News Westin Cozumel Slated for March 2017 Debut
A new Westin hotel is coming to the Mexican Caribbean island of Cozumel. The Westin Cozumel is currently under construction and is expected to open in 2017, Marriott officials confirmed this week. The hotel, which is slated to debut March […]
VIDEO: A Walk on Grace Bay Beach
It’s one of the best beaches in the Caribbean and the world: Grace Bay Beach. And the most famous stretch of stand in Turks and Caicos is a calm, serene perfect stretch of white sand. Here’s what it’s like to […]
Princess Cruises Launching New Caribbean Voyages
For the first time in four years, Princess Cruises will offer Summer Caribbean cruises including Panama Canal transits in 2018. The 3,192-guest Caribbean Princess returns to sail on a full summer season of voyages ranging from seven-day Eastern and Western […]
News JetBlue Launches New Route to Barbados
Fast-expanding JetBlue Airways has added its newest route to the Caribbean. The carrier has officially begun nonstop service from New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport to Barbados’ Grantley Adams International Airport. The new flight will be operating once weekly on […]
Annie Potts Wrote a Caribbean Children’s Book
With Black Friday behind us, the 2016 holiday shopping season has officially started, which means we’re actively looking for Caribbean-inspired gifts for our stockings. One that caught our eye: This charming children’s book, “Kemarley of Anguilla.” Written by actress and […]
Caribbean Photo of the Week: Sunset at Atlantis
The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Nancy Greenberg, who sent in this lovely shot of sunset at the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to […]
News Breaking: Fidel Castro Is Dead
The Cuba Journal is reporting that Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, born August 13, 1926, has died on November 25, 2016. Castro was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 followed […]
Rum Journal: A Rum to Try From Grenada
Martinique. Barbados. Guadeloupe. Puerto Rico. These are some of the titans of Caribbean rum production, hubs for the Noble Spirit, full-fledged destinations for rum. But there is another island in the Eastern Caribbean with a venerable rum history that remains […]
New Boutique All-Inclusive Coming to Jamaica
We’re excited about this one. A game-changing resort is coming soon to Jamaica: the Zoëtry Montego Bay, the first Zoëtry all-inclusive in the English-speaking Caribbean and a game-changer for the island’s hotel sector. The property, which is set on the […]