Mexico’s New Ultra-Luxe Wellness Retreat Is Offering Agents 10 Percent Commissions
The eight-bedroom ZihFit, a wellness-focused luxury resort in Mexico, has launched a new program for travel advisors. To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from two tailored subscription options: Caribbean Journal Invest for comprehensive investment news or Caribbean Journal Travel […]
In Antigua and Barbuda, a Must-Visit Caribbean Event for Foodies
From Sheer Rocks to Le Bistro, Nobu Barbuda to Roquita, the dining scene in Antigua and Barbuda has never been buzzier. Now, the destination’s popular culinary event is back again, with more than 65 restaurants participating for this year’s Antigua […]
These Caribbean Islands Are Hot Right Now, According to Travel Agents
The biggest booking surprise for Caribbean travel specialists has nothing to do with where their clients were going in 2024, but more to do with where they weren’t. To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from two tailored subscription options: […]
Air Europa Is Adding More Nonstop Dominican Republic Flights
European low-cost carrier Air Europa is expanding in the Caribbean this summer, Caribbean Journal has learned. The company is adding a route to a new destination in the Dominican Republic: Santiago, which has quietly been seeing a wave of new […]
Princess Cruises Is Adding Another Caribbean Ship
Princess Cruises has another ship headed for the Caribbean this winter season. The new Sun Princess, what the company bills as its “newest and most innovative” ship, has already officially debuted in the Mediterranean ahead of its Caribbean winter. The […]
You Will Soon Be Able to Fly From Puerto Rico to Barbados
Is a new Caribbean intra-regional carrier quietly developing in San Juan? Ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines continues to add new routes within the Caribbean out of its new base in San Juan. That already includes St Croix, St Maarten and Cancun, […]
Frontier Airlines Is Adding Puerto Rico-Dominican Republic Flights
Continuing its Caribbean expansion out of San Juan, ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines is set to debut a new route between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The new route, which kicks off June 14, will connect San Juan’s Luis Munoz […]
Dominican Republic Cruise Tourism Keeps Growing
It’s no secret that the Dominican Republic is the most popular destination in the Caribbean, as measured by air visitors. But the country’s cruise industry has quietly been seeing rapid growth, too. Indeed, the Dominican Republic welcomed just under 867,000 […]
Norwegian Cruise Line Is Adding Caribbean, Bahamas Cruises From a New US Homeport
Norwegian Cruise Line is adding a new homeport next year: Jacksonville, Fla, Caribbean Journal has learned. The company has signed a three-year agreement to homeport its Norwegian Gem cruise port in Jacksonville, beginning in November 2025. The 2,394-guest-capacity ship will […]
Antigua Cruise Port Just Broke Its Single-Day Record
Antigua’s fast-expanding cruise port just set an all-time record for visitors in a single day, Caribbean Journal has learned. The St John’s port welcomed 15,808 passengers last week, with a total of five different cruise ships in t John’s — […]
Rum Journal: The Caribbean’s Best New Rum Is From Grenada
They have been making rum here in some form for almost three centuries, in a 500-acre estate anchored by waving cane fields on the southern coast of Grenada. As you walk around the grounds, you find the remnants of centuries […]
Rum Journal: The Best Rum in Belize
The focus of the rum world has traditionally been eastward. The vast number of distilleries across the islands of the Eastern Caribbean have always dominated the attention of rum consumers and connoisseurs alike, with only Guatemala’s Ron Zacapa and Nicaragua’s […]
Rum Journal: A Secret Rum Punch in Eleuthera
For more than two decades, this has been the must-visit beach bar in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera: Tippy’s perched above a stunning crescent of sand on the island’s eastern coast. The colorful yellow and blue, the warm service and great food […]
Rum Journal: From Bermuda, a New Kind of Old Rum
Bermuda’s Gosling’s Rum has a special place among rum lovers. For years, before rum’s renaissance in the last decade, Gosling’s was often one of the few premium rums you could find a bar shelf. For true rum aficionados, its unmistakable […]