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(10:05 a.m. EDT) -- The Eastern Caribbean took a beating in September 2017 from a pair of powerful hurricanes, forcing cruise lines to make long-term changes to their Caribbean cruise itineraries. Hurricane Irma inflicted serious damage on islands with significant cruise line business, including St.

The list of cruises disrupted by hurricanes Irma and Maria has grown sharply over the past 24 hours as cruise giant Carnival has announced changes to 13 more sailings scheduled to depart over the next 11 days. The affected departures include voyages to the Caribbean and Bahamas through Oct. 1 out of

Explore the most beautiful parts of the Caribbean in comfort and style when you travel as a guest aboard a Star Clippers ship. This is truly a situation where it's not just about the destination, but also about the journey. You will feel like you have enjoyed a special adventure before you even arri

St. Lucia, one of the Caribbean islands that was largely unscathed this hurricane season, remains open to tourism. Source: Svitlana Minazova/Shutterstock St. Lucia, one of the Caribbean islands that was largely unscathed this hurricane season, remains open to tourism. News coverage has focused on th

Joshua Stevens/NASA Earth Observatory People have been quick to respond in the wake of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. Travelers from across the globe have fond memories of the Caribbean, and are busy searching for information about the region, as well as the best ways to help victims. Puerto R

German leisure carrier Condor and Lufthansa Group LCC Eurowings will launch flights to the Caribbean from Dusseldorf from Sept. 25, following the closure of airberlin's long-haul routes to these regions. Condor will wet lease one Airbus A330-200 on flights from Dusseldorf to Punta Cana and La Romana

Devastation: An overhead view of the damage yesterday caused by the passage of Hurricane Maria in Dominica on Tuesday. -Photo: Barbados Nation Trinidad and Tobago has rushed to the aid of Caricom neighbour Dominica, with private citizens, religious and non-governmental organisations yesterday seekin

It's been a tough few weeks for cruise lines operating in the Caribbean. The one-two punch of hurricanes Irma and Maria already has forced Royal Caribbean, Carnival and several other big players in the region to re-route dozens of sailings, and more itinerary changes are in the works. The storms kno

Caribbean Airlines revenue manager Herbert Ghent; head of sales Lisa Morales; senior marketing manager Alicia Cabrera; Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) director Corey Garrett; advertising executive Natalie Thompson; and BTMI business development officer Hariette Smith at the launch of theBarbad

The now-familiar overseas curtain-raiser to the English season has been shifted from the UAE to Barbados for 2018, where both the North-South Series and the MCC's Champion County Match against Essex will be staged next March. The North-South Series, which was launched in Dubai and Abu Dhabi earlier

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All-rounder Tion Webster is confident of transferring his good form into the 2017/18 Cricket West Indies Professional Cricket League (PCL) with the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force. Webster earned a call-up to the Red Force for the final two matches in last season's four-day campaign and took advantage

With an impressive array of fitness classes and bucket-list adventure activities, the five-star luxury resort in St. Lucia is shaking up everything you know about fit travel. Dani Devaux What does your dream vacation look like? Do you want epic, full-throttle, life-affirming adventures that teeter

AS WOMEN'S "fury" is being manifested with changing names of new hurricanes that continue to disrupt normal lifestyles within Caricom and other Caribbean states, it is encouraging to observe that two of our very outstanding institutions remain quite alert to what needs to be done-in the public inter

Hurricane stories are sad and tragic, and quite honestly, can sometimes seem pretty abstract. Everyone sees the stories on the internet or TV. We pause, we grieve, and then we might make a donation to Red Cross or some other aid organization. Our country's generosity is remarkable and dependable. Bu

BERLIN (Reuters) - Airlines Condor and Eurowings plan to provide flights to the Caribbean from Duesseldorf, meeting demand from Germans seeking winter sunshine after cancellations by insolvent Air Berlin . Air Berlin filed for bankruptcy protection in August after major shareholder Etihad pulled th

Ottis Gibson was officially unveiled as South Africa's head coach on Tuesday morning. His first day of work included an 8am press engagement and a whip around the Highveld to two of the three first-class matches being played. In a wide-ranging first interview, Gibson addressed everything from his co

The Barbados Defence Force (BDF) is deploying a contingent to assist the Commonwealth of Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. This disclosure has come from the BDF's Public Relations Officer, Captain Maria Moore, who said humanitarian assistance and disaster relief would be provided to the

The pattern of high pressure will remain intact across the region through much of the week. This will result in daily morning fog and scattered showers & storms, mainly after noon. Temperatures will continue above normal through much of the week. TUESDAY AM: Mainly cloudy. Fog, dense at times. Tem

DAVID GREENE, HOST: There has just been no time to rest for some Caribbean islands cleaning up from big tropical storms. First there was Irma then there was Jose. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Yeah, and it is hard to believe, but here we are talking about another big hurricane. Maria was a Category 5 s