Six Ways to Spend This Valentine’s Day in the Caribbean

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - February 6th, 2015

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Valentines Day is just around the corner and savvy gift-givers know that a Whitman’s Sampler and some street-vendor roses just aren’t going to cut it. Instead, why not spirit your sweetie away on an amorous Caribbean adventure? These six lovey-dovey deals make it easy to enjoy some tropical together time.

British Virgin Islands

Private-isle resort Scrub Island is offering a Luxe in Love package February 11 through 17. The four-night deal includes stay in a two-bedroom hillside villa, butler service, and a half-day of pampering in the spa. It’ll set you back $16,500 per couple, but nobody said love was cheap, did they?

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OAS to Observe Elections in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Above: the signing ceremony in Washington (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States will be observing the general elections in St Kitts and Nevis later this month. OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and St Kitts and Nevis’ Permanent Representative to the OAS, Jacintha Lorna Henry-Martin, signed an […]

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The Newest Member of the OECS

Above: Fort de France, Martinique (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The French Caribbean just got a whole lot closer to the rest of the region. In a ceremony this week in Fort-de-France, the French Caribbean department of Martinique officially joined the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States as an associate member, the first-ever French […]

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Robin Thicke, Jimmy Cliff to Headline St Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival

Above: Robin Thicke By the Caribbean Journal staff Music superstars including Robin Thicke and Jimmy Cliff will be among those headlining this year’s St Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival. The event, now in its 24th year, begins April 25 with a lineup that also includes stars like Jon Secada, Beres Hammond and Arturo Tappin. The […]

Bob Marley’s Land Rover is Back

Above: Bob Marley’s Land Rover By the Caribbean Journal staff In time for the 70th anniversary of the birth of Bob Marley, the Land Rover Defender the music superstar once owned has now been restored. The matte-blue 1977 Series III Land Rover has been completely restored “from clutch to chassis,” thanks to efforts by Sandals […]

How Many People Visited Jamaica in 2014

Above: Jamaica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica received just over 2.08 million stayover tourist arrivals in 2014, according to newly-released data from the Ministry of Tourism. That represented a 3.6 percent increase over 2013, when the country topped 2 million visitors for the first time. The growth was buoyed by a 10.7 […]

Hemingway in Cuba

Above: Bob Marley’s Land Rover By the Caribbean Journal staff In time for the 70th anniversary of the birth of Bob Marley, the Land Rover Defender the music superstar once owned has now been restored. The matte-blue 1977 Series III Land Rover has been completely restored “from clutch to chassis,” thanks to efforts by Sandals […]

Six Quick Caribbean Getaways

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor The Caribbean is so close to North America and yet, with connections, lengthy layovers and the almost inevitable flight delays, it can feel SO far away. However, if you live in the South, Northeast or Midwest, you’re in luck. Non-stop morning service to these destinations will have you lounging […]