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Month: April 2015

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Rum Journal: A Hidden Bar on the Caribbean’s Oldest Street

Above: the lobby bar at the Hostal Nicolas de Ovando in Santo Domingo (All photos by CJ) This bar isn’t very old. But the building is. It’s been aging for half a millennium, a place that was once home to […]

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Dominican Republic Tourism Conference Launches in Punta Cana

Above: Punta Cana (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PUNTA CANA — The largest tourism conference in the Caribbean’s most popular destination is now underway. DATE, the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange, officially launched its 2015 edition on Tuesday night with a […]

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Starwood Planning to Open Sheraton Hotel in Cozumel

Above: Cozumel By the Caribbean Journal staff Starwood Hotels and Resorts is expanding in Cozumel. The company announced this week that it had signed an agreement with Inmobiliaria Punta Tormentos to open a Sheraton hotel on the island off the […]

What Do Economic and Social Change Look Like in Jamaica?

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor PERHAPS the question I get asked most frequently is about the economy and the prospects for it. One of the things I hate the most is when people engage you on the economy and ask […]


Carnival Adding New Cruises From San Juan, Puerto Rico

Above: Carnival Victory By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival is repositioning its Victory cruise ship to San Juan, the company announced Tuesday. The company will be offering week-long southern Caribbean cruises on Victory beginning Nov. 6, 2016, according to a […]


Expanding Intra-Regional Caribbean Travel

Above: Antigua (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff How can intra-regional travel in the Eastern Caribbean be expanded? That was the question at a recent summit in Antigua and Barbuda to discuss an OECS-commissioned study on the factors inhibiting […]

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The Cayman Islands Just Set a Record For Tourist Arrivals

Above: the Cayman Islands By the Caribbean Journal The Cayman Islands just set a record for tourist arrivals. The territory received 45,467 stayover visitors in March, the largest number of stayover visitors arriving to the island one month in its […]


Aruba Tourism Is Booming

Above: Aruba By the Caribbean Journal staff Tourism to Aruba is booming so far in 2015, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The Dutch Caribbean island received 294,411 stopover tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2015, […]


Rum Journal: Finding a Great Lobby Bar in Santo Domingo

Above: the lobby bar at the Sheraton Santo Domingo The lobby bar. At most hotels, it sets the tone for everything — it’s the first part of the hotel you notice. It welcomes you. It is the central meeting point. […]

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New $300 Million Mixed-Use Resort Project Breaks Ground in Antigua

Above: the Pearns Point site By the Caribbean Journal staff A major new project has officially broken ground in Antigua. The $300 million Pearns Point project began in earnest with a ceremony this week. The project is slated to include […]


This is Expedia’s Top-Producing Market in the Caribbean

Above: Punta Cana (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell Punta Cana was the top producing market for Expedia in the Caribbean region last year, according to new data released by the company. Punta Cana saw a 50 percent growth in travel […]


Royalton to Open Hotel in Negril

Above: the Grand Lido Negril By the Caribbean Journal staff Blue Diamond’s Royalton brand is planning to open a resort in Negril. The company has announced that it would be opening the Royalton Negril at the former Grand Lido Resort […]


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