Travel Agent chatted with some Caribbean travel specialists about the region’s hottest travel trends of 2017 and how to turn them into sales heading into 2018. We spoke with tour operators, Jack E. Richards, CEO of Pleasant Holidays, Scott Wiseman, president of Travel Impressions and Dave Ferran, head of …

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Royal Caribbean is raising its daily recommended gratuities in 2018, a cruise line representative tells Travel Agent. Starting January 2, the new recommended gratuities guideline will be $14.50 per day, per guest in standard accommodations, and $17.50 per day, per …

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Hurricanes Irma and Maria delivered a major blow to the Caribbean in August and late September, respectively. In some of the harder-hit islands, like Dominica, Saint Martin and Puerto Rico, the natural disasters caused a humanitarian crisis, leaving residents without electricity or running water …

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