LIST: UK TOUR OPERATORS TO THE CARIBBEAN

Abercrombie & Kent	0845 0700 614	A&K feature around thirty of the Caribbean's most luxurious resorts. Through their aquisition of International Chapters in the autumn of 2002, they also offer some of the Caribbean's most luxurious and exclusive rental properties.
Alexander & Stuart	020 7351 6644	Alexander & Stuart Travel (launched March 05) is a luxury travel consultancy based in London and "designed to meet the needs of discerning clients around the globe". IE they'll arrange a holiday for you, your bodyguards, nannies, etc, so discreetly the parapazzi will never know! A & S is headed up by Linda Stuart who used to run the luxury travel division at Holland & Holland, which is owned by Chanel. She has also been a luxury travel expert at Western & Oriental and Private Label.
Alpheus	01252 783715	Launched in 2002, specialising in luxury villa accommodation on Barbados and special interest holidays there including spa, cricket, golf, sailing and, unusually, car rallying, hockey & water polo.
Azure	01244 322770	Azure calls itself a 'Hotel Collection' but it is a fully bonded IATA tour operator with an ATOL licence. (Most "collections" are simply booking/marketing consortia). They feature luxury resorts and boutique hotels on eleven islands in the West Indies and the Bahamas.
Bailey Robinson	01488 689700	Specialises in luxury and tailor-made holidays worldwide. They feature resort holidays in the Caribbean on Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Bermuda, BVI, Grenada, St Barts, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Martins, The Grenadines, Turks & Caicos.
Barbados Journeys	0870 708 2005	Specialist agency/operator offering tailor-made barbados holidays, especially sports (cricket) and cultural (Nelson tours, garden tours, photography).
Barefoot Traveller	020 8741 4319	Tailor-made holidays and dive specialist offering Bahamas, Cayman islands, Turks & Caicos, Tobago, Bonaire, Curaçao & Grenada. Particularly focused on dive holidays.
British Airways Holidays	0844 493 0 787	BA's Caribbean & Bermuda programme features a large selection of hotels (mostly 3/4-star) on 12 different islands including Barbados, Grenadines, Antigua, Tobago, St Lucia, Grenada, Barbados, Bahamas, Jamaica, Turks & Caicos, Grand Cayman and Bermuda.
Captivating Cuba	0870 887 0123	Cuba specialist with a good range of 3/4-star hotels & resorts.
Caribbean Expressions	020 7431 2131	Feature many of the most elegant hotels & resorts in the Caribbean
Caribbean Islands Club	020 8232 9781	Villa specialists. Part of Sunvil Holidays, and now incorporating BVI club's portfolio of British Virgin Island villas & private island resorts (including resorts not always covered by the mainstream operators such as Guana Island, Cooper Island, Little Thatch Island, and Richard Branson's Necker Island).
Caribtours	020 7751 0660	Their brand name is Caribbean Escapes. An independent operator with lots of experience. In the early days (1980s) Caribtours were THE caribbean operator. They know pretty much everything there is to know about the Caribbean islands, their resorts and what they have to offer.
Carrick Travel	01926 514113	Resort holidays on Antigua & Barbados.
Carrier	01625 547020	Upmarket resorts, villas & yachts
Club Med	0700 258 248	There are Club Med resorts in Cuba, Turks & Caicos, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia, and the Dominican Republic.
Complete Caribbean	01423 531 031	Tailor-made holidays in villas or resort hotels
Couture Travel Company, The	0845 603 9815	Luxury holiday operator offering hotel & resort-based tailor-made holidays worldwide. Particularly strong in the Caribbean, where they feature resorts on St Lucia, Barbados, Turks & Caicos, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Anguilla, Antigua, the British Virgin Islands, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Cuba Eco Sailing	020 7584 6092	Ecological tours of Cuba by land and by sea.
Cuba Welcome	020 7584 6092	Cuba specialists offering customised holidays, traditional beach resort holidays, golf, cigar tour, dance holidays (salsa), fishing, scuba diving, Hemingway trail, & bird watching.
Dare2Travel	0870 872 0037	Niche tour operator specialising in just one thing: holidays at the two Hedonism resorts on Jamaica.
Destinology	0800 072 2227	Long-haul luxury holiday specialist.
Different Tracks	01628 891 753	DT was created by Dominic Cooper-Smith and Trish Cosgrove to offer distinctive and usual tailor-made holidays with an emphasis on responsible tourism. In the Caribbean they focus on Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, St Lucia, Antigua and Barbados.
Elegant Resorts	0870 333 3382	Luxury resorts and spectacular private luxury villas
Explore!	0845 291 4541	Small group adventure tours to Cuba
Exsus Travel	020 7292 5050	Luxury breaks in top resorts on St Lucia, Barbados, Grenada & the Grenadines, Turks & Caicos, Antigua, Jamaica, and the British Virgin Islands. Also tailormade holidays.
Funway	020 8466 0222	Specialises in all-inclusive resorts.
Gane & Marshall International	020 8441 9592	Cuba only
Golden Caribbean	0845 085 8080	Specialist Caribbean brand of Golden Holidays, offering value packages to mid-range resorts.
Hays Faraway	0800 412 5292	Hays Travel's long-haul brand. They offer resort stays on Antigua, Barbados and St Lucia.
Highlife Holidays	020 8238 5810	Holidays to resorts in Montego Bay & Ocho Rios on Jamaica, and to Cuba.
Havanatour UK	01707 646463	Cuba specialists.
Hayes & Jarvis	0870 366 1636	Upmarket tailormade holidays to the Caribbean, particularly Tobago & Grenada, and big on diving holidays.
Holiday Place, The	020 7644 1770	Low-cost exotic holidays specialist offering resort holidays on Cuba, Grenada, Antigua, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Tobago, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Turks & Caicos and Barbados
Infinity Tours	01844 213888	Infinity offer apartments and 4-5 star resorts in the British Virgin Island, Puerto Rico, and St Martin/St Maarten, as well as holidays on a crewed catamaran in the BVI. Diving and weddings/honeymoons are their specialities.
Interchange	020 8681 3612	Tailor made travel to Cuba, Jamaica, Aruba and Haiti.
ITC Classics	01244 355 340	ITC specialise in luxury holidays in luxury hotels & resorts. The Caribbean is one of their key regions with a wide range of luxury resorts on many islands.
Jetsave	0870 161 3402	Packages to the Bahamas & Jamaica.
Journey Latin America	020 8747 8315	Anguilla, Aruba, BVI, Cuba, Curacao, Tobago.
Just Caribbean	0800 3277 322	Caribbean specialists offering holidays in Antigua, St Kitts, Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada & Tobago.
Just Grenada	01373 814214	Small hotels & self-catering on Grenada
Just St Kitts & Nevis	01373 814210	Specialist operator (launched Dec 05) to St Kitts & Nevis, specialising in holidays to traditional plantation houses converted into intimate inns, together with a small selection of handpicked hotels designed to appeal to couples and families. A sister company to the equally-focused Just Grenada and Just Tobago.
Just Tobago	01373 814234	Specialist operator (launched Aug 03) offering holidays in a range of accommodation on Tobago, from apartments, through small character hotels, large resorts with loads of facilities, to luxurious private villas overlooking the ocean. A sister company to the equally-focused Just Grenada and Just St Kitts & Nevis.
Kenwood Travel	0800 011 2211	Wide selection of resort holidays on Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica and Tobago
Key2Holidays	020 7749 3605	Tailor-made resort holidays to Antigua, Barbados, St Lucia and Tobago.
Kuoni	0844 488 0191	A wide selection of holidays, resorts & hotels across the Caribbean.
Last Frontiers	01296 653000	Small hotels in the Dutch Caribbean
Letsgo2	020 8329 2640	Flight & hotel combinations on Antigua, Barbados, Jamaica, St Lucia & Tobago
Manos Holidays	0870 238 7744	Manos Holidays, part of the MyTravel group, has launched (May 04) a programme of holiday packages to Cuba & the Dominican Republic starting in the 04/05 winter season. There is a selection of 6, 13 & 20-night holidays in 45 resorts. The programme is published in electronic brochure format
Meon Villa Holidays	01730 268411	Holiday villas in the BVI, Antigua and St. Lucia.
Moorings	01227 776677	Yacht Charter
Nomadic Thoughts	020 7604 4408	Tailor-made on most islands from Antigua to BVI
Owners Syndicate	020 7801 9801	Private villa rental. A good range of villas on a good range of islands.
Palmer & Parker	01494 815411	Luxury villa holidays on St Lucia, Barbados & Jamaica.
Prestbury Travel Group	01625 858158	Prestbury (aka Villa Connections) have expanded their Caribbean villa programme to include hotels & resorts. They cover Barbados, St Lucia, Jamaica, Tobago, Grenada, Mustique, Bequia, and the British Virgin Islands.
Prima Choice Holidays	0845 345 0875	Small specialist operator to the Caribbean (part of Flight Options plc) offering tailor made holidays for the adventurous and independent to a number of Caribbean islands including Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Cuba, Domican Republic, Grenada, Jamacia, St. Kitts & Nevis, and St. Lucia.
Quest Travel	0870 442 3513	Quest launched its first ever Caribbean brochure in Nov 03 featuring a range of accommodation from self-catering to all-inclusiveresorts & luxury hotels in Barbados, Antigua, St Kitts, St Lucia, Jamaica, Grenada, Tobago and the Bahamas.
Regal Holidays	0870 2201 777	Well-known dive holiday operator featuring shore-based and liveaboard dive holidays in Bonaire, Cuba, Curacao, Grenada and Tobago.
Sackville Travel	020 7326 3101	Longstanding specialist agency to the Caribbean, also trades as Caribbean Flight Centre, and 'Q Caribbean'.
Scuba en Cuba	01895 624100	Scuba, not just in Cuba but Tobago as well.
Seasons	01244 202000	(Formerly 'Seasons in Style')Stylish hotels & resorts on a wide range of Caribbean islands including Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, the Grenadines, Nevis, St Lucia, Jamaica and the Turks & Caicos.
Scott Dunn	020 8682 5020	Luxury holiday specialist offering beach holidays or more active (scuba, fishing, sailing) holidays on Turks & Caicos, Trinidad & Tobago, St Lucia, St Barthelemy, Nevis, Jamaica, the Grenadines, Jamaica, the British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Antigua, Anguilla & St Martins, and the Bahamas. Scott Dunn have always been good at luxury family holidays and have their own Kids Club arrangements.
Sovereign Holidays	08703 661634	Resort holidays in a range of Caribbean desinations. A First Choice brand.
Sunset Faraway Holidays	020 7498 9922	Luxury holidays at some of the top resorts on Barbados, St Lucia, Grenada, Antigua, St Kitts & Nevis, the BVI, Bahamas, Martinique, Guadeloupe, St Barts & St Martin.
Toad Hall Caribbean	01548 852407	Specialists in self-catering properties, their Caribbean range is called Let's Go Caribbean
Thomson Holidays	0871 231 4691	A range of resorts throughout the Caribbean - mainly 3/4-star, or "3/4-T" as Thomsons would call them (they have their own rating system) - offering a variety of packages. eg. all-inclusives, multi-centres, wedding & honeymoons, family-friendly, etc.
Toby Brocklehurst	0870 242 4036	Upmarket individual tailormade breaks to Cuba, Tobago and Grenada put together by the man himself, who is an expert on Cuba in particular.
Tradewinds	0870 751 0003	Resort holidays on Antigua, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Jamaica, St Lucia & Tobago. Their 2004 'worldwide' programme added Cuba to the list. Tradewinds is part of the MyTravel group.
Tropic Breeze	01752 880880	Resort holidays on Antigua, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis, and the BVI. Sailing holidays in the Grenadines, and the BVI.
Tropical Sky	0870 9079 605	Tailor-made beach holidays on Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Rep, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitts, St Lucia and Tobago. TS is a specialist long-haul operator to 'tropical' destinations launched by three well-known travel industry characters, Steve Garley, Mike Collins and Jake Grieves-Cook, the latter two formerly with the well-known specialist, Tropical Places, which was bought by Thomson.
Veloso Tours	020 8762 0616	Mainly resort holidays on the BVI, US Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Cuba, Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba.
Villa Connections	01625 858158	Over 300 private villas on a range of islands
Virgin Holidays	0844 557 3865	A range of island including St Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, Tobago, Cuba, St Martin.
Western & Oriental	0870 277 3310	W&O specialise at the top end of the market in luxury villa and private island rental.
Wild and Exotic	01439 748401	Resort holidays on the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Tobago & Los Roques (off Venezuela).
Wimco	0870 850 1144	The West Indies Management Company is a reservations and marketing company specialising in private holiday villas and distinctive small hotels in the Caribbean and now Europe. Wimco started out in 1983 as a specialist Caribbean private villa rental company, with exclusive representation of most of the private villas on St Barts.

Notes

• Golden Caribbean sell seats on charter flights to Tobago, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis
• 1st Western Air Travel sell seats on charter flights to Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts, St Thomas & Tobago.
• Definitive Caribbean is an excellent online resource, launched in October 2004, that frankly has more detailed information on the islands of the Caribbean than we could hope to have! It's the work of longstanding Caribbean guidebook writer, James Henderson, and has independent and comprehensive reviews & guides to sights, places, properties, events, etc, on eleven of the Caribbean's key islands.
• Island Outpost is a collection - created by Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records - of unique hotels and villas in Jamaica (5 hotels, 14 villas).