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Month: March 2016

News

One of the Caribbean’s Best Rum Companies Has Been Sold

One of the Caribbean’s best distilleries has a new owner. The St Lucia Distillers group of companies has been acquired by Martinique-based Group Bernard Hayot, which owns two of Martinique’s top rum distilleries: Rhum Clement and Rhum JM. “The acquisition […]

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10 Ways You Can Help Protect Caribbean Reefs

By Lisa K Terry CJ Contributor Here in the U.S. Virgin Islands, like all over the Caribbean, we depend on our reefs for tourism, to protect our coastlines, beaches and favorite marine creatures, and to support recreational and commercial fisheries. […]

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This Caribbean Hospital Just Went Solar

St. Lucia’s National Mental Wellness Center has launched a new solar photovoltaic system that will enable it to operate on renewable energy. The hospital, which provides specialized services to citizens suffering with mental illness, now has the capacity to generate […]

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Grand Bahama’s Grand Lucayan Resort Heads to Auction

The Grand Lucayan resort complex in Grand Bahama is for sale. The 409-acre resort, the largest on Grand Bahama, is being sold in a sealed bid auction by its owner, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Property Holdings Limited. […]


Five Beach Towns to Retire to

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For some, the ultimate retirement in the islands is in a far-off place with just palm trees, sand and water. But for others, it’s about finding a community. But the Caribbean makes it possible to find both: the bucolic, idyllic beach […]


A Caribbean Map That Shows How Big the Region Really Is

The Caribbean Map covers a really big place. But how big is it really? And where are its “borders?” Where is Aruba? What’s the Caribbean country that’s closest to South America? These are the kind of questions we have gotten […]

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A Record-Breaking Home Sale in Grand Cayman

A home in Grand Cayman’s Vista del Mar community has sold for around $8 million, according to Cayman’s International Realty Group, which handled the transaction. The sale was a record price for a luxury single-family home in the Cayman Islands, […]


InselAir Launching Aruba-Colombia Flights

Dutch Caribbean airline InselAir said it would be relaunching its nonstop flights between Aruba and Medllin, Colombia. The company said demand had increased due to the removal of visa requirements for Colombians coming to Aruba. InselAir will be operating the flights […]


How to Travel to Bonaire Right Now, For Less

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It’s outside of the hurricane belt, meaning that the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire is just as great in the summertime. It also means that you can head to this diving and foodie paradise in the Dutch Caribbean in the […]

Caribbean Video

VIDEO: The British Virgin Islands’ Superyacht Regatta

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It’s one of the newest events on the global superyacht circuit. But it’s also become one of the best. Last week saw the Loro Piano Caribbean Superyacht Regatta, with superyachts from around the world heading to the Yacht Club Costa […]


7 Caribbean Treehouse Hotels

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You’re up in the leaves, just the sounds of birds and hoot owls and the sand down below. This is not the beach experience; it’s something else. This is a different Caribbean, a rustic, natural place where you can disconnect […]


How to Stay All-Inclusive at This Megaresort Right Now

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It’s not really a hotel, is it? The Atlantis, Paradise Island resort has long been more than a resort – it’s a destination in its own right. And that’s what the hotel’s executives themselves will tell you — for a […]


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