Hotel prices rise 72% this month in Munich ($280), where the beloved Bavarian, beer-filled celebration of Oktoberfest will take place. Fashion enthusiasts flock to Milan this month for Milan Fashion Week, sending hotel prices to climb 62% from last month (September 2013: $246, August 2013: $152).

St. Kitts has just been named among the 10 Best Caribbean Duty-free Shopping Destinations. The others are St. Thomas; Curacao; Nassau/Paradise Island, Bahamas; Aruba; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Santo Domingo; Grand Cayman; Cancun and St. Maarten.

Travelers arriving at the Luis Munoz Marin Airport in San Juan no longer will have to take a bus to pick up their rental car. Alamo, National Car Rental and Enterprise will start operating at the airport next month. Their offices currently are off-site, which requires the bus ride.

Hard Rock Hotel Cancun will host celebrity event designer Colin Cowie, Sept. 16-18, who will present WOW — Weddings on the Water, the All Inclusive Collection’s new Weddings Specialist program, which is a section of the company’s AMPED Travel Agent Program.

Visitor and revenue numbers reveal that the luxury market is rebounding strongly, that family travel is doing well and that special-interest sectors such as LGBT, voluntourism and adventure travel are growing. Findings were uncovered in a recent survey of 130 planners conducted by the eight Marriott resorts.