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Hotel Tracker: Wyndham Reef Resort, Grand Cayman for $253 a Night

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The latest Hotel Tracker found oceanfront pricing at Wyndham Reef Resort in Grand Cayman starting at $253 per night, with availability for travel from March 2 through March 6, according to rates we found on Google Hotels. For late winter in the Cayman Islands, this rate stands out, particularly for a resort where every suite faces directly […]

Tobago Topped 1 Million Visitors in 2013

Above: Tobago (Caribbean Journal photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of Tobago received just over 1 million visitors in 2013 for the first time its history, according to Tobago’s Secretary of Tourism and Transportation, Tracy Davidson-Celestine. A large portion of that came from the domestic market in Trinidad (on ferries and by air), […]

Air Canada Adding New Flight to Curaçao

Above: Curaçao (Caribbean Journal photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Air Canada is ramping up its service to Curaçao. The Canadian carrier will be launching new nonstop service from Montreal to Curaçao on Jan. 1, 2015. The company will also be turning its seasonal Toronto-Curaçao service into year-round service. The Montreal-Curaçao flights will operate on […]

British Virgin Islands Gets $35 Million Loan For Cruise Pier Expansion

Above: the signing ceremony (BVIPA/A Glasgow) By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands, through the British Virgin Islands Ports Authority, has obtained a $35 million loan for its planned cruise pier expansion project. The deal was closed last week with FirstCaribbean International Bank, signed by BVIPA Chairman Edward de Castro, Managing Director Claude […]


Air Canada Adding New Flight to Curaçao

Above: Sri Mulyani Indrawati (World Bank Photo/Dominic Chavez) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is seeing “visible progress,” according to World Bank Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who recently concluded a three-day visit to the country. “The Haiti I saw over the last days is very different from the country I […]

St Kitts' Hotel Development Boom

Above: construction at the Kittitian Hill project in St Kitts (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell ST KITTS — This may be a relatively small island, but it seems hard to go anywhere here without seeing a new hotel or condominium project popping up. That’s because the Caribbean’s smallest sovereign country is undergoing a hotel development […]

A New Governor-General in the Bahamas

Above: Dame Marguerite Pindling (centre) (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas has a new Governor-General: Dame Marguerite Pindling, the widow of the country’s first Prime MInister, Sir Lynden Pindling. Dame Marguerite was sworn in on Tuesday as the country’s 10th Governor-General, succeeding Sir Arthur Foulkes, who demitted office the same day. “I […]

JetBlue Launches New Bahamas Flight

Above: a JetBlue plane By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue has officially launched service from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Nassau, Bahamas. The service, which began late last month, is part of a wider expansion at the Washington-based airport. The daily nonstop flights depart Washington at around 10:59 AM local time. The addition of […]

New Executive Chef at Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach

Above: the Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach By the Caribbean Journal staff The Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach has a new executive chef. The resort announced Tuesday that Sandy Tuason had been named the property’s new top chef. Tuason comes to the property from the New York Palace, where he worked for two […]

Montserrat Planning to Join CARICOM Single Market

Above: Montserrat By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat is planning to join the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, Premier Reuben Meade said following the recent Heads of Government meeting in Antigua and Barbuda. Montserrat is a founding member of CARICOM, but had not yet acceded to the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and participated in the […]

New Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana

Above: New Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana Lineu Pupo de Paula and Guyana President Donald Ramotar By the Caribbean Journal staff Brazil has named its new Ambassador to Guyana, Lineu Pupo de Paula. The new Brazilian envoy recently presented his letters of credence to Guyana President Donald Ramotar, pledging to focus on “strengthening relations and to […]

Haiti, Dominican Republic Set to Resume Talks in Juan Dolio

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and Dominican Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo earlier this year (Photo: DICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the Dominican Republic will resume their planned bilateral dialogue in a meeting on Thursday in the Dominican town of Juan Dolio. The new talks were announced Monday by Dominican […]

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