This is a pretty amazing article from the Times UK - some Caribbean destinations are really struggling, and the region is more dependent on tourism than any in the world - yet the savings being passed on to tour operators are mostly being held in limbo by them as they play a waiting game as to whether to pass the savings on to consumers:
The hefty discounts should be great news for cash-strapped, sun-starved British families, but there's a problem: the hotels have negotiated the deals with tour operators, some of whom are still considering whether to pass on the saving to consumers.
At a private briefing to bankers, the holiday giant TUI, which owns Britain's biggest tour operators, Thomson and First Choice, said it felt no obligation to pass the savings on.
This is completely bogus, and these tour ops should be ashamed on themselves.
