not go according to plan. As the 25-year-old, who has refugee status in Australia, got off …
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Meanwhile, in addition to separate eating habits, cruise line crew also have their own language. During their downtime, a cruise ship employee has revealed the secret words they use to communicate, especially during times of stress and disturbance, when a …
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Are some passengers banned from having a cabin on their own? Yes, those below the age of 18 will have to share with another family member over that age. The following cruise lines require that at least one person in …
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