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10 Barbados Hotels for Labor Day Weekend Getaways, From Sandy Lane to a Pink-Sand Beach Resort

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Barbados is looking especially good for Labor Day this year. JetBlue is flying nonstop from New York to Barbados, and American Airlines is serving the island from both New York and Miami, giving travelers in two of the Caribbean’s biggest U.S. gateways several ways to turn the holiday into a long weekend. Labor Day falls […]

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How to Live on Pink Sands Beach

Pink Sands

Want to live on Harbour Island? The Pink Sands Resort, one of the region’s top hotels, has announced its first-ever real estate offering, with a combination of new and existing luxury cottages for a limited number of buyers with prices starting at $1.5 million. Each of the 25 villas are located throughout the resort’s 20 […]

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Robert De Niro Hotel Project in Barbuda Moving Ahead

Robert De Niro Hotel Project

One of the Caribbean’s most hotly-anticipated hotel projects is making progress: the Paradise Found project by Robert De Niro in Barbuda. The project, which was recently approved by Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Ambassador Gilbert Boustany, is slated to begin construction in early 2017, the government told Caribbean Journal. De Niro along […]

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This Anguilla Hotel Now Has Its Own Fish Market

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It’s a first-of-its-kind culinary experience in the Caribbean: a hotel with its own fish market. It’s the brainchild of the Zemi Beach House hotel in Anguilla: each week, the Zemi Beach House Fish Market sees local fishermen bring the fresh catch of the day to the shores of Shoal Bay. The fish is then barbecued […]


Robert De Niro Hotel Project in Barbuda Moving Ahead

Saddleback Cay, named for the shape it assumes when viewed from the sea, is home to seven major and minor beaches, a main house, and several ancillary cottages. The island is set upon over 90 feet of elevation, and boasts a commanding 360-degree view from one of the highest points in the Exumas. And it’s […]

This Cheese is Made in the Caribbean

Yes, there’s cheese made in the Caribbean By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor I’ve always found it surprising that despite the number of goats there are roaming the region, no Caribbean destination makes its own goat cheese. So on a trip to Barbados for Crop Over last I was pleased to learn that I was […]

The Caribbean’s Digital Switchover – And What It Means

What the switch means By Gerard Best CJ Contributor A shift from analog to digital television broadcast in the Caribbean could be a big boost for local content creators looking to produce and distribute original programs. Free, analog, over-the-air television broadcasting has already been replaced by digital television transmission is several parts of the world. […]

Antigua’s New Conservation Push on the Island of Redonda

One of the Caribbean’s largely unknown islands is getting a big new conservation boost. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced plans to remove goats and invasive rats from its most remote, offshore island, Redonda. The effort is aimed toward allowing endangered species and their habitats to recover. “I am immensely proud that my […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: The Old Railroad in Port Antonio

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Gregory Crawford, who sent in this terrific shot of the old railroad tracks in Port Antonio, Jamaica. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line. It could be the next one! — CJ

Peter Island Is Launching a Caribbean Food Festival

The Peter Island Resort & Spa Caribbean Food Festival will make its debut the weekend of November 11-12, 2016 in celebration of the British Virgin Islands’ “BVI Food Fete.” The resort will host top chefs and mixologists for a weekend of food and culinary competitions to raise funds to support the further education of the […]

VIDEO: Dover Beach, Barbados

A beautiful stretch of sand at Dover Beach Barbados By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor It’s 7:30 on an ordinary weekday morning. All around the world people are going about their business, getting ready for work; commuting; kissing their kids before sending them off to school. But I’m in Barbados, toes sunk deep into damp […]

Jamaica Plans New Artisan Village in Famouth

The government of Jamaica is planning to spend just over $7.8 million to develop the old Hampden wharf in Falmouth, Trelawny into an artisan village. The village will feature 300 shops where crafts and other indigenous products will be produced and sold. When completed, the artisan village is expected to complement the adjoining Falmouth pier, […]