Caribbean Travel

Sun-Sentinel Travellers to the Caribbean, the world's most tourist-dependent region, can expect generous deals even through winter. The islands depend on air service for arrivals and can't lure motorist traffic like Florida can. They're anxious to offset higher airfares and in some cases, fewer flights. Some islands, including Jamaica, have pledged to pay American Airlines millions of dollars to ensure certain levels of flight service and passengers for the year. To find deals, options abound, many advertised on the Internet. Online travel company Travelocity, for example, offers a "Race to Savings" for trips through Jan. 15, with half off at the Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale East hotel or Hyatt Regency Acapulco in Mexico, when booked with flights. The Caribbean's all-inclusive hotel chain Sandals offers airline credit up to $550 per person for stays booked by Oct. 23. And in the U.S. Virgin Islands, guests booking by Oct. 31 get a fifth night...

MiamiHerald.com : "The Turks and Caicos also have some very high-end resorts. The kind where you might run into a star, someone like, oh, Conan O'Brien. I saw him hiding under a baseball cap pulled so low over his face that I might not have recognized him but for skin so white it was almost blue. Tourists like O'Brien have helped make Turks and Caicos Islands, or TCI, a success story. Twenty years ago, these 40-some islands and cays had few paved roads or services. Now this British crown colony has one of the world's fastest-growing economies; its 33,000 residents share their islands with about 300,000 tourists annually. There are a dozen or so high-end resorts where overnight stays often top $1,000 a night and a booming real estate market that caters to multimillionaires."

Dominican Republic Property News Enjoy ‘The Cream of the Caribbean’ : "It’s the most visited island in the Caribbean, and now property investors have the chance to benefit from the Dominican Republic’s popularity with a new project on the east of the island, located in the Punta Cana region, currently the most popular and well-served tourist area in the country.

Holiday hypermarket : "A Caribbean island in the Netherlands Antilles is experiencing a 'tourism boom'. Curacao is the largest and most heavily populated of the Netherlands Antilles islands and in June this year it saw a 16.4 per cent increase in US tourist arrivals, according to figures just released by the country's tourist board"

Financial Post : "With a hot dollar and a cold winter on the horizon, Canadians are expected to flock to sunny locales this winter at a record pace. In its ongoing effort gain market share at those beachfront locales, WestJet Airlines Ltd. added St. Lucia, its 19th sun destination, to its winter schedule Wednesday."

Homemakers.com "Travel to Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and other popular tourist spots without leaving a negative impact on local people and their environment."

Leisure : "Somewhere out there exists the real Caribbean—a hidden land pleasantly lacking foreign-owned, all-inclusive resorts that gate guests in and keep the island out. On this island, expats, sailors, guests and locals merge into a unique camaraderie shared over cold beers while being serenaded by the rhythms of reggae and steel drums. One falls asleep to the cry of the neighbor's pet goat and wakes up to the alarm of the resident rooster. This secret land, although hard to get to, is well worth a visit. To meet the real Caribbean face to face, one must get to Bequia (pronounced bekway'), the crown jewel of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. "