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CJI Conversation: Jason Erickson of TSG Water Resources

It’s the most essential part of any hotel or resort project in the Caribbean: the water plant. Plainly, hotels and resorts can’t exist without the necessary water infrastructure — and developing it can be particularly challenging in island environments. For years, […]

Curacao’s Jurickson Profar, Just 19, Hits Home Run in First Major League At-Bat

Above: Curacao’s Jurickson Profar (Photo: Texas Rangers) By the Caribbean Journal staff Curacao’s Jurickson Profar, a 19-year-old infielder for the Texas Rangers in Major League Baseball, hit a home run in his first-ever at-bat Sunday. Profar, a top prospect for […]

This Kingston, Jamaica Hotel Just Completed a $2M Renovation

One of Kingston’s top hotels has just completed a significant renovation and rebranding, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Courtleigh Hotel and Suites has finished a $2 million renovation program, one that began in December 2022. The project included upgrades to […]

The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean – 2024

Don’t be fooled: there is a formula to creating a great restaurant. It’s the same formula we use to evaluate the region’s best places to eat. You see, every great restaurant is built on three core pillars: food, service and […]

US Virgin Islands Tourism Partners With Chicago Cubs

Continuing a major marketing push in the sports world, the US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism has launched a new multi-year partnership with the Chicago Cubs baseball team. The partnership “creates an unparalleled opportunity for the U.S. Virgin Islands to reach deep […]

You Can’t Visit Negril, Jamaica Without a Stop at This Bar

Rick’s Cafe in Negril, Jamaica is one of a handful of bars in the Caribbean that have become an attraction unto themselves: think Margaritaville, but with live cliff jumping (by performers and customers alike) in place of waterslides. It isn’t […]

Alexander Hamilton Is Back in Nevis

“Hamilton, you are back!” Under a sunbeam on the water’s edge in Charlestown, Nevis, historian Harvey Hendrickson reads his ode to a still-shrouded sculpture on the lawn. A few minutes later, the bronze is revealed, and Alexander Hamilton is finally […]

USVI Charter Yacht Show Set for November in St Thomas

Planning has already begun for the 2022 edition of the USVI Charter Yacht Show. This year’s event will be set at IGY Marinas’ Yacht Haven Grande in St Thomas from Nov. 12-15. “Build. Learn. Shine. Certify. These are the keywords […]

Chef Nigel Spence’s Recipe for a No-Fail Holiday Turkey

Rather than bore you with only the latest recipe for this year’s turkey, I will simply pull back the curtains and guide you with all the tips and tricks that I have used over the years in the restaurant to […]

Marriott Reopens Frenchman’s Cove in St Thomas

By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the US Virgin Islands’ leading resorts is back. Marriott has officially reopened its Marriott Frenchman’s Cove villa resort in St Thomas, a huge step in the US Virgin Islands’ recovery in the wake […]

A Secret Cigar Speakeasy in St Croix

By Alexander Britell It’s up the steps and past the pool tables and behind an unmarked wooden door on the second floor of a covered plaza in the heart of Old Christiansted. There’s no name, no sign and it isn’t […]

Grenada, the Caribbean Capital of Chocolate

By Alexander Britell “Cocoa absorbs the flavor of anything around it,” Wendy Anne tells me. That’s the thing about cocoa, the fruit whose fermented seeds are the basis for chocolate — terroir is paramount. Whether it’s mango or papaya or nutmeg, […]

Why Kids Will Love Joya, Cirque du Soleil’s Riviera Maya Show

By Camille Rodriguez CJ Contributor Joya is a show by Cirque du Soleil about a little girl whose name is Joya and her grandfather. The grandfather was a scientist and he protects a book about the world. She touched an […]

How Atlantis Is Helping Bahamian Coral

Last week the Atlantis hotel completed a successful two-day harvesting and out planting of corals to three coral reefs off New Providence that were destroyed by 2016’s Hurricane Matthew. The ongoing project – an initiative of the nonprofit, Atlantis Blue Project […]

10 Historic Hotels to Visit in the Caribbean

Sun, sea and sand aren’t the only things you can enjoy on a Caribbean vacation. Beyond the beach lie remnants of a bygone era that remind us of where we’ve come from as a region, and even today influence where […]

The Caribbean’s Greatest Rum Shop

Is it a mirage? Are my eyes playing tricks on me after a long journey in Martinique? There is rum as far as the eye can see, bottles from just about every island in the Caribbean. I have reached Mecca, […]

Why to Visit the Caribbean Food and Wine Festival in Turks and Caicos

Turks and Caicos’ Caribbean Food and Wine Festival is coming back for a sixth year. And Grace Bay Resorts, in partnership with the Turks and Caicos Tourism Board and The Wine Cellar, has released the roster of chefs, winemakers, restaurateurs, […]

At One Jamaica Hotel, The Art of the Vacation Memory

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor How do you remember your vacation? At Jamaica’s Hedonism II, the clothing-optional, adults-only all-inclusive resort in Negril, it’s done through hundreds of painted stones commemorating guests’ visits. Scattered in flowerbeds, along the beach, and beneath tropical […]

St Croix’s New Ice Cream Spot

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor It’s no secret that I scream for ice cream. So when a friend from the USVI clued me into a new ice cream parlor in Christiansted, St. Croix, I was there, well, lickety split. […]

The 15 Best Golf Resorts in the Caribbean

Golfing in the Caribbean. It’s different — it’s a little more relaxing, a little more fun, and a lot more beautiful. And golf courses continue to spring up around the region, often at some of its best resorts. While it wasn’t […]

Rebranded Holiday Inn Launches in Montego Bay, Jamaica

Above: the relaunching ceremony this week By the Caribbean Journal staff The former Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Jamaica has relaunched with a new name and a new look. The property is now called the Holiday Inn Resort Montego Bay, following a […]

Rum Journal: In Antigua, Having a Drink With Horatio Nelson

Above: the Admiral’s Inn in Antigua (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell ANTIGUA — Nelson drank here, they say. Almost certainly. And maybe he still does. And when you sit here, in what was once a store for pitch […]

The Top 10 Spots To Snap a Selfie in the Caribbean

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Contributor Yes, the world’s gone selfie-crazy. So why even bother to fight it? Grab your selfie stick and shutter remote and start snapping at these iconic Caribbean spots. The Pitons, St. Lucia The journey of 2,619 […]

How to Make Jamaican Peppered Shrimp

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor As a kid I remember very well my brother teaching me to drive my grandfather’s old beat up blue stick shift Vauxhall Viva that was always parked in the driveway at home, while my grandfather […]

10 Classic Caribbean Beach Bars

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Sometimes you want to go somewhere everybody knows your name – or at least where you’re guaranteed to get a great rum punch or local beer. Check out this list (in no particular order) […]

Recipe For a Caribbean Summer

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor SUMMER IS officially here folks! It’s time to clean up that grill and get your barbecue on…  Many of you may think that grilling is a simple matter of lighting some charcoal and searing your choice […]

11 Caribbean Baseball Players to Watch in the 2014 Season

Above: Robinson Cano By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean seems to be taking over the baseball world. From David Ortiz’s postseason heroics to the rookie-season surge of Yasiel Puig, the region continues its rise as perhaps the single-greatest source […]

Aruba’s Xander Bogaerts Helps Boston Red Sox Reach World Series

Above: Xander Bogaerts By the Caribbean Journal staff The Boston Red Sox won the American League pennant on Saturday night, with a lot of help from Aruba. It might have been hard to believe a few months ago, but the […]

Marriott Just Opened Its New All-Inclusive Concept in Cancun