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Kate Simon

Kate Simon is the Travel Correspondent of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday. She was Travel Editor of The Independent on Sunday from 2005 to 2011. Kate is also the co-founder of Little Black Book Creative (www.lbbcreative.co.uk), which offers editorial services, media relations consultancy and travel-writing training.

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Central America Caribbean

Swim with pigs and other unusual Caribbean experiences

Combermere Abbey’s newly opened North Wing in the heart of a 143-acre mere

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Carlisle Bay, on Barbados's west coast

Beaches, sailing and underground caves in Barbados

Barbuda Belle is an intimate resort that defines the phrase barefoot luxury

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