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$10 Tax Proposed for Caribbean Airline Tickets
A $10 ticket tax on airline tickets could be effectively split to enable individual governments to use $5 of each tax for its own destination marketing while allocating the other $5 to a sustainable marketing fund for the region.
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Puerto Rico to Become Cruise Ship Hub of Caribbean
Caribbean Tourism Organization members reach an agreement in principle to sign a historic memorandum of understanding to develop "concerted effort aimed at developing the tourism industries link between the islands."
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Scrub Island to Offer 15 Percent Commission
The 52-room resort will be offering a bonus commission to celebrate the resort’s long-awaited opening on February 10. About 70 percent of the resort’s booking are done through travel agents.
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Cold Weather Prompts Cheap Caribbean Flights
Agents whose phones are ringing with calls from clients to get them out of the cold weather may be interested in some AirTran Airways low fares to Aruba, Nassau and Montego Bay.
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World Bank Pledges $100 Million for Haiti The pledge comes as the Red Cross said it estimated that at least three million people are in desperate need of urgent assistance, including search and rescue teams, medical supplies, shelter, food, and clean water. |  | Caribbean Airlines-Air Jamaica MergerContrary to public feeling, two Caribbean aviation experts believe that Caribbean Airlines buying out, or into Air Jamaica was not such a bad idea, provided certain concessions were written into any agreement. |  | Mixed Fortunes for Caribbean StatesThe economies of Caribbean states for 2009 ended with mixed fortunes, as some will see growth while others will be in deficit, according to the Caribbean Economic Performance Report 2009. |  |
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