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These Caribbean Beach Bars Come With Their Own Hotels

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Some people book a hotel for the pool, others for the spa. But for a certain kind of traveler, it’s all about the bar — and not just any bar, but one that’s right on the sand, where the sound of the surf mixes with music and cocktails. These are the beach bars that became […]

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 is that the goods sector has grown 4.4 per cent, with manufacturing up 9.7 per […]

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 is building at St James Point in Grand Cayman. TEN Arquitectos was tapped this week […]

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 addition of a new infinity pool and Ocean Pool Grill. The renovation at the legendary […]

This is the Caribbean’s Coolest New Hotel Project

 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 Bimini’s North Bimini Seaplane Base at Resorts World Bimini. Beginning Jan. 18, 2016, four daily […]

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 sand. This is a little taste of Half Moon.

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 a very proud moment for us to begin operations in this new destination with which […]

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 Indigo Beach Resort and Spa. The property, about one hour from Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint L’ouverture International […]

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 challenge for would-be vintners (along with the fact that very few have ever tried it) […]

VIDEO: A Quick Trip to Sugar Reef, Bequia

 It’s the most charming hotel in Bequia: Sugar Reef, the boutique hotel with just eight rooms on a magical beach in the Grenadines. The property is set on a 65-acre coconut plantation on the edge of a quarter-mile-long beach. It’s a throwback to another era of Caribbean travel — four -poster-beds, stone walls, total privacy. […]

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 it’s of course no longer a working fort, there are several batteries extant, and you […]

OAS Mission to Observe St Vincent and the Grenadines Elections

 A mission from the Organization of American States is observing this week’s general elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines. The mission, which arrived on Dec. 3, will observe the Dec. 9 vote. The mission is being led by Ambassador Jacinth Henry-Martin, Chief of Staff to OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro, and includes observers from […]