The New List: New Caribbean Hotels to Visit in 2015

By: - January 21st, 2015
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Above: the Marriott Port-au-Prince in Haiti

Last year was full of great new hotel openings in the Caribbean, and 2015 should be more of the same. There are new hotels slated to open across the region, some large, some small, along with some cool properties that just opened at the tail end of 2015. Here are favourites, from those that just debuted to those whose doors will open at some point in 2015.

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Marriott Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Set for a soft opening next month, the Marriott project is as much about boosting the local community in Haiti as it is about hospitality. In what could be a new kind of urban hotel model, Marriott’s Port-au-Prince hotel will be focused on the local and the sustainable, from sourcing Haitian coffee to Haitian-inspired cuisine to weekly local art markets.

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Jamaica’s Parliament to Vote on Move to Caribbean Court of Justice

Above: the Caribbean Court of Justice in Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Since it gained independence in 1962, Jamaica’s final court of appeal has been the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. That could change, though, when the country’s House of Representatives votes on bills that would make the Caribbean […]

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Dominica’s Search for a Long-Lost Bird

Above: a Diablotin By the Caribbean Journal staff The highest mountain in Dominica is called Morne Diablotins. It gets its name from the Diablotin, the “black-capped petrel.” But a Diablotin bird hasn’t nested in Dominica in more than 150 years — or so it’s thought. A new project in Dominica is searching for the rare and […]

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Grenada Announces Appointment of New Macroeconomic Advisor

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada has announced the appointment of A. Michael Batiste as the country’s new Macroeconomic Advisor. Baptiste will be based in the Ministry of Finance and Energy, according to a government release. A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Baptiste is an economist and public policy analyst whose […]

InselAir Begins New Aruba-Brazil Flights

 Above: an InselAir plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Dutch Caribbean air carrier InselAir has officially launched service between Aruba and the Brazilian city of Manaus. The three-hour InselAir flight to the city arrived in Brazil carrying 80 passengers. “By launching this route we offer passengers from all our destinations via Aruba, and later this […]

Donna Karan Is Selling Her Turks and Caicos Retreat for $39 Million

 Above: Donna Karan’s Turks and Caicos compound (all photos: Paradise Photography) By the Caribbean Journal staff Globally-renowned designer Donna Karan has listed part of her retreat in the Turks and Caicos Islands for sale, according to Christie’s International Real Estate, which has the exclusive listing on the property. The seven-acre beachfront property has hit the market […]

Guyana Sets Date for General Elections

 Above: an InselAir plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Dutch Caribbean air carrier InselAir has officially launched service between Aruba and the Brazilian city of Manaus. The three-hour InselAir flight to the city arrived in Brazil carrying 80 passengers. “By launching this route we offer passengers from all our destinations via Aruba, and later this […]

United States Sends Envoy to Cuba

 Above: US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S Jacobson By the Caribbean Journal staff A United States envoy is visiting Cuba this week for talks aimed at re-establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries. US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S Jacobson launches her visit in Havana Wednesday; the […]