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Month: February 2016

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New Resort Project Coming to Antigua

Antigua and Barbuda’s hotel development pipeline continues to grow. The latest announced project is a 10-acre, 150-room hotel on Valley Church beach in Antigua. The project is a joint public-private one between the government of Antigua and Barbuda, the government […]

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Playa del Carmen Resort Names GM

Playa del Carmen’s Mahekal Beach Resort has named Julian Smaldoni its general manager, the property announced. Smaldoni will be managing all operational aspects of the 196-room property on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. The property recently completed a $16 million renovation project. […]

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InterCaribbean Airways Launching Turks and Caicos-Cuba Flights

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Regional air carrier InterCaribbean Airways is launching flights between Providenciales, Turks and Caicos and Havana, the company announced this week. The new nonstop flights will launch May 1. Outbound flights from Turks and Caicos will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays, […]

Op-Ed: De-Risking the Caribbean

De-risking: Between Rock and Hard Place in the Caribbean By Andrew Enriquez Op-Ed Contributor The correspondent banking system in Latin America and the Caribbean has recently been facing increasing pressure, so much so that institutions like the World Bank and the Financial Action Task Force […]


VIDEO: 12 Seconds on the Beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

In Punta Cana, it’s where everyone wants to be: on the famous white-sand swath that fringes the Dominican Republic’s eastern coast. It’s the playground of sun-seekers from all over the world. And from this vantage point on the Club Med […]


A New $200 Million Hotel Project Is Coming to the Exumas

By Alexander Britell Is this a game-changing hotel for the Out Islands of the Bahamas? The Bahamian government has signed a “heads of agreement” for a $200 million luxury resort in the Exumas. The eco-friendly resort will be located on […]

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Haiti Reaches Deal for Transitional Government

Haiti has reached a deal for a transitional government after President Michel Martelly’s term expired without an elected successor. Under the terms of the agreement, which was reached 22 hours before Martelly’s term expired, Haiti’s Parliament will elect an interim […]


St Croix Is Planning a Major New Resort Project

Could St Croix get a major new resort? That’s the plan by the government of the US Virgin Islands, which is looking to bring a four-star resort project to the island. US Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp said his administration […]


What’s Next for Jamaica’s Economy

Looking ahead By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor In 1961, when Jamaica voted by referendum to withdraw from the West Indies Federation, Dr Eric Williams, then Premier of Trinidad and Tobago, said “one from ten leaves nought”. This statement can be […]

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One of the World's Best Sandcastle Sculptors Is Coming to Anguilla

Sand sculpture in Anguilla By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Sand sculptor Matt Long (aka Sandman Matt) will bring his talents to Anguilla’s Maundays Bay next month, when he creates one of his original masterpieces on the beach of Cap […]


Bahamas’ Deep Water Cay Plans $168 Million Expansion, Six Senses Resort

Another big project is coming to the Bahamas. The Deep Water Cay resort community in the Bahamas is planning a major expansion, the country’s government announced this week. The Bahamian government has approved a $168 million expansion of the island’s […]


VIDEO: Antigua, Guatemala: Portal to Another World

It is one of the far reaches of the Caribbean Basin — Guatemala, the heart of the Mayan world. That’s because it has a small but robust Caribbean coastline, making it a rich part of the wider Caribbean. And the […]


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