CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas — Hotel developments and airport upgrades dominated news from several tourism directors speaking at CTO’s State of the Industry Conference here. Leading off was Beverly Nicholson-Doty, commissioner of tourism for the U.S. Virgin Islands and outgoing …

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas — Aviation taxes increase the cost of travel to the Caribbean and make the islands less competitive with other destinations, warned Peter Cerda, IATA’s regional vice president for the Americas. Cerda spoke on Aviation Day, which …

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A new website, cruisefaremonitor.com has just opened its travel agent portal following a successful launch of their client site one year ago. The travel agent site is a brand new tool designed to assist travel agents to monitor their passenger’s …

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Increases in overall Caribbean visitor arrivals from January through June are on pace with the world average of 4.7%, thanks to strong numbers posted by 17 island countries. Arrival figures for six other Caribbean countries are stagnant or below those …

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