Royal Caribbean has completed the Royal Amplification of Liberty of the Seas, making her the third RC vessel refreshed under the program in calendar year 2026.…
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off eastern Cuba on June 8 — the largest seismic event recorded in the region in over 100 years — and was felt by passengers…
Royal Caribbean has confirmed Icon of the Seas — 250,800 gross tons, approximately 7,000-guest capacity — will homeport at Galveston for the first time in…
TheLifeCo St. Lucia opened May 26 on a 100,000-square-foot woodland campus on Mount Pimard: 100 keys, physician-led longevity programming, and biohacking…
Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort on Eagle Beach has landed at #8 worldwide on Tripadvisor's 2026 Travelers' Choice Best of the Best list — the most widely recognized…
Southwest Airlines has activated nonstop service to St. Thomas (USVI) and Sint Maarten, adding genuine low-cost carrier competition on two of the Caribbean's…
Two demand signals running in opposite directions are reshaping the Riviera Maya pricing environment this summer. ASUR's May 2026 traffic report shows…
Norwegian Cruise Line has automatically cancelled all Norwegian Viva sailings from November 1, 2027 through July 23, 2028 — wiping a Lisbon-to-San Juan…
Carnival Cruise Line's flagship Bahamian private destination is now officially branded Relax Away Half Moon Cay. The destination itself is unchanged; this is a…
Holland America's 'Travel By Sea' offer is live and worth leading with on any open Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, or Panama Canal conversation through the July 23,…
NOAA has issued a below-normal forecast for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, a meaningful reversal from the above-normal outlooks that have dominated recent…
Liberty of the Seas has returned to service following a ship-wide Royal Amplification — the third Royal Caribbean vessel to complete this upgrade in 2026. At…
Air Canada and Abra Group — parent of Avianca and GOL — have signed a Memorandum of Understanding toward a joint business agreement with expanded codeshare and…
Caribbean Princess lost main power twice in rapid succession on June 5 while approaching Port Canaveral, leaving more than 3,100 passengers without air…
Mexico's federal government has publicly confirmed active talks with Royal Caribbean to find an alternative site for Perfect Day Mexico after SEMARNAT rejected…
The State Department's Mexico update carries a Level 2 overall rating ("exercise increased caution"), but the country-level number obscures meaningful regional…
Round Hill Hotel & Villas, the storied Montego Bay independent with consistent UHNWI cachet, is offering a complimentary third consecutive night across all…
Tortuga Bay Puntacana secured Condé Nast Traveler's Triple Crown — Hot List, Gold List, and Readers' Choice in a single cycle — while fresh off an interior…
On Norwegian Bliss, a degraded azipod unit is truncating port times across the current May 30–June 6 Alaska sailing: Sitka, Juneau, and Ketchikan have all seen…
CBP has reclassified Crown Princess and Emerald Princess San Juan itineraries as open-loop because passengers can embark or disembark in Barbados mid-voyage,…
Mexico's environmental regulator formally rejected Royal Caribbean's Perfect Day Mahahual private-destination project on May 19, citing irreversible damage to…
Margaritaville at Sea has acquired Costa Fortuna and formally awarded the conversion contract to Northern Ireland’s MJM Marine and Mivan — a named-shipyard…
Puerto Rico just closed its fifth consecutive record year with 6.8 million passenger arrivals, and the luxury supply is finally catching up. Four Seasons Resort…
BermudAir goes on sale this Friday for nonstop service into three of the Caribbean's most under-connected ultra-luxury destinations, all launching December…
Two editorial distinctions this week give advisors new leverage in competing luxury markets. In Mexico, Guadalajara hosted the 2026 MICHELIN Mexico ceremony,…
Round Hill Hotel & Villas has activated a Moët & Chandon-branded private beach experience for summer 2026 on its Montego Bay shoreline, running Monday through…
Carnival has announced its inaugural President's Cruise: a 6-night Caribbean and Bahamas sailing on Carnival Magic departing Miami February 28, 2027, hosted by…
Margaritaville at Sea has purchased Costa Fortuna and awarded the full conversion contract to Northern Ireland's MJM Marine and Mivan. The refurbished vessel,…
Two developments improve the sellability of Caribbean ultra-luxury this week. In Puerto Rico, the Four Seasons Resort and Residences — the former St. Regis…
The 2026 LGBTQ Risk Map confirms St. Lucia has repealed its law criminalizing same-sex relations between men, improving its country rating and opening the…
Two Jamaica developments this week, read together, strengthen the case for routing honeymoon and wedding business to the island's premium tier. Round Hill Hotel…
Workers affiliated with Mayan Connection — the former port concessionaire at Mahahual — blocked the sole road into Costa Maya on June 1, halting all shore…
Butterfield & Robinson has opened 2027 bookings on four small-group journeys built around private access that cannot be replicated independently: post-hours…
Jamaica's Tourism Minister used CTO Caribbean Week on June 1 to announce 'Tourism 3.0,' a multi-year repositioning built around workforce professionalization,…
Carnival opened the new pier at Half Moon Cay on June 1, completing an infrastructure overhaul that fundamentally expands which ships can call at the private…
NCL has pulled every Norwegian Viva sailing from its 2028 Southern Caribbean program based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, citing port availability constraints. This…
Mayan Connection employees blocked the port exit at Costa Maya (Mahahual, Mexico) on June 1 in a dispute over profit-sharing and contested contract terms,…
NOAA's May 21 outlook forecasts a below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, the first such projection after back-to-back above-normal years that drove…
University of South Florida monitoring data shows May 2026 recorded the largest sargassum accumulation across virtually every Caribbean and Gulf sub-region…
Butterfield & Robinson has released four limited small-group itineraries for 2027: Belgium by Bike (WWI Ypres to the Ardennes), Oaxaca Multi-Active…
Upgraded Points and BTS data across 2023–2025 confirms Florida airports dominate July 4 departure delays: Orlando leads at 34.6%, followed by Fort Lauderdale…
Developer NFT Group has unveiled The Residences at Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Antigua — the brand's first Caribbean property — on a 14-acre Jolly Beach site. The…
Abercrombie & Kent's 2027 brochure adds nine itineraries across six continents, anchored by a two-guest departure guarantee — a direct counter to the most…
Carnival Cruise Line opened the expanded RelaxAway district at Half Moon Cay on June 1, completing a multi-year transformation of its Bahamian private island.…
NOAA's May 21 seasonal outlook assigns a 55% probability to a below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season: 8 to 14 named storms, 3 to 6 hurricanes, 1 to 3…
NCL has cancelled Norwegian Viva's entire 2028 Southern Caribbean sailing schedule from San Juan, citing port availability constraints. The cancellations affect…
NOAA's May 21 outlook projects a below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season — the first such forecast after back-to-back above-normal years. The named-storm…
VidantaWorld — parent brand behind Vidanta resorts in Mexico's Riviera Maya and Los Cabos, familiar territory for destination-wedding advisors — has launched…
ALG Vacations has launched a synchronized early-summer promotion across all five brands — Apple Vacations, Funjet Vacations, Travel Impressions, United…
Royal Caribbean's private-destination project on Mexico's Caribbean coast is effectively reset. The country's environmental regulator rejected the Mahahual-area…
Wang Zyuan, a cruise guest, has been missing on St. Kitts' Mt. Liamuiga volcano for four days with no resolution as of June 1. Extended search operations…
The Westerly has officially opened within the existing Hilton Aruba Caribbean Resort & Casino footprint on Palm Beach, offering couples a boutique-style tier —…
Carnival Corporation faces two lawsuits tied to a May 2025 accident at Pearl Island (Sun Cay) in Nassau that left guest Hannah Smith without both legs after a…
Mexico's president confirmed May 27 that Semarnat has formally rejected Royal Caribbean's Perfect Day at Mahahual development, and that government officials are…
Sunset Admiral Yacht Club & Marina — a privately bookable facility in Cancun's hotel zone — has added romantic dinner packages and onboard spa treatments to its…
Three separate Carnival developments land simultaneously, each requiring a different advisor response. The most urgent: Carnival Corporation has begun notifying…
Baha Mar (Nassau, Bahamas) and event designer Colin Cowie have launched the Celebration Collection — ten pre-designed, fully customizable destination-wedding…
Norwegian Cruise Line's Great Tides Waterpark at Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas, has a confirmed opening date of September 4, 2026, and day passes went on sale May…
Beaches Turks & Caicos' Treasure Beach Village expansion — 101 additional rooms, bringing the resort to 858 total — is open and has its first substantive…
La Sagesse Bay on Grenada's southeast coast is transitioning from a single-brand stop into a multi-night bookable program. Six Senses La Sagesse's Essence of…
In an investor-day address, Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian declared net rooms growth to be "empty calories" and said "fees create dollars" — explicitly orienting…
ALG Vacations is expanding its Exclusive Nonstop Vacation Flights program to 12 new cities for winter/spring 2027: Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Lansing,…
Norwegian Cruise Line has confirmed September 4 as the opening date for Great Tides waterpark at Great Stirrup Cay, a nearly six-acre facility anchored by a…
Royal Caribbean has pulled its permit applications for Perfect Day Mexico after Mexico's SEMARNAT denied three approvals — including the pier permit — following…
Norwegian's private Bahamian island adds a 6-acre waterpark timed to Norwegian Luna's inaugural September 4 call. The centerpiece is a 170-foot Tidal Tower with…
The sector's benchmark family all-inclusive has completed its largest single expansion, adding 101 rooms to bring the total to 858 — making it the biggest…
Mexico's environmental ministry has denied every permit Royal Caribbean needed — including the pier — to develop its planned $1.5 billion Perfect Day…
La Sagesse Bay on Grenada's southeastern coast offers a combinable dual-brand pitch with two distinct client profiles. Six Senses La Sagesse's Essence of…
Waldorf Astoria Riviera Maya's first all-inclusive program is now bookable for stays through 2027, with no minimum stay across all 173 oceanfront suite…
Delfins Beach Resort — 148 rooms, Hilton Tapestry Collection — is anchoring Studio rates at $250 average per night inclusive of daily breakfast through…
Two Mexico developments landed this week with opposite urgency profiles. Fairmont Mayakoba — a leading luxury Riviera Maya property for honeymoons and intimate…
ALG Vacations — the umbrella brand over Apple Vacations, Funjet, Travel Impressions, United Vacations, and Southwest Vacations — is expanding its exclusive…
Norwegian Cruise Line confirmed September 4 as the opening date for the Great Tides Waterpark at Great Stirrup Cay and opened day-pass and cabana sales today.…
A propulsion system fault — believed to involve an azipod — emerged during the May 24–30 Fort Lauderdale sailing of the 5,718-guest Allure of the Seas, reducing…
Royal Caribbean Group pulled its development permit application for Perfect Day at Cozumel — a roughly $600 million private-island destination planned for an…
Beaches Resorts has announced a 'Treasure Beach Village' expansion at its Turks & Caicos property, one of the highest-converting family all-inclusive products…
Mexico's president confirmed this week that Royal Caribbean's planned 'Perfect Day'-style water park at Mahahual will not be built: all three environmental…
Waldorf Astoria Riviera Maya has activated its first all-inclusive program, available to book now for travel through 2027 with no minimum stay and no…
The Landings Resort & Spa on Rodney Bay, St. Lucia has appointed Lindon Lovell as Managing Director, bringing a résumé that spans Jade Mountain, Anse Chastanet,…
Delfins Beach Resort Bonaire — a Hilton Tapestry Collection property — is offering Studio accommodations at an average $250 per night including daily breakfast…
RIU Hotels is positioning its Guadalajara city property as the official fan-base hotel for four World Cup group-stage matches in the city (June 11, 18, 23, and…
Allure of the Seas entered the week under mechanical stress. A propulsion failure mid-voyage on the current May 24 six-night Caribbean sailing reduced azipod…
Carnival Magic resumed sailing from PortMiami on May 26 as only the second Fun Ship to carry the new 'From Sea to Shining Sea' bow crest and the first to pair…
IMG's 2026 summer travel data puts numbers behind the premium-upsell case advisors have been making on instinct. Average insured trip cost is up 15%…
Royal Caribbean has notified guests on the January 10, 2027 Allure of the Seas Miami departure that the sailing is trimmed from five nights to four and Nassau…
Two destination reports land on opposite ends of the confidence spectrum. New Zealand's cruise authority has released 'Horizon 2,' a formal action plan…
Mexico's Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources has denied the environmental impact permit for Perfect Day Mexico, Royal Caribbean's planned private…
Divi Resorts' Memorial Day flash sale has a hard booking deadline of May 27 — two days from today — for travel through August 31, 2026. The offer applies across…
Hilton has signed Almare Beach Resort Las Terrenas under the Curio Collection flag in Las Terrenas, Samaná Peninsula, Dominican Republic. The 252-key property…
The former Westin Resort & Spa Puerto Vallarta has relaunched after a multi-million-dollar transformation as Westin's first all-inclusive property in Mexico.…
Royal Caribbean has cancelled the 7-night Western Caribbean sailing aboard Allure of the Seas departing Miami on March 7, 2027, to accommodate a full-ship…
SEMARNAT has officially rejected Royal Caribbean's Perfect Day at Mahahual development near Costa Maya, citing mangrove proximity, risk to the Mesoamerican Reef…
Divi Resorts has opened a Memorial Day flash sale giving advisors until May 27 to book a free seventh night across seven Caribbean properties: three resorts in…
Beaches Turks & Caicos has officially opened Treasure Beach Village, a $150 million all-suite expansion on Grace Bay Beach. The development adds a…
The $150M Treasure Beach Village at Beaches Turks & Caicos is open, adding a 15,000-sq-ft pool village and all-suite inventory to Grace Bay's flagship Sandals…
Carnival has opened the first phase of its $93M transformation of Mahogany Bay into Isla Tropicale, now branded as part of its "Paradise Collection" portfolio.…
Mexico's Environment Minister declared on May 19 that Royal Caribbean's planned Perfect Day Mexico at Costa Maya "is not going to be approved," citing threats…
Universal Mega Movie Parade: The Universal Orlando app has removed May 23 as the start date; June 5 is the first confirmed day. Families visiting Universal…
Any policy purchased after a storm is officially named covers nothing for that storm. That hard rule, combined with the June 1 hurricane-season start, means…
Sandals and Beaches Resorts are actively marketing micro-weddings — typically 10–25 guests — not as pared-down ceremonies but as curated Caribbean cultural…
ALG Vacations VP of Sales Jim Tedesco, speaking at the Elite Emerald Retreat in Miches, Dominican Republic, confirmed the wholesaler is expanding low-deposit…
Carnival's Mangrove Bay pool complex debuted at Isla Tropicale (formerly Mahogany Bay) in Roatan, Honduras on May 20 — the destination's first pool facility and…
Mexico's Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) declared on May 19 that Perfect Day Mexico "is not going to be approved," closing the…
Atlantic hurricane season opens June 1, 2026. Any client with a Caribbean or Mexico destination wedding or honeymoon on the books who hasn't purchased travel…
Sandals is actively marketing a micro-wedding product that leads with Caribbean cultural experience rather than ceremony logistics — Junkanoo street bands, jerk…
The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association held its 2026 Caribbean Travel Forum at Sandals Grand Antigua and formally named rising third-party intermediary and…
ALG Vacations VP of Sales Jim Tedesco named compounding pressures at the Elite Emerald Retreat in Miches, DR: Hurricane Melissa-damaged Jamaica hotel stock…
Mexico's environmental authority SEMARNAT has refused to approve Royal Caribbean's Perfect Day Mexico private destination at Mahahual/Costa Maya, killing the…
The former Riu Jalisco on Banderas Bay has completed a full gut renovation and relaunched as Riu Flamingos, adding roughly 120 rooms to bring the property to…
Southwest Airlines has cut all 11 of its remaining international routes simultaneously, withdrawing entirely from international flying rather than trimming…
A 12-year-old passenger was escorted back to Carnival Horizon by Jamaican police at Montego Bay for wearing camouflage clothing — a legally prohibited item in…
Barcelona's mayor is advancing legislation to double the existing per-passenger cruise day tax, with implementation expected 'in the coming months.' The port is…
RIU Hotels has completed a complete gut renovation of Riu Jalisco in Riviera Nayarit, relaunching it as Riu Flamingos with a net gain of 120 rooms — bringing…
Pleasant Holidays has added nearly 60 hotels and resorts to its B2B wholesale portfolio — a meaningful inventory expansion for advisors building custom packages…
Disney Cruise Line has 85 sail dates active today under special-offer pricing, spanning departures from Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Fort Lauderdale, Port…
Pleasant Holidays has added nearly 60 hotels and resorts to its bookable inventory, with new supply spanning Asia, Europe, and Mexico. For trade advisors, the…