Flights

JetBlue Is Bringing Back Fort Lauderdale Flights to the Cayman Islands This Winter

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The descent into Grand Cayman is always striking — turquoise water glinting in the sun, white sand stretching along the coast, and the island’s green interior unfolding below. Beginning this winter, that view will be within easy reach again from South Florida. JetBlue is resuming year-round flights from Ft. Lauderdale to Owen Roberts International Airport, […]

Caribbean-Mexico Hotel Pipeline Up 10 Percent

The Caribbean-Mexico hotel pipeline continues to expand. The wider region showed 31,866 rooms in 185 hotels under contract in the Caribbean and Mexico last month, a 10.2 percent increase in rooms under contract compared to February 2015, according to a new report from STR. The region also posted a 42.2 percent year-over-year increase in rooms […]

How You Can Learn to Meditate in Puerto Rico

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort has launched a new meditation experience, Be Here, Be Now, in partnership with Michael Miller, Director of New York Meditation Center and London Meditate Centre. The experience offers guests access to Miller’s meditation expertise and provides them with guidance in connecting with the property’s […]

Winair Cleared for More Caribbean Expansion

Winair could soon have a new hub in the Caribbean. The regional airline has been officially granted “airline” designation by St Kitts and Nevis Aviation Minister Mark Brantley. That means the carrier is now allowed to originate and terminate flights from St Kitts and Nevis to a third country in the region, according to MD […]


How You Can Learn to Meditate in Puerto Rico

The United States. The United Kingdom. Canada. These have long been, unsurprisingly, the hubs for travel to the Caribbean. But now the region is looking to expand its tourism numbers — by looking to Europe. Karolin Troubetzkoy, president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, says she sees Germany and other European countries as a region […]

The Best Places to Shop in the Caribbean

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor People experience the Caribbean through several prisms: food, nature, rum, and beaches, to name a few. But my experience of a given destination revolves around its “shopportunities,” authentic local art, craft and design that I just have to have. Buying a handmade bag or a bottle of banana ketchup […]

This Is Your Next Caribbean Food Festival

It’s billed as the largest culinary festival in the Caribbean — and now it’s back again for a ninth year. Saborea, the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association’s culinary extravaganza on San Juan’s Playa Escambron, will take place from April 7 to 10, bringing together gastronomic creations from more than 70 local restaurants and gathering […]

Why You Need to Drink Here When You’re in Montserrat

It was just last December that I made my first trip to the tiny volcanic island of Montserrat. But I’m already looking forward to my return. How can I be so sure I’ll visit again? Because I drank from Runaway Ghaut. On the main road just north of the town of Salem the ghaut (pronounced […]

Richard Branson’s New British Virgin Islands Retreat

Move over, Necker. Sir Richard Branson has unveiled a new island retreat in the British Virgin Islands on the other private island he owns, Moskito Island. The villa, which is part of the Virgin Limited Edition collection, is now available to hire exclusively for stays of 22 guests. The villa complex is comprised of three villas: […]

There’s Now a Solar-Powered Microbrewery in the Caribbean

The Caribbean microbrewery movement is very much in full swing. More and more microbreweries are popping up around the region, particularly at hotels, like the Hyatt Ziva Cancun and the Capella Marigot Bay in St Lucia. Now, there’s another new microbrewery in the Caribbean — but it’s got an extra asset: it’s solar-powered. The Cooper […]

5 Exotic Destinations to Visit Right Now in the Caribbean

“Exotic” means a lot of things to a lot of people. But it always means something different, something unusual. Exotic islands are not like the islands you’re used to. They’re places where you find something unique, something beautiful, something mysterious. In the Caribbean, there are still exotic places all over the region, some private, some public, all […]

How to Get One of the Best Views in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Is this the best view in all of San Juan, Puerto Rico? It’s certainly in the conversation. This is the view at one of the two new top-floor luxury penthouse suites at the San Juan Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino, set in the increasingly chic neighborhood of Condado. The rooms are the 1094-square-foot Vice Presidential […]