Travel agents and industry suppliers were focused on the recovery of their favorite Caribbean islands at the recent New Jersey ASTA chapter fall trade show and dinner, sharing stories of rebooking guests, and the extensive measures they and the industry …
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Commercial air service resumed on a limited basis last week at airports on St. Croix and Tortola, and they are set to resume Oct. 10 in St. Maarten. But while it’s encouraging that those locations have joined airports on St. …
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The Adventure of the Seas cruise ship is set to bring relief supplies to Puerto Rico on Friday morning, and then begin regular sailings Saturday from the island hit hard two weeks ago by powerful Hurricane Maria. “[San] Juan has …
The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), the trade association with destinations and stakeholders in the Caribbean and Latin America, has announced it has committed to a multifaceted million-dollar campaign to display that the majority of its Caribbean destinations are operating normally after …
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Make no mistake: Puerto Rico is in the middle of a humanitarian crisis. Ninety-five percent of the U.S. territory remains without electricity, and 53 percent lack access to potable water. The crisis won’t be over for high season. For other …
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Windstar Cruises has canceled a series of Caribbean cruises it had scheduled for the Star Breeze in February and March. Instead, the ship will stay in Panama and Costa Rica. “Our vacation planning team is in the process of contacting …
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Passengers who were booked to travel on a Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) trip out of Galveston in late August are suing the cruise line, alleging it pressured customers to travel as Hurricane Harvey was about to ravage the Houston …
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The one-two-three punch of hurricanes Irma, Jose and Maria knocked the wind out of the Caribbean, the Florida Keys and the Outer Banks. Some of the areas are still out of commission, but many are shoveling the sand off the …
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More than 40 islands visited by cruise ships on Caribbean itineraries say they are open, fully operational, welcoming ships full of cruise passengers and hoping more will follow, Carnival Corporation reports in its latest update. Included are places that saw …
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ANGUILLA Phone and internet communications have been restored to most parts of the island. Many local restaurants have reopened; grocery stores are provisioned. The runway at Clayton J. Lloyd airport will be expanded by the British Corps of Engineers by …