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Jeri Clausing ALG Vacations executives have just two words for those considering summer trips to the Caribbean: book soon. With demand for travel surging, airfares rising and some cruise lines repositioning from U.S. ports to the Caribbean, ALG Vacations president Ray Snisky and executive vice president Jacqueline Marks say inventory could get tight, fast. "International airfares are starting to get really high, and they're going up," Marks said during an interview at ALG Vacation's recent 500 Club Silver reward trip in Punta Cana. "And it's not like they're going up $20, $30 at a time. They'...

| Alex Zozaya, executive chairman of Apple Leisure Group, being interviewed at the WTTC's Global Summit in Cancun. Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann A few weeks before ALG Vacations' first big in-person meeting, I got an email asking me what color lanyard I'd like. Green meant good with hugs and pre-Covid practices. Yellow meant OK with talking but not touching. And red meant totally keep your distance, or to put it more bluntly: back off. At the World Travel & Tourism Council's (WTTC) Global Summit, a larger, mostly indoor event held just a few days ahead of ALG's meeting, much more formal proto...

| School supplies and other necessities donated by advisors on ALG Vacations' 500 Club Silver reward trip are loaded for delivery to 2nd Mile Missions in Punta Cana. Photo Credit: Jeri Clausing Jeri Clausing One of the silver linings of crises past and present has been the boost they give to the travel industry’s social give-back programs. And while such efforts have become largely mainstream across luxury and upscale travel companies, it’s always eye-opening to see what a huge impact even the smallest of donations can make for local charities in impoverished and developing countries. I w...

| Members of ALG Vacations' 500 Club Silver at the company's rewards trip at the Secrets and Dreams Royal Beach resorts in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Photo Credit: Jeri Clausing PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic -- "We're back!" That was the simple but enthusiastic message ALG Vacations president Ray Snisky delivered here Thursday as the company welcomed top-selling advisors to its first big rewards trip since the pandemic. And while the crisis isn't over, executive vice president Jacqueline Marks said, "we are on the other side." "Every day blows us away," she said, noting that bookings cu...