Dollar boosts Caribbean business

Saturday, 25 Jan, 2005 0

A luxury vacation and hotel reservations company serving the Caribbean has a somewhat unusual reason for expecting record travel this year:

The dollar.

“Current monetary fluctuations make our US-dollar priced villas in the Caribbean an especially great deal for travelers from the UK and the EU,” said Janis Gordon, vice president of Marketing for Wimco, a Newport, RI-based hotel reservation company.

Ms Gordon said Wimco does not adjust its Caribbean prices mid-season. So prices will remain the same throughout 2005.

She reported demand for private villas for stays ranging from one to four weeks have grown significantly in the past 12 months.

Report by David Wilkening



 

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