Hotels

This Caribbean Island’s Most Talked-About New Hotel Just Opened With 177 Suites, a Sky-High Infinity Pool — and It’s Now Part of Hilton

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There are plenty of places to stay in Grand Cayman. Beach resorts along Seven Mile Beach. Villas tucked into quieter corners of the island. Condos facing the water. What Grand Cayman hasn’t really had until now is a true city hotel in the center of George Town itself. That’s what makes the opening of ONE | GT one of the most […]

BP Chairman Visits Trinidad

Above: the meeting at the Trinidad Hilton By the Caribbean Journal staff BP plc Chairman Carl Henric Svanberg visited Trinidad and Tobago earlier this week, according to the country’s government. On Wednesday, Svanberg, who is also the chairman of Volvo, met with Trinidad Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine and Finance Minister Larry Howai at the Trinidad […]

Haiti: UN Warns of Possibility of "Yet Another Political Crisis"

Above: MINUSTAH Chief Sandra Honore (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is expressing concern about the continued delay in making progress toward holding long-awaited legislative elections in Haiti. In a statement issued by MINUSTAH Chief Sandra Honore, who is also the special representative of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in the […]

Cayman Islands, Belgium Sign Tax Information Exchange Agreement

Above: the signing ceremony By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands and Belgium have officially signed a tax information exchange agreement. Cayman Financial Services Minister Wayne Panton and Belgian Ambassador Godelieve Van den Bergh signed the agreement last week at the Government Administration Building in Grand Cayman. The tax information exchange agreement is the […]


Haiti: UN Warns of Possibility of "Yet Another Political Crisis"

Above: Netto Bar in Otrabanda (all photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell WILLEMSTAD — Two old fans beat on against the Caribbean heat, harder than any should have to work. A single fluorescent light at the back of the room is all the illumination necessary — the rest comes in glasses. This is the oldest bar […]

St Kitts Plans Push to Replant Coconut Palm Trees

Above: coconut palms By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts is looking to begin a wave of replanting after a disease decimated thousands of coconut palms across the island. The government’s Department of Agriculture has acquired 3,000 plants as part of a wider replanting programme following the incidence of The Red Palm Mite, Lethal Yellowing […]

St Lucia in Shock After Suspected Murder of Prominent Hotelier

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of St Lucia is in shock this week after the suspected murder of a prominent hotelier, Oliver “Ollie” Gobat, whose family owns the Cap Maison resort. After authorities found a charred body on the seat of a burned Range Rover over the weekend, Gobat’s parents […]

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