Atlanta (Global Adventures): Dive retailers are getting more optimistic about 2010, according to a Cline’s Survey. The latest report covering the fourth quarter of 2009 “… sees signs of a small rebound for retailers when asked to forecast their first quarter 2010 gross revenues.”
Retailers surveyed expect a 31 percent increase in gross revenues across the [...]

Space (Global Adventures): If you are looking for a vacation above it all, the space hotel could hold the top spot on your must-see vacation list. The long-planned orbiting complex is on track to open in 2012, according to the owners.
Space vacationers can book a three-night stay at the Galactic Suite Space Resort for $4.4 [...]

London (Global Adventures): Average daily rates (ADR) charged in hotels around the world did fall on average 17 percent in the first 6 months of 2009, according to Hotel Price Index (HPI), published by hotel.com, an Expedia company. This brings rack-rates almost back to 2004 levels, which were only 1 percent higher than rates charged [...]

Cuba (NPR): Legislation is pending in Congress that would lift the ban on U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba. Travel industry officials estimate that as many as 1 million Americans might visit the island each year.
The question is whether Cuba is ready for a huge jump in foreign visitors.
The island nation has much to offer.
The lack [...]

Caribbean (Global Adventures): A recent survey of travelers’ perceptions of warm weather destination showed awareness of the Cayman Islands is high, coming in eighth in the top 10 locations. Destinations listed higher than Cayman included The US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Aruba, Puerto Rico and Florida, according to a market study done by the Harrison Group.
“Given [...]

Bahamas (Global Adventures): Lionfish are rapidly invading the waters of the Caribbean and tropical Atlantic. According to Lakeshia Anderson, The Bahamas Department of Fisheries, populations of lionfish are exploding in coral reefs in the Bahamas, threatening to destroy native fish schools and the local snorkeling, diving, and kayaking businesses.
“With the quantities of lionfish that we’ve [...]

The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Hispaniola is perhaps most famous for marking the first European colony in the New World, discovered by Christopher Columbus on his voyages in 1492 and 1493. He founded the settlement of La Navidad on the north coast (today part of Haiti). It is the tenth [...]