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VOLUME 24, ISSUE 11, 2017
4 Publisher's Message
5 Calendar of Events
6 In The News
8 Hotel Happenings
10 Newsmakers
28 Caribbean Corner
30 Cruise News
32 From The Motherland
42 Travel Data
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Louisiana
35 Northern California
37 Ohio
39 Texas
41 Trinidad & Tobago
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