Archive | March, 2007

New Orleans: Welcome Back!

In sports, when a season is a wash, the coaches will inevitably say that it was “a building season.” The travel industry has its building seasons, too. First there was 9/11, and we certainly had a few building seasons after that. Four years later, New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast suffered the wrath of [...]

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The Caribbean’s New "It" Destination

Every now and then a new “it” destination comes around. For the past 10 years, I have been keeping my mouth shut, making several purely selfish trips before the word got out. Selfish? You bet. Worth it? Every last penny! So, what’s the secret? The Dominican Republic. What you notice first about the Dominican Republic [...]

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