Many slaves escaped from the harsh conditions in plantations in Suriname and became known as Maroons. The Dutch abolished slavery in 1863.
Beaches Turks & Caicos is set to reopen its doors on the December 14th following an enforced closure following hurricane season in the Caribbean.
The refreshed resort will be bringing with it a range of exciting additions including new restaurants, snack bars and water sports activities.
Situated on the Caribbean’s best and longest stretch of beach as voted by TripAdvisor, Beaches Turks & Caicos has been named the number one resort spot for almost two decades in the prestigious World Travel Awards.
The 1,007-room Riu Republica in Punta Cana, which opened in 2016 on Arena Gorda beach, will debut a 501-room wing and Splash Water World on Nov. 18.
The new wing at the adults-only, all-inclusive resort will include four restaurants, a jerk grill on the beach, three bars, three pools and the water park for guests only. Riu has four other resorts in Punta Cana that feature a water park.
The resort currently offers the Renova Spa, three a la carte restaurants, one buffet restaurant, five bars and a nightclub.
Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International released timetables for their return to storm-damaged islands in the Caribbean.
Carnival said that cruises to San Juan will resume on Nov. 30 and that visits to St. Thomas and St. Maarten are scheduled to resume at the beginning of January. The Nov. 30 call in San Juan will be made by the Carnival Conquest.
St. Thomas can expect a visit from the Carnival Glory on Jan. 9, with a Jan. 15 stop in St. Maarten by the Carnival Sunshine to follow.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises said Cuba will be featured on six itineraries in its 2018-19 Caribbean season. The Seven Seas Mariner, Voyager and Navigator will be doing Cuba calls.
"Three of the six itineraries feature midnight departures from Havana Harbor, so guests have ample time to personally learn about Cuba's authentic nightlife," Regent president Jason Montague said.
Onboard the Seven Seas Mariner, guests can sail to Havana during the ship’s 22-night sailing to Honolulu, beginning October 10, 2018.
Travel agents and suppliers attending the Cruise Planners annual convention in Cancun last week were upbeat about selling travel to Mexico, despite the spate of bad news that has bedeviled the nation’s tourism industry and triggered client fears.
While the earthquakes that struck Mexico in September were devastating to the country, in the travel industry concerns have focused on reports of tourist blackouts and deaths linked to tainted alcohol, together with a U.S. State Department warning that gang-related violence has spread to popular beach resorts.
New figures released by the Belize Tourism Board show that tourist arrivals continue to rise in Belize, confirming The Lodge at Chaa Creek’s belief that success and environmentally friendly tourism go hand in hand, the Belizean eco-resort’s reservations manager says.
Iberostar Cuba reports that in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma all the company’s hotels in Havana, Varadero, Trinidad and Santiago de Cuba are once again fully operational, while the chain’s hotels in Los Cayos, the region most severely affected by the storm on the island, will be reopening for business on Nov. 1.
The IBEROSTAR Ensenachos, IBEROSTAR Daiquiri and IBEROSTAR Playa Pilar hotels will be reopening for business on Nov. 1 following a series of improvements to their facilities.
The IBEROSTAR Mojito is set to open on Nov. 15.
Puerto Rico will host the Caribbean’s largest tourism marketing event in San Juan from January 30th -February 1st next year.
The decision comes as officials work rapidly to prepare hotels and meeting facilities impacted by the recent hurricanes.
The Russia Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference will take place at the Radisson Blu Belorusskaya, hosted by Bench Events this week.
Investors will be joined by representatives of the major hotel management companies including AccorHotels, Alliance Hotel Management, Best Western Hotels & Resorts, Cosmos Group, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, Hilton, IHG, IFK Hotel Management, Marriott International, Meininger Hotel Group, 7Days Premium Hotels and Wyndham Hotel Group.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, says the Port of Falmouth in Trelawny is poised to become a model regional cruise shipping destination, noting that this augurs well for Jamaica’s industry to exponentially record additional growth.
Bartlett said, to date, the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has spent approximately $190 million to undertake projects in town, inclusive of renovation of the Falmouth Court House and the renowned Water Square business district.
Countdown for 21st MITM Americas & 7th CULTOURFAIR celebration to start the oldest and most anticipated international exhibitions in the Americas, pioneers in the B2B concept. Both will take place this November from 14th to the 17th. Registration for all participants will close on October 27th.
Some of the world’s leading experts on LGBT tourism take to the stage to present the latest industry developments for the LGBT Masterclass at WTM London, hosted for the 14th consecutive year by the leading travel trade LGBT network, ONBC Out Now Business Class.
Executives representing key sectors including destinations, cruises, media and marketing are all participating in a high-level education workshop entitled ‘LGBT Travel – Inside and Out: The ONBC Masterclass’.
SEGITTUR and FITUR have launched the fifth staging of the tourist app competition for mobiles, The AppTourism Awards, in recognition of the importance that apps have acquired for tourists when organising their trips.
The purpose of the competition is to recognise the best applications, both national and international, which in one way or another help to improve the tourist’s experience in organising their trip.
Questex Travel Group announced it will be hosting the fourth edition of the mega successful Latin America Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange (LAMITE) June 19-22, 2018 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Dominican Today is reporting that President Danilo Medina met in the National Palace with Rafael Feliz, the CEO of Karisma Hotels & Resorts, who announced construction of a $300 million resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic next year.
According to the report, Feliz said by the spring of 2018, Karisma Hotels & Resorts will start construction of the Dorado Resort and Sensimar Resort hotels in the Cap Cana resort area, with 250 rooms each.
Norwegian Cruise Line has announced that a new Exhaust Gas Cleaning system has been added to Norwegian Sun and Norwegian Jade. The new systems are expected to significantly reduce air emissions and, subsequently, the ships' environmental footprints. The decision was made in part with the line’s Sail & Sustain environmental program. Norwegian plans to extend the system to eight of their ships.
PCI Gaming Authority d/b/a Wind Creek Hospitality (WCH), an authority of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians announced that a subsidiary of WCH has acquired the Aruba Renaissance Resort & Casino and the Curacao Renaissance Resort & Casino. The upscale resorts will continue to operate under the Renaissance brand and all team members are expected to remain in place. Renaissance is a registered trademark of Marriott.
CBRE Hotels Americas Research announced that the average Caribbean hotel in its survey sample suffered a 4.7 percent decrease in gross operating profit (GOP) during 2016, according to its newly released twelfth edition of Caribbean Trends in the Hotel Industry. This decline in profitability follows four consecutive years of double-digit increases in GOP.
Scott Wiseman, president of Travel Impressions, said that although bookings to the Caribbean have understandably dipped following the back-to-back hurricanes of Irma and Maria, he expects the region's tourism industry to rebound by early 2018.
In its continued commitment to offer luxury travelers more choices, Crystal Cruises has unveiled an expanded selection of Crystal Getaways – abbreviated voyages derived from longer existing itineraries – for both 2017 and 2018. New to the roster of Getaways are eight shortened segments of Crystal Serenity’s 2018 World Cruise voyages, exploring Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, South America, the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, and the Caribbean.
Many slaves escaped from the harsh conditions in plantations in Suriname and became known as Maroons. The Dutch abolished slavery in 1863.
