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It's officially 2015, so we've scanned our inbox to see what tour operators and other industry insiders are saying about travel trends in 2015. Here's the scoop from our inbox to yours.

Let’s seriously consider a corner of Costa Rica that this traveler is not sure even the Costa Ricans know is there—the Caribbean coast, no match for the high-end pleasures and treasures of the Pacific coast, but a perfect match for clients who want wildlife viewing, snorkeling and surfing, laid-back beach towns, a join-in nightlife, and a less-costly vacation.

Latin America continues to move upmarket, with hotel development a boom industry - especially in the luxury boutique hotels.

A few weeks ago, Recommend attended an event in Miami to get the 4-1-1 on AMResorts' new AMRewards program, where the senior director of sales, Matt Mullen, mentioned the brand was expanding to Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as adding more properties in Mexico.

Journese, the luxury brand of Pleasant Holidays, has grown its Central America portfolio with the addition of Belize as its newest destination. The new product line includes five deluxe resorts on Ambergris Caye, a variety of activity options and excursions, as well as private air and ground transportation options.

Many of us who focus on Latin America look forward to TravelMart LatinAmerica (TMLA), an annual gathering of Central and South America buyers and sellers of travel products and services. Held in Salta, Argentina this year, the 3-day marathon of business meetings gave all attendees a chance to find out what’s trendy, what’s hot or not, and what’s new among Latin America travel destinations.

Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts offers upscale clients what they call True Waldorf Service.

You can earn more with Collette, since the tour operator is reintroducing its annual Book Your Own Bonus agent incentive, helping you earn more commission.

Haimark Line will launch the MS Saint Laurent, its newest ship, in May 2015 with year-round itineraries in the North Atlantic Coast, and in South and Central America.

No sector of the travel industry has been more important in opening up new vacation horizons in Latin America than tour operators. They invest in the research, do the leg work, and point the way with new and flexible travel products.

Ancon Expeditions is offering Recommend readers a “Centennial Special”: 15 percent commission (normally 10 percent) on the Nov. 9-16 departure of its Panama Canal Centennial tour.

Globus' 2015 itineraries offer travelers eight new vacation options to a slew of South American destinations—Peru, Patagonia, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.

With locations in more than 100 countries and as the global traveler continues to evolve, Starwood Hotels & Resorts continues to expand its footprint in the destinations you sell and your clients love. To support this growth, Starwood is also expanding its resources for travel professionals.

If your clients are traveling alone, no problem because the French cruise line, Compagnie du Ponant, is offering them their own stateroom without the added single supplement.

“Ecuador is famed as the home of the Galapagos, the beloved islands off the coast that feature mind-boggling wildlife—but the mainland is no slouch either,” so stated in The New York Times travel section that just placed Ecuador No. 7 on its list of “52 Places to Go in 2014.”

From its "Hub of the Americas in Panama", Copa Airlines, a member of Star Alliance, will begin four times weekly nonstop service to Fort Lauderdale on July 11.

Recommend recently had the opportunity to visit the intimate 686-passenger, Azamara Quest. Though the ship isn’t a huge vessel carrying thousands of people like other cruise lines, it doesn’t skimp on any of the details.

Collette Vacations, which has been offering high-value escorted tours for almost 100 years, has hit the refresh button, dropping the word “Vacations,” and going simply by Collette.

The 11th annual New York Times Travel Show, the largest trade and consumer travel event in North America, took place this past weekend, showcasing more than 500 exhibitors from 150 destinations from around the globe. Here's a small sampling of the things we learned.

StarwoodPro is celebrating its five-year anniversary and is celebrating with travel professionals by offering fabulous weekly prizes including gift cards, free nights and branded gifts.