Book now if you want a cruise deal for 2009
February 4, 2009 ·
Thinking about a cruise in 2009? You might want to lock it in sooner rather than later. Travel agents say the massive discounts cruise lines have been offering to fill ships in recent months are starting to disappear. “Prices are noticeably lower than last year,” says Rich Tucker of CruiseDeals.com. “But each week the prices [...]
Cuban tourism surges as rest of Caribbean stalls
December 9, 2008 ·
Cuba’s vacation industry has remained as hot as the tropical sun here, even as the world economic crisis sparks cancellations and layoffs elsewhere in the Caribbean. The communist country says it’s booked solid through December and expects a record 2.34 million visitors this year — largely because global financial woes have so far been softer [...]
Cruise lines drop fuel surcharges
October 28, 2008 ·
Finally some good news for travelers with regard to fuel surcharges. Or is it? Carnival and Royal Caribbean announced recently that they are rolling back fuel surcharges in response to falling oil prices. Starting this fall, both cruise lines said they would eliminate the surcharge for all new bookings for 2010. The companies also said [...]
Caribbean officials working to lure visitors back
September 12, 2008 ·
Caribbean tourism officials are working overtime to reassure reluctant travelers that plenty of sun-soaked islands were untouched by a recent spate of deadly tropical cyclones. Potential visitors may assume the entire region was ravaged by four storms that pummeled several islands since mid-August — but they assume wrong, said Alec Sanguinetti, head of the Caribbean [...]
