This year’s Leverick Bay Poker Run marks the 19th anniversary of a legendary event that has drawn the attention of thousands of nautical enthusiasts to the waters of the British Virgin Islands. During the Leverick Bay Poker Run, participants travel over a predetermined route and, at each stop on the way, draw a playing card until they complete the itinerary at Leverick Bay Resort & Marina. At the end of the journey, participants holding the best five-card poker hand are crowned as the Poker Run victors. The Poker Run has become a national holiday in the BVIs, attracting a large number of visitors from the USVI and Puerto Rico.

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Pet-friendly travel has become a global trend, and a number of Hyatt hotels in the Caribbean now offer a Pet-Friendly service for a vacation stay that includes the whole family, pets included. Hotels such as Zoetry, Dreams, Secrets, Breathless, and Sunscape Resorts & Spa, which are part of the Inclusive Collection under the World of Hyatt, provide the option for small breed dogs weighing up to 10 kg in various exotic locations, including Cancun, Punta Cana, Jamaica, Panama, and the Mexican Pacific.

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The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club has announced the 71st edition of the Bermuda Gold Cup match racing tournament, an official world championship event of the 2023 World Match Racing Tour, scheduled Oct. 2-7 on Hamilton Harbour, just off the docks of the 178-year-old club.

The King Edward VII Gold Cup, the championship trophy, was presented by King Edward VII at the Tri-Centenary Regatta at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1907. A highly prestigious trophy with a rich tradition it was the only King’s Cup ever to be offered for competition in the United States, which could be won outright, and is the oldest match racing trophy in the world for competition involving one-design yachts.

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There is a new airline in the Caribbean, and it’s providing a new boost for service between St Thomas and St Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. 

Fly the Whale, which operates a charter network of destinations in the Northeastern United States (including East Hampton, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, among others), has launched regularly-scheduled service between the two islands. 

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