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Luxury Travelers Seek Winter Alternatives to Hard-Hit Caribbean Destinations

Laura Powell

Skift Take

No doubt destinations are hoping that visitors will return when islands have a chance to recover and clean up. Old habits and geography are in their favor.

In the wake of a violent hurricane season, luxury travelers are starting to re-book their long-planned winter trips. A new survey by Virtuoso, a network of top-tier travel agencies, notes that as of late September, 28 percent of advisors are reporting an uptick in bookings to unaffected Caribbean islands such as St. Lucia, Aruba, Barbados, Jamaica, and Grand Cayman. However, 25 percent report that clients are not requesting Caribbean nor Florida for the next one to six months. Melissa Biggs Bradley, founder and CEO of New York-based Indagare, says “We have definitely seen a big impact f

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