Following last year’s historic run of hurricanes in the Caribbean, travel insurance provider InsureMyTrip reports it is expecting increased demand for travel insurance ahead of this year’s hurricane season. According to the company’s latest forecast, it is expecting a 20 …

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Carnival Cruise Line’s new Carnival Horizon ship.(Photo: Aaron Saunders for USA TODAY) A broken water line left a Carnival cruise ship flooded throughout hallways and 50 staterooms last Thursday as crew members rushed to restore rooms and resettle passengers within …

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Tourism-reliant Caribbean destinations heavily damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria are again accepting leisure visitors while working to rebuild travel and public infrastructure. Yet, because geography ensures the region will unquestionably experience devastating storms in future years, Caribbean nations are …

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Passengers aboard a seven-day Carnival cruise to the western Caribbean could be forgiven if they felt they were trapped in a scene from a “Titanic” sequel. Video and photographic footage from a Thursday flood on the Carnival Dream, caused by …

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New updates in Sabre and a number of new flights to the Caribbean lead this week’s air travel news. Alaska Airlines reports that it has successfully migrated Virgin America into its passenger services system, which is hosted by Sabre. The …

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