News Dominican Republic Reporting Big Cruise Growth
The Dominican Republic is reporting big growth in cruise passenger arrivals, according to the latest data from the country’s Ministry of Tourism. The Caribbean’s most popular stayover tourism destination reported 580,000 cruise passengers so far this year, which represents a […]
The Rummelier of Anguilla
Zemi Beach’s rum master By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor There’s no liquor more synonymous with the Caribbean than rum, so to visit without tasting the tropical tipple would be impolite. And while we absolutely encourage enthusiastic quaffing of plastic […]
Dominican Republic Hotel Association Names New President
The Dominican Republic’s Hotel and Tourism Association (ASONAHORES) has named Joel Santos Echevarria its new president. The election was held during the organization’s annual general meeting this week. Echevarria has previously served as president of the association and has served […]
News Esperanza Spalding to Highlight Dominican Republic Jazz Festival
Superstar Esperanza Spalding will be highlighting this year’s Dominican Republic Jazz Festival, organizers announced this week. The four-time Grammy-award-winning Spalding, one of the leading jazz artists today, will be joined by featured artists including Terri Lynne Carrington, the Patricia Zarate […]
Puerto Plata Tourism Showing Strong Growth
One of the Dominican Republic’s larger tourism hubs is seeing big growth, according to the latest data from Expedia. Puerto Plata saw growth of nearly 35 percent on Expedia’s platforms in the first half of 2016, compared to the same […]
News “Dangerous” Hurricane Matthew Bears Down on Haiti
“Dangerous” Hurricane Matthew began bearing down on Haiti as “life-threatening” rain, wind and storm surges started to spread over portions of the country, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm remained a category four, with maximum sustained winds at […]
“Powerful” Hurricane Matthew Continues North
Hurricane Matthew continued to move northward Monday as hurricane warnings and watches remained in effect across the northern Caribbean and the Atlantic. While the storm turned toward the north (from a northwest trajectory) on Sunday night, it retained much of its Category […]
Why 12 Rabbis Met in the Caribbean
The Dominican Republic recently played host to a rather rare meeting — the Caribbean Conference of major Jewish organization Chabad. The conference brought together the Rabbis of 12 Jewish congregations around the wider Caribbean region, including Rabbis from Puerto Rico, the […]
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