Where These Celebrities Spent the Holidays in the Caribbean

By: - January 2nd, 2016

Where celebrities spent the holidays

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon
Travel Editor

If you spent the holidays in the Caribbean you were in good company; several celebrities swapped sunshine for snow and enjoyed some downtime in our favorite part of the world.

Social media was abuzz with sightings of Justin Bieber in Anguilla, where he soaked up the sun on Meads Bay; gave an impromptu performance of his hit “Sorry” accompanied by Bankie Banx at the Dune Preserve; and relaxed with rumored girlfriend Hailey Baldwin.

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The couple spent New Year’s Eve on the neighboring island of St Barth.

Sisters Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton Rothschild were also in St Barth, where they were snapped (and got some selfies) shopping at designer boutiques in Gustavia, and sunbathing on a yacht anchored offshore.

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Also on hand in St Barth was music superstar Prince, who reportedly performed a private concert on a megayacht in Gustavia.

And then there was supermodel Christie Brinkley, who spent the holidays with her family on Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Of course, you don’t have to be a celebrity to go to some of the best hotels in the Caribbean — click here to find out about some of the celeb haunts you can try for yourself.

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