St. Thomas

(Dive Travel Business News - December 29, 2011) -- Dive Travelers are going to have access to more air lift, more access, more options and more gateways from the U.S. this year signaling a comeback in travel from the past two years. The downside - higher fares and full planes. Here is a summary of some of the new air service.

Antigua -
• American began nonstop flights four times a week from Kennedy to Antigua in November.
• St. Vincent Grenadines Air offers daily scheduled service between Antigua and Montserrat.

Aruba -
• JetBlue offers a Saturday flight from Boston to Aruba in addition to its two weekly flights
• AirTran has weekend flights from Baltimore to Aruba through March 14, plus daily service to Aruba from Atlanta and weekend flights from Orlando.
• Delta has weekly nonstop service on Saturday from LaGuardia to Aruba, complementing its Saturday nonstop service from DKennedy and its flights via Atlanta to Aruba from Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark and Westchester County Airport. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - July 17, 2010) --  Carnival Cruise Lines has suspended all excursions that include the Coki Beach area on St. Thomas, after a 14-year-old female passenger from the Carnival Victory was killed by a stray bullet in a gang related shoot-out on Monday July 13, 2010. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - July 15, 2010) -- Bolongo Bay Beach Resort on the south coast in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, is offering guests who book by Aug. 15 savings of up to 20 percent off the resort’s all-inclusive vacation package. The offer applies to any beachfront or ocean view room booked for travel through Dec. 22, 2010.

Guests who stay seven nights or more on the all inclusive package receive a half-day Swim with the Turtles snorkel trip to Turtle Cove at Buck Island, and a sunset cocktail cruise, both aboard Bolongo Bay’s 53-foot catamaran Heavenly Days. For more information, call 800-524-4746 or visit www.bolongobay.com.

Image Source: Bolongo Bay Beach Resort

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