The Cool List: The Caribbean’s Coolest Hotels in 2015

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Ladera, St Lucia

What is it about the Pitons? St Lucia’s famous geological formations have a magnetic pull, a Siren-like call. You simply must look at them. And you must keep looking at them. And there’s nowhere better than at the eco-lux resort that invented the three-walled genre, Ladera, home to magnificently designed lodge-style rooms, all of which have their own private pools.


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A New Kind of Caribbean Guesthouse Opens in Puerto Rico

Above: the Dream Inn By the Caribbean Journal staff This is the Caribbean’s newest bed and breakfast, and it’s not quite like any other guest house in the region. It’s modern, it’s artful, it’s a bit funky. It’s called the Dream Inn, and it’s now open in the Ocean Park area of San Juan, Puerto Rico. […]


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Above: the Ara smartphone (all photos by Google) By the Caribbean Journal staff Google’s revolutionary new smartphone project is getting its first test in the Caribbean. The global tech giant will be launching the pilot test of its Project Ara smartphone in the Puerto Rico market, the company announced Wednesday. Project Ara is a modular smartphone, […]

Another New Condo-Hotel Project Breaks Ground in St Kitts

Above: a rendering of the project By the Caribbean Journal staff Another new condominium-hotel project has broken ground in fast-growing St Kitts. The T-Loft hotel and condo project at Pirate’s Nest in Frigate Bay has officially launched. The $40 million project is slated to include 246 rooms upon completion, including 41 condominium units across six […]

Pedro Martinez Named Goodwill Ambassador By Dominican Republic

Above: the Ara smartphone (all photos by Google) By the Caribbean Journal staff Google’s revolutionary new smartphone project is getting its first test in the Caribbean. The global tech giant will be launching the pilot test of its Project Ara smartphone in the Puerto Rico market, the company announced Wednesday. Project Ara is a modular smartphone, […]

American Airlines’ Latin America, Caribbean Traffic Declined Last Month

Above: an American airlines plane (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff It was a rough month for American Airlines in December in the Latin America and Caribbean region, with revenue passenger miles dropping by 6.2 percent year over year. The load factor for the Latin America-Caribbean region stood at 77.2 percent in December, down […]