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Whether your clients are honeymooning, celebrating a 20-year marriage, or renewing their vows, it doesn’t get more romantic, decadent and unique than these onboard and onshore cruise offerings.

It’s always interesting to learn what new discoveries specialists in travel to Latin America have made on recent journeys. It’s even better to find these discoveries in new client-pleasing vacations. We asked an adventurous quartet of U.S. tour operators the following: “What is the one corner of Latin America that you think might be the next new-frontier/new-attraction for North American travelers?”

Classic Journeys' family multi-sport journeys invite the whole gang to participate in river tubing, snorkeling, and other outdoor activities, as well as experience interactions with locals throughout their vacation.

We caught up with Juan Perez Sosa, senior v.p. of sales and marketing, USA for Barcelo Hotels & Resorts, to ask about the growth of Barcelo and the company’s long-term strategy.

AMResorts, a subsidiary of Apple Leisure Group, opened its 15th Secrets Resorts & Spas property, Secrets Playa Bonita Panama, last month off the Pacific coast, a few minutes away from Panama City.

Luxury travel is being re-defined all over the world, Central America included. Today, new ingredients—adventurous activities, authentic experiences, unique destinations, and personal discovery—are all part of the recipe for customer-perfect leisure travel. Always in the mix, of course, are luxury accommodations, perfectly matched to different tastes. Have a look at a sampling of products out there.

Variety Cruises is offering special rates to travel agents on its winter 2015/2016 and summer 2016 FAM trips.

Discover the diverse marine life of Central America with Zegrahm Expeditions, which is now offering complimentary diving excursions on the upcoming Rainforests & Reefs cruise.

Bespoke travel—it’s a many-splendored concept with many perspectives. Think truly customized upscale travel in which a journey is solely...

Solos Vacations' new offerings for adult, individual travelers include escorted tours to Norway, Italy, Japan and Ecuador, plus a variety of cruises.

Norwegian Cruise Line offers guests new destinations and ports in 2016 and 2017, including itineraries to Asia, the Arabian Gulf, and India.

Windstar Cruises is offering an opportunity to book brand-new, all-inclusive cruise packages on select itineraries.

Un-Cruise Adventures has released a new brochure of small ship adventure and river cruises, including a new 2017 Panama itinerary, in addition to revealing their 2016 schedule of Alaska adventure cruises. Across the pond and a sea in Norway, Hurtigruten is offering three special sailings in October and November 2015 for venturesome travelers.

Any time is a good time for an update on new products in Latin American countries. Why? Check out these figures: Nicaragua continues to be hailed as the “new Costa Rica”; Colombia’s good notices are expanding touring beyond Cartagena and Bogota; Ecuador’s tourism numbers grew by 14 percent last year; Brazil’s by 10.6 percent; and Chile’s by 5.3 percent. Peru, meanwhile, is earning accolades for great wilderness comforts and award-winning culinary treats.

Pleasant Holidays suspends all sales of all Trump International Hotels in its portfolio.

Two tour operators are offering experiential trips to Costa Rica.

Peru and Panama are choice honeymoon spots.

Windstar Cruises has a new program for travel agents, new itineraries, and a new v.p. of travel agency sales.

We checked in with CruiseOne franchisee Mara Hargarther, of Hargarther, Thaler & Associates, LLC, in Ponte Vedra, Florida, to learn how she planned an upcoming knitting-themed trip in Alaska—it's a July departure with Celebrity Cruises.

Collette is offering agent FAMs around the globe, and is reaching out to clients beyond North America with the opening of its fourth worldwide office in Sydney.