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Barbuda Has a New International Airport, in a “Game Changer” for the Caribbean Island

Princess Diana Beach. A soon-to-open Robert De Niro hotel. A Nobu restaurant right on the beach. A beautiful oceanfront boutique hotel. The most exclusive golf course and new luxury resort community in the Caribbean.  Barbuda is buzzing right now, and […]

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A New Overwater Spa Is Coming to the British Virgin Islands 

One of the Caribbean’s most exclusive residential resorts is set to debut a new overwater spa, Caribbean Journal has learned. Oil Nut Bay in Virgin Gorda is set to debut its new Sundara Spa + Studio, with an opening planned […]

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This Fast-Growing Caribbean Cruise Port Has a New General Manager 

One of the Caribbean’s fastest-growing cruise ports has new leadership, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Antigua Cruise Port has named Gasper George as its new general manager, Global Ports Holding Americas confirmed.  George, a native of Saint Lucia, also serves […]

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Riu Just Relaunched This Punta Cana All-Inclusive Resort With Nearly 1,000 Rooms 

It wasn’t your typical renovation in the Caribbean. All-inclusive brand Riu actually demolished one of its Bavaro Beach-area resorts to pave way for a massive expansion of the one next door.  The result? The new-look, significantly larger all-inclusive Riu Palace […]

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Barbuda Has a New International Airport, in a “Game Changer” for the Caribbean Island

Princess Diana Beach. A soon-to-open Robert De Niro hotel. A Nobu restaurant right on the beach. A beautiful oceanfront boutique hotel. The most exclusive golf course and new luxury resort community in the Caribbean.  Barbuda is buzzing right now, and […]

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The New LIAT Just Launched Its New Flights to the Island of St Vincent

The rainforest, the volcano, the island-hopping, the Caribbean’s strongest rum. St Vincent is on the travel map in a big new way, in large part thanks to the debut of its new Sandals resort.  It’s all shining a new light […]

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Riu Just Relaunched This Punta Cana All-Inclusive Resort With Nearly 1,000 Rooms 

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It wasn’t your typical renovation in the Caribbean. All-inclusive brand Riu actually demolished one of its Bavaro Beach-area resorts to pave way for a massive expansion of the one next door.  The result? The new-look, significantly larger all-inclusive Riu Palace […]

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The Caribbean’s Newest Overwater Suites Are At a Marriott All-Inclusive in Antigua 

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They’ve been a standard in the South Pacific for decades: overwater bungalows, those standalone cottages perched right above the water with thatched roofs and glass floors. In the Caribbean, though, it wasn’t until 2016, when Sandals opened their first overwater […]

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Caribbean Airlines Is Adding Flights to Two New Islands: Martinique and Guadeloupe  

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Together, they make up the undisputed rum capital of the world. But it’s not just their unrivaled sugarcane that makes the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe so fascinating to visit. The rainforests. The volcanos. The exquisite French Caribbean fusion […]

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Rum Journal: In St Thomas, a Rum Bar With a View 

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Sushi. Poke. Rum. The sign at the entrance makes a rather compelling case. But the biggest selling point at the US Virgin Islands’ newest rum bar, Sugarfin, sn’t any of those things.  It’s the view.  Here at the legendary Frenchman’s Reef […]

Rum Journal: A Legendary Rum Bar in Athens, Greece, Baba Au Rhum

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We’ve written often in these pages of the joy of the Rum Bar, a bar that celebrates the best of Caribbean rum-making with a diverse, robust selection of rums from across the region.  For years, such bars were few and […]

Rum Journal: The Caribbean’s Best New Rum Is From Grenada 

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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

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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 […]

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A New 1,100-Acre Residential Resort Project in Puerto Rico 

Think of it as Puerto Rico’s version of Palmetto Bluff: a 1,100-acre private residential resort community, with everything from a luxury hotel to a championship golf course to a 100-acre organic farm.  The rise of luxury residential resort developments has […]


“Major” Redevelopment, Expansion for Bermuda’s Fairmont Southampton

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An affiliate of real estate giant Gencom has closed on a $550 million recapitalization of the 593-key Fairmont Southampton resort in Bermuda.  Gencom’s plan is a “major” redevelopment and expansion of the Bermuda resort. The move follows Gencom’s refinancing earlier […]


This is the Most Expensive Listing in The Bahamas Right Now

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A $42 million home has hit the market in The Bahamas, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The home, Zehava, was designed by legendary architect Thierry Despont; it’s currently the most expensive publicly-listed property in The Bahamas right now, according to […]


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ASTA CEO Zane Kerby on What Travel Agents Need to Know About the Caribbean Right Now

On the heels of its recent Caribbean Showcase event that brought more than 250 advisors to Sandals Royal Curacao, the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) is already looking ahead to next year’s event, planning ways to prepare advisors for […]


Iberostar’s Newest Caribbean Resort Has an Opening Date 

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Iberostar’s highly-anticipated new adults-only resort in the Caribbean now has an opening date, Caribbean Travel Advisor has learned. So when is it opening its doors?  The new Joia Aruba by Iberostar is set to welcome its first guests right before […]


Sandals and Beaches Just Launched a Fall Sale on Their Resorts in Jamaica 

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Sandals Resorts International has launched a fall sale for its Sandals and Beaches resorts in the Caribbean.  The Experience Jamaica sale, which is commissionable for travel agents, includes a $350 air credit on stays of five or six nights.  It […]