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MLT Vacations launched a Caribbean sale offering up to 10,000 bonus miles per person and reduced rates or additional amenities at select resorts throughout the Caribbean through the Delta Vacations and United Vacations brands. The sale is open for bookings through Feb. 18, for travel April 1 to Sept. 30.

MLT is promoting its Caribbean product in an effort to build on an impressive year in the Caribbean in 2011, when the company grew business in the Caribbean by 46 percent over the previous year.

MLT Vacations offers a variety of hotels, rental cars and activities in the Caribbean. MLT Vacations manages multiple vacation brands, including Delta Vacations, in partnership with Air France Holidays and Alitalia Vacations, United Vacations, and Worry-Free Vacations.

For more information, call 800-727-1111.

Travel Impressions has added new hotels, resorts and villas in the Dominican Republic, St. Bart’s, Barbados, the Grenadines, Jamaica and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, to its Caribbean product portfolio for 2012.

The added properties include Sanctuary at Cap Cana (Dominican Republic), a 176-suite, all-inclusive ocean front resort including five restaurants and bars, five pools, a spa and 18,000 square feet of event space;

Fishing Lodge at Cap Cana (Dominican Republic), located near the Caribbean’s largest inland marina providing sweeping views, designer furnishings and 299 villas;

Golden Bear Lodge at Cap Cana (Dominican Republic), a hotel with studios, one- or two-bedroom suites and two nearby golf courses;

Riu Palace Bavaro Hotel (Dominican Republic), featuring 610 guestrooms at the beach of Arena Gordon, with three swimming pools, two Jacuzzis, four conference rooms for groups of up to 500 people, a solarium-terrace, a gym, a steam bath, sauna and a spa;

Cobblers Cove (Barbados), a Relais & Chateaux property reminiscent of the English Country, with 38 one- and two-bedroom luxury suites, 10 two-story cottages with four suites each and the Great House featuring the Camelot and Colleton suites;

Ocean Two Resort & Residences (Barbados), a new, four-star, beach front resort located on Dover Beach on the south coast of Barbados, with 88 rooms in four room categories including hotel rooms, one-bedroom ocean front suites, two-bedroom ocean front suites and two-bedroom bay view suites;

Tamarind Beach Hotel & Yacht Club (Grenadines), an Italian managed hotel with 40 beachfront hideaways including eight suites and rooms with balconies overlooking the Caribbean Sea;

N Resort (Jamaica), a new, adults-only, all-nude, all-inclusive resort located on Jamaica’s north coast;

Hotel St. Barth Isle De France (St. Bart’s), a hotel on the beach with nine beach rooms, three junior beach suites and four new suites;

and The Palms at Pelican Cove (St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands), a hotel with 40 beach front guest rooms in two freestanding buildings each with its own balcony or patio.

In addition to the new hotel and resorts, Travel Impressions has added Club MoBay, a 10,000-square-foot lounge located at Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport (MBJ) in Jamaica.

Club MoBay provides a place for air travelers to unwind before departure. Access to the club offers Fast Track Access through security and immigration, complimentary non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, complimentary snacks, free unlimited Wi-Fi Internet, business center, kids center, spa treatments and shower facilities. For reservations, call 800-284-0044. For more information, call 888-284-3786.

Island Destinations is offering a getaway to Cotton House on the private island of Mustique.

The package is a special Stay Seven Pay Six offer that includes complimentary roundtrip air transfers for two from Barbados or St. Lucia to Mustique, a complimentary night, daily à la carte breakfast, $200 resort credit per stay, roundtrip airport transfers, and complimentary post-departure insurance. The offer is valid for new bookings through April 21 and for travel through April 28.

 For more information, call 888-454-4422.

Following the June announcement that St. Martin would be home to the first Radisson Blu hotel in the Caribbean, the property will reopen on Dec. 15, 2011, following a $10 million renovation.

The Radisson Blu Resort, Marina & Spa, St. Martin, which closed in May, is set on 18 acres and boasts 1,600 feet of beachfront in Anse Marcel, along with a water taxi service between the airport and resort marina.

 The property features 63 suites and 189 guestrooms, a 7,000-square-foot ballroom, a full-service spa (Le Spa) and fitness center.

There are three on-site dining venues, including complimentary full breakfast buffet at Le Marche, a wide selection of the region’s finest rums and tapas at Le Lobby Bar, and world-class cuisine and panoramic views of the Caribbean Sea at C Le Restaurant.

 Key upgrades to the property included replacing the air conditioning and domestic hot water systems with new state-of-the-art systems to ensure an overall improved guest experience.

The property’s spacious accommodations that showcase contemporary Euro-Caribbean furnishings were completely re-carpeted and marina suite rooms were converted to tile floorings.

The ballroom features upgraded air conditioning and lighting and sound systems, and the wooden floors have been redone. The resort gardens were also landscaped and feature enhanced lighting.

 The breakfast buffet at Le Marche has been upgraded and will now offer additional breakfast items including hot and cold selections which will vary daily. Guests will also now be able to enjoy snacks and beverages poolside at the resort’s new pool bar, which will offer a new cocktail menu and expanded wine list. Special seasonal promotional rates start at $185 for guest rooms and $355 for Marina Suites.

Jennifer Atkinson, CEO comments, “ITC Classics is continually striving to exceed customer expectations at every level and this new brochure is testament to this, with many new and innovative programs being added to our portfolio, including river cruises and some truly stunning villas from luxury destinations worldwide. In particular I’m very excited about the new destinations we’ve introduced including the island of Ibiza!”

This brochure will allow you to set sail on a journey of discovery with ITC Classics who, in conjunction with some of the most luxurious cruise companies in the world, are excited to offer guests the very best in cruising experiences. Connoisseurs of cruising, Silversea, Seabourne, Seadream, Orion, Regent Seven Seas and Campagnie Du Ponant, all feature in the eagerly awaited brochure and offer exciting itineraries’ world wide. New product comes in the form of some revolutionary river cruises that include a cruise on the Irrawaddy River in Burma, an unforgettable river cruise through Botswana’s Chobe National Park, a trip on the Nile in Egypt and of course the awe-inspiring Peruvian Amazon cruise.

New To ITC Classics – Sample Cruise
Aqua Expeditions – the first adventure company to introduce five-star luxury cruises on the Peruvian Amazon. Accommodation featuring floor-to-ceiling panoramic windows is a highlight, as is the cuisine which boasts a Peruvian flair, but it’s the opportunity to spend three, four or seven nights experiencing the world’s last great wilderness that makes this such a very special holiday choice. You’ll see squirrel monkeys, pink dolphins, Caimans and a rich bird life, plus you can fish for piranhas, enjoy night river trips and visit the riberenos (riverside villages cut off from modern life).

ITC Classics (01244 355 527; www.itcclassics.co.uk ) has prices from £4,799 per person based on 2 adults sharing a Suite aboard MV Aqua for 7 nights on an all-inclusive basis and also including all excursions, return economy class flights, transfers and one night at Orient-Express Hotels’ Miraflores Park Hotel in Lima on a room only basis.

Sample Villas
VILLA CAN JORDI, IBIZA
Occupying a hillside location just minutes from Es Cubellis, this contemporary house is decorated and furnished in a high-quality, minimalist style and offers fabulous views across the countryside. Set up to cater for families or groups of friends, it offers a range of facilities to suit most requirements and has great flexibility with various combinations of double and twin bedrooms.

ITC Classics (01244 355 527; www.itcclassics.co.uk)  has prices from £4,355 low season or from £9,795 high season. Prices are villa only, per week, based on full occupancy. All taxes included.

OCEAN BREEZE, MUSTIQUE

A fabulous plantation-style house providing panoramic views across the Caribbean Sea, Ocean Breeze is a sophisticated residence designed around a peaceful central courtyard garden with open living areas. Sumptuous bedrooms are set in the expertly-maintained gardens and with attentive and experienced staff, every request will be met.

ITC Classics (01244 355 527; www.itcclassics.co.uk)  has prices from £18,195 low season or from £24,270 high season. Prices are villa only, per week, based on full occupancy. All taxes included.

For more information on the ITC Villas Yachts and Cruises programme please visit www.itcclassics.co.uk/villas

ITC Classics is a business that keeps evolving; with almost 40 years spent leading the evolution of the luxury travel market it’s a trait that has served this company, the UK’s longest established and privately owned independent luxury tour operator, so very well. ITC Classics offers a wide choice of luxury, wholly bespoke holidays around the globe.

SeaDream Yacht Club as has introduced a group promotion for fall 2012 voyages.

In October 2012, the line’s two luxury yachts will conclude their Mediterranean season to begin their Caribbean season in November.

For select voyages sailing during that time period, agents booking groups of six to 18 staterooms earn a 10 percent group amenity (to be taken as a discount or as a bonus commission).

Additionally, one tour conductor stateroom is earned for every six group staterooms sold.

Fall 2012 Mediterranean highlights include a 12-night voyage sailing from Athens (Piraeus) to Barcelona, calling on Taormina, Capri, Ischia, Portovenere and San Remo, and a Barcelona-to-Lisbon sailing with calls on Ibiza, Cartagena, Motril, Malaga and Seville.

In November 2012, the line sails three voyages starting and/or ending in Marigot, St. Martin, with an emphasis on the French West Indies.

Both yachts will regularly call on St. Barts with overnight stays.

For more information, call 800-707-4911 or visit www.seadream.com

The Cotton House hotel on Mustique Island is offering an early booking special featuring a $200 resort credit, valid for travel through March 31, 2012.

The offer applies to five-night stays booked by Dec. 15, 2011. The credit can be used toward dinner at the hotel’s Veranda restaurant or a relaxing day at the Cotton House spa.

Rates start at $830 per night.

For more information, call 784-456-4777 or visit www.cottonhouse.net

Windstar Cruises has scheduled winemaker Chris Figgins of Leonetti Cellar and Figgins Family Wine Estates as special guest on Wind Surf’s Feb. 18 Caribbean voyage. Figgins will conduct a lecture, question-and-answer session, and a wine tasting.

Figgins, president and winemaking director for Figgins Family Wine Estates, recently launched FIGGINS, an estate-grown, single-vineyard wine, and Lostine Cattle Company, an all natural grass-fed beef company.

The seven-day “Yachtsman’s Caribbean” voyage departs Philipsburg, St. Maarten, on Feb. 18 and visits Soper’s Hole, Tortola, Jost Van Dyke for an overnight, Virgin Gorda overnight, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe and St. Barthelemy.

Cruise fares start at $1,799 per person, double occupancy.

For more information, call 800-258-7245 or visit www.windstarcruises.com  or www.figginsfamily.com

Seven-Day Sailings From $1,599 Per Person

Seattle- Windstar Cruises, which operates a fleet of three luxury sailing yachts that explore hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world’s most treasured destinations, launches “Caribbean On Sail,” offering exceptional savings on seven-day Caribbean voyages with fares starting from $1,599 per person, based on double occupancy, when booked by November 15, 2011.

Three itineraries are available on “Caribbean On Sail” and each one features intimate and exclusive island-hopping experiences in the tropics all while sailing on a luxurious sailing yacht.

Windstar’s Flavors of the Caribbean Voyage presents a unique collection of islands and highlights diverse countries, styles, landscapes and cultures of the Caribbean. Seven-day sailings on Wind Surf roundtrip from Philipsburg, St. Maarten visit Le Marin, Martinique; Pigeon Island, St. Lucia; Roseau, Dominica; Falmouth Harbour, Antigua; and Gustavia, St. Barthelemy.

Flavors of the Caribbean Departures:

• December 17, 2011 with fares from $1,599 per person, double occupancy

• December 31, 2011 with fares from $2,399 per person, double occupancy

• January 14; and February 11, 2012 with fares from $2,099 per person, double occupancy

• January 28; February 25; and March 10, 2012 with fares from $1,999 per person, double occupancy

Experience the glitter and glam of the Caribbean’s yachting scene with overnights in Jost Van Dyke and Virgin Gorda on Windstar’s Yachtsman’s Caribbean Voyage.

Seven-day sailings on Wind Surf roundtrip from Philipsburg, St. Maarten visit Soper’s Hole, Tortola; Jost van Dyke, B.V.I. (overnight); Virgin Gorda, B.V.I. (overnight); Basseterre, St. Kitts; Les Saintes, Guadeloupe; and Gustavia, St. Barthelemy.

Yachtsman’s Caribbean Departures:

• January 7; February 18; and March 3, 2012 with fares from $1,999 per person, double occupancy
• February 4, 2012 with fares from $2,099 per person, double occupancy

Visit the unspoiled islands of the southern Grenadines, overnight in the beautiful Tobago Keys and discover the rugged natural beauty of St. Lucia and beyond on Windstar’s Jewels of the Windward Islands Voyage.

Seven-day sailings on Wind Spirit roundtrip from Bridgetown, Barbados visit Pigeon Island, St. Lucia; Bequia, St. Vincent, Grenadines; Tobago Keys, St. Vincent, Grenadines (overnight); Mayreau, St. Vincent, Grenadines; and St. George’s, Grenada.

Jewels of the Windward Islands Departures:

• December 17, 2011 with fares from $1,599 per person, double occupancy

• December 24 and 31, 2011 with fares from $2,399 per person, double occupancy

• January 7, 14, 21, 28; February 25; March 10, and 17, 2012 with fares from $1,999 per person, double occupancy

• February 4, 2012 with fares from 2,099 per person, double occupancy

Fares listed are per person, based on double occupancy, for Category B stateroom. Fares are in US dollars, cruise only, and include non-discountable amounts. Taxes are additional. Offer is not combinable with any other promotional offers. New bookings only. Offer is capacity controlled and may be withdrawn or modified at Windstar’s discretion at any time. Certain restrictions apply. Offer expires November 15, 2011.

About Windstar Cruises

Windstar Cruises operates three sailing yachts known for their pampering without pretense and their ability to visit the hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world’s most treasured destinations. Carrying just 148 to 312 guests, the luxurious yachts of Windstar cruise to nearly 50 nations, calling at 100 ports throughout Europe, the Caribbean and the Americas. For more information including rates and itineraries contact a professional travel agent or call Windstar at 1-800-258-7245. Visit Windstar Cruises online at WindstarCruises.com. Windstar Cruises can also be followed on Windstar’s Facebook and Twitter fan pages.

Windstar Cruises is offering savings of up to $1,500 per person and $200 shipboard credit on 2012 voyages in the Mediterranean, Greek Isles and Caribbean booked by Dec. 31.

A seven-day cruise from Athens to Istanbul is priced from $2,499 per person, double occupancy, a savings of $1,500.

The cruise visits Mykonos, Santorini and Rhodes, Greece; and Bodrum and Kusadsasi, Turkey.

A six-day Italian and French Riviera sailing from Rome to Barcelona is priced from $1,799, a savings of $700.

The cruise visits St. Tropez and Cannes, France; Monte Carlo, Monaco; and Portovenere and Portoferraio, Italy.

Seven-day voyages roundtrip from Barbados visit Bequia, Tobago Keys, Mayreau and Grenada.

Cruise fares start at $1,399, a savings of $1,000.

A seven-day roundtrip from St. Maarten is priced from $1,599, a savings of $700.

The cruise visits Tortola, Jost van Dyke, Virgin Gorda, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe and St. Barthelemy.

For more information, call 800-258-7245 or visit www.windstarcruises.com