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Month: December 2015

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Air Canada Sees Big Boost in Latin America, Caribbean Traffic

Air Canada is showing strong growth in the Caribbean. The carrier posted 420 million revenue passenger miles to the region last month, a 12.3 percent improvement over November 2014. Air Canada also reported a 2.7 percentage-point increase in load factor […]

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Copa, Lufthansa Sign Codeshare Agreement

Germany has a new gateway to the Caribbean Basin. Copa Airlines and Lufthansa have signed a codeshare agreement for Copa flights to regional destinations, the two companies announced. Copa flights in the current winter schedule from Miami to Panama are […]

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Jamaica Is Getting a Major Tourism Boost From Mexico

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Quietly, a major new tourism player has emerged in Jamaica. No, it’s not Spain. Nor is it China. It’s closer to home: Mexico. That country’s investors have been responsible for much of the island’s major tourism investments over the last […]

What Jamaica Needs for Sustainable Growth

A recipe for sustainable expansion By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor The Planning Institute of Jamaica has reported good news that the economy is estimated to have grown by 1.5 per cent for the July to September 2015 quarter. Of note […]


This is the Caribbean’s Coolest New Hotel Project

It just might be the boldest Caribbean hotel design we’ve ever seen. And it’s certainly the coolest new hotel design in years. This is TEN Arquitectos’ new design for a $250 million mixed-use luxury resort that Beach Bay Land Limited […]


A New Look at the One&Only Ocean Club

One of the best hotels in the Caribbean has unveiled a new look. The One&Only Ocean Club has completed its resort-wide enhancement project. The five-month, multimillion-dollar renovation focused on the resort’s historic Hartford Wing, including a complete redesign and the […]

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Cape Air Is Launching Regular Seaplane Flights to Bimini

Cape Air has partnered with Resorts World Bimini to bring regularly scheduled seaplane service from Miami to North Bimini in the Bahamas, the company announced. The regularly-scheduled flights will begin Dec. 21, with two daily flights between Fort Lauderdale and […]


Copa Launches Belize Flights

Panama-based air carrier Copa Airlines has officially begun service between Panama and Belize. The airline’s first flight from Panama to Belize arrived on Tuesday carrying 92 passengers. Belize becomes Copa’s seventh destination in Central America. “For COPA Airlines this is […]


VIDEO: On the Beach at Half Moon, Jamaica

It’s one of the most iconic hotels in the Caribbean – Half Moon, the legendary resort in Montego Bay. The hotel gets its name from the crescent-shaped Half Moon Bay where the property began – a tranquil, marvelous stretch of […]

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A Big New Hotel Opens in Haiti

Haiti has its first major all-inclusive resort in decades. In what could provide a significant boost to the country’s inchoate tourism sector, the onetime Club Med property on Haiti’s Cote des Arcadins has been transformed into the new Royal Decameron […]


The Caribbean's First Major Vineyard. Yes — Wine From the Caribbean

Wine? From the Caribbean? And no, we don’t mean tropical fruit wine, from mangos or “ginger wine” from Jamaica. We mean wine — from actual grapes. Made in the Caribbean. While the Caribbean’s rainy climate has often posed an insurmountable […]


A Secret Wonder of St Vincent and the Grenadines

It’s one of the great wonders of St Vincent and the Grenadines, but you may not have heard of it: the towering pinnacle called Fort Duvernette off Young Island. The rock is a 195-foot-high volcanic “plug” made of basalt. While […]


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