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Opposite page:
Beach sanctuary at
Baha Mar.
Left: Blue Diamond
Resorts opened
six resorts in the
Caribbean in 2017,
including the
Royalton Saint Lucia.
14-plus million who visit the Caribbean.
So even if the program were abolished,
your Caribbean bookings would not go
into a tailspin.
(2) Of Cuba's four million or so annual
visitors, not one tourist-only American
diplomats-has reported illness from
"sonic attacks."
(3) Still, add that mystery to the new ban
on stays in hotels, and you'll see a higher
percentage of Americans choosing cruise
ship-based trips via Carnival, Celestyal
Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas, etc.
(4) Fewer American tour operators will offer
hotel stays now, but several offer land-based
people-to-people using privately owned casa
particulares (e.g. Espiritu Travel, Friendly
Planet Travel). "We have all seen a drop
in Cuba bookings," says Peggy Goldman of
Friendly Planet Travel, and she expects that
to continue "until a clear policy emerges...
Independent travel, even of the type that
involves people-to-people itineraries...has
been effectively cut off. For now, we intend
to make Cuba available and affordable... In
my opinion, travel to Cuba may slow down
for awhile, but it will continue and eventually
grow even stronger than before." Meanwhile,
the new travel restrictions have stopped and
even reversed rates for Havana hotels that
were burdensome for Canadians.
Hotels Opened. Then More Opened.
Do discounted room rates, which may
translate into lower commissions, help you
sell more vacations? I hope so, because
competition to fill rooms will be fierce
this winter. In part, that's because of the
hurricanes, but there's more: The room
supply is increasing so quickly.
At last count, almost 250 hotel projects
totaling more than 42,000 rooms were under
contract in the Caribbean-Mexico region-a
29 percent increase over September 2016.
Blue Diamond alone opened six Caribbean
resorts in 2017, and that's not counting the
rebranding of Jolly Beach. Three major
resorts opened in Jamaica in just four days
during JAPEX, and one is the blockbuster
Jewel Montego Bay. Park Hyatt has
unveiled its first hotel in the Caribbean (on
St. Kitts), Hilton announced it would extend
its brand to Saint Lucia, and Airbnb's room
count on the islands soared to 80,000.
SVG's New Airport Opened
The stars have long visited Mustique,
but total visitors to St. Vincent and the
Grenadines have been kept down because it
was hard to get there. Then, in early 2017,
Argyle International Airport finally opened,
Air Canada Rouge announced it would
fly there, and nonstops from the more
populous United States are almost inevitable.
What next-a new owner for Young
Island? Boutique resorts on Union
and/or Mayreau islands?
respark its tourism industry, and next winter
you might even be able to book Bermuda for
clients who want some Monte Carlo elegance
with their roulette.
Tourists Rediscovered Kingston
Until recently, few tourists visited Kingston,
Jamaica, but in 2016 a highway finally
connected it to the north coast, and Island
Routes started offering day-trips. This year
Sandals and Marriott partnered on an AC
Hotel (opening 2019), Devon House declared
itself the Gastronomic Centre of Jamaica,
and a new culinary trail guided visitors into
the Blue Mountains. In sum, the Jamaica
Tourism Board expects leisure travelers to
spend more time in the capital, as happens in
the Dominican Republic.
Nassau-Paradise Binged on Openings
Baha Mar opened at last, Atlantis Paradise
Island re-invented The Cove and The Coral,
the Warwick and RIU adults-only resorts
opened, the Pointe Nassau started work
on reviving its swath of downtown, and the
One&Only Ocean Club just became a
Four Seasons. Your options for 2018
bookings on Nassau-Paradise Island
have suddenly escalated.
Bermuda Rediscovered Its Mojo
Sandals Awakened Tobago
Bermuda hosted the Americas Cup in June
and touted adventure to lure younger
travelers. Rosewood Tucker's Point acquired
a new name and renovation plan, and now
Century Casinos, Inc., has applied for a
license to operate. Whatever the decision on
the Century casino, Bermuda is working to
In October Sandals Resorts Intl. announced
that it would build two properties, a Sandals
and a Beaches, in often-bypassed Tobago.
And SRI builds things fast. If you have
visited Tobago, you know that this is a
game-changer. ■
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