Daily Bulletin: Cruise port shuffle post-Irma | Key West tourism vows speedy return

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DAILY BULLETIN September 14, 2017 TOP STORIES Irma knocks out marquee cruise ports in eastern Caribbean St. Maarten, Tortola and St. Thomas appear to be out of service for weeks, if not months. READ MORE Key West plans to be tourism-ready on Oct. 20 "It could be sooner, but that is a date that everyone is comfortable with," said Andy Newman, who heads media relations for the Monroe County Tourist Development Council. READ MORE Guests at remote Riu St. Martin got out, but it wasn't easy Riu sales director Joachim Schoenfeldt, based in Punta Cana, recounted how he helped to coordinate the post-Irma rescue with limited communication. READ MORE Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort won't reopen until December The Sandals-owned resort was battered by Hurricane Irma. READ MORE Complete coverage: Hurricane Irma Links to Travel Weekly articles relating to Hurricane Irma have been collected here. READ MORE Advertisement INSIGHT BY GAY NAGLE MYERS Post-Irma outreach and the strength of the Caribbean Amid the chaos, there were rays of hope. Heroes and stories emerged. READ MORE Advertisement FEATURED STORY My travel agent saved my life. Really. International lawyer Robert Amsterdam knew the perils of defending one of Vladimir Putin's enemies in Russia. But he didn't know his travel agent would be the one to alert him of his imminent arrest. READ MORE Advertisement MORE NEWS Tradewind Aviation contributes to Irma relief in St. Barts The air charter operator, flying from its Caribbean base in San Juan, has brought food, water, generators, chainsaws and tarps to the hurricane-stricken island. READ MORE Trade groups band together to aid hurricane-ravaged destinations Tourism Cares CEO Mike Rea said the level of cooperation to form the Destination Disaster Recovery Fund is unprecedented in the travel industry. READ MORE USTOA adds another river cruise member, AmaWaterways The other three river cruise lines that have joined USTOA in the past year are CroisiEurope, Scenic and Emerald Waterways. READ MORE International Expeditions charters ship for Peruvian Amazon cruises The vessel will sail a 10-day itinerary along the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve. READ MORE MORE FROM TRAVEL WEEKLY Follow Travel Weekly on Instagram Want to find out what the editors at #TravelWeekly are up to these days? Managing editor @twrtobin and destinations editor @emtravelweekly will be curating the best in where, why and how to travel now at @twtravelnews. DAILY BULLETIN Editor: Kimberly Scholz Email the editor Follow us on: Subscribe to Travel Weekly For promotional opportunities in this newsletter, contact sales@travelweekly.com 100 Lighting Way, 2nd Floor, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094   201-902-2000 Privacy Policy You can unsubscribe if you wish to stop receiving TW Daily Bulletin newsletter.