August 13, 2015 The sixth annual Caribbean Meetings Incentive Travel Exchange took place August 10-13 at the Hard Rock Hotel Casino Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. The event was hosted by Questex Media, the parent company of International Meetings …

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Royal Caribbean International said shore excursions on bookings this weekend will be discounted by up to $150, in celebration of a new initiative. The line has reorganized its 2,800 shore excursions into seven themed groupings: Active Adventures, Family Connections, Royal …

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados is determined to increase its share of the US Meetings, Incentives, Conference and Exhibitions travel market, also known as the MICE tourism niche. Director for the USA at the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., Petra Roach, revealed …

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August 11, 2015 The sixth-annual Caribbean Meeting Incentive Travel Exchange kicked off today at the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Casino Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, the event’s first time in the country. The Exchange is organized by Questex Travel …

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Seaweed is known as sargassum and attracts biting sand fleas Tobago officials have called it a ‘natural disaster’ as tourists steer clear  Reportedly the seaweed has piled up as high as 10ft on beaches  By John Hutchinson for MailOnline and …

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Authorities across the Caribbean are releasing emergency funding to clean up piles of decaying seaweed so huge and pungent that tourists have cancelled summer beach holidays and lawmakers on Tobago have deemed it a “natural disaster”. The picture-perfect beaches and …

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The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) announced today that the seasonal influx of Sargassum seaweed on Caribbean beaches is an ongoing nuisance issue that they as well as tourism policymakers and practitioners need to address across the region. Sargassum species, a …

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Last SlideNext Slide A boat sits abandoned in a heavily seaweed covered beach in the east coast town of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015.(Photo: Ricardo Arduengo, Associated Press) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The picture-perfect beaches and turquoise waters that …

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