Journese, the luxury brand of Pleasant Holidays, has expanded its Caribbean offerings with the addition of four destinations to its 2018-2019 sales brochure. The new destinations are Curacao, Dominica, St. Kitts and St. Vincent The Grenadines, bringing the total offered …

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Royal Caribbean International created a website called SoundSeeker that adds soundtracks to vacation photos. Users can upload three photos to the site. A program then analyzes colors, faces and other attributes and generates a soundtrack. The photos are combined into …

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The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will examine strategies to stimulate growth in the region’s tourism industry at this year’s State of the Industry Conference, which will be themed Rejuvenate, Recreate, Reconnect: New Directions for Caribbean Tourism. Scheduled Oct. 2 to …

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Last week, Apple Leisure Group (ALG) announced that it will be ending its relationship with Playa Hotels and Resorts, representing the latest domino effect following the company’s acquisition of The Mark Travel Corporation (TMTC) earlier this year. The chips began …

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Royal Caribbean International will stop giving guests an onboard spending credit when they book a cruise using a nonrefundable deposit.  Under the program introduced in July 2017, guests choosing a fare with the nonrefundable deposit would receive a fare discount …

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