Certified Vacations Group entered into a partnership with CaribbeanWeddings.com, the largest site on the web dedicated to destination weddings in the Caribbean, to launch a new CaribbeanWeddings.com brand offering complete travel and destination wedding planning and booking services to the Caribbean.
The Montserrat Tourist Board is partnering with Scuba Dive Magazine to offer one lucky winner an unforgettable underwater adventure. Now through May 31, 2009, visitor to http://www.scubadiving.com/ article / montserrat_sweepstakes can enter for a chance to win a five-day/four-night dive trip that includes accommodations at Tropical Mansion Suites, two full days of diving to explore some of the 30 dive site, one day of sightseeing with a stop at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory and car rental for three days.
Apple Vacations is planning to fill a void in the West Coast market with new nonstop charters on Alaska Airlines from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Cancun starting in 2009. Apple Vacations has not operated charters from the West Coast to Cancun since it ran shared charters from Los Angeles with Pleasant Holidays, via now-defunct ATA Airlines, two years ago.
A majority of Americans (72 percent) plan on staying put this holiday season, according to a new survey from Opinion Research Corporation, an infoGROUP company. While most respondents indicated they hadn’t made holiday travel plans this year to begin with, nearly a quarter changed their existing plans due to current economic conditions.
Frontier Airlines announced a change to its policy regarding same-day confirmed flights. Customers who wish to change to a different flight on the same day of travel will receive a confirmed seat, if available, for a flat fee of $75. Previously, customers were charged the fare difference between the original fare and the current price of the new flight, which in most cases resulted in a fee higher than $75.
A campaign to develop spa and alternative tourism in the border region between Greece and Bulgaria was started by the Greek union of municipalities with mineral springs. The campaign aims to develop a joint tourist product between the municipalities of Thessaloniki, Kilkis, Serres and Pella in northern Greece in cooperation with the Bulgarian municipalities of Kyustendil and Blagoevgrad, in the southwestern part of the country, the Greek newspaper “Makedonia” reported.