?>

Month: December 2016

News

A Reimagined Waterpark at the Hilton Rose Hall

Jamaica’s Hilton Rose Hall resort has “reimagined” its Sugar Mill Falls Water Park, the property announced. The $400,000 renovation project included new blue mosaic tiling, a new coping, a repainted 280-foot waterslide and a new windmill, among other changes. The […]

News

Jamaica's Grand Lido Resort Is Coming Back

Grand Lido

A legendary au naturel resort returns By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Grand Lido is back! Blue Diamond Resorts announced today that the clothing-optional hotel brand first conceived in the 1990s in Negril, Jamaica, will be revived in that same […]

News

The Caribbean’s Best Beach Rum Bar

Beach Rum Bar

We’ve long extolled the virtues of the rum bar in these pages: that is, bars that go beyond trivial cocktail rum and offer a serious, diverse offering of rums on the menu. But none of these bars has ever been […]

News

Marriott Opens Courtyard Hotel in Bonaire

Bonaire has its first branded hotel By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor There’s a new resort on Bonaire, and it’s the first branded hotel on the Dutch-Caribbean island. Marriott’s new Courtyard Bonaire, built in the traditional Dutch Caribbean style, opened on […]


Southwest Airlines to Put Wi-Fi on All of Its Planes

Southwest Airlines is planning to have Wi-Fi on all of its planes by the end of 2017, the carrier announced. The news follows agreements by Southwest with both Panasonic Avionics Corporation and Global Eagle Entertainment. The Panasonic deal provides for […]


Ocean Riviera Paradise Resort Opens in Playa del Carmen

The Ocean Riviera Paradise resort opened its doors on Thursday in the Riviera Maya. The Playa del Carmen-area resort is the third property by Ocean by H10 Hotels in Mexico and the company’s eighth in the wider Caribbean-Mexico region. Ocean […]

News

Antigua’s Blue Waters Resort Completes Renovation

Antigua’s Blue Waters Resort and Spa has completed the newest phase of a major resort-wide renovation. The upgrade, which follows previously completed updates to guestrooms and the fitness center, includes new services and amenities, refurbishments to the hotel’s Rock Cottage […]


Six Pink Sand Beaches in the Caribbean

Ranging in color from blinding ivory to exotic ebony, beaches are some of the Caribbean’s most valuable stock in trade, drawing sand-and-sea lovers from all over the world. But none are as enchanting as those pink-sand beaches, which practically beg […]


New Nonstop Flights to Puerto Rico

There’s a new wave of nonstop flights to the island of Puerto Rico. US-based Allegiant Air has launched nonstop service to Puerto Rico from three airports: Orlando, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. The flights began operating on Dec. 14. “Allegiant’s arrival in […]

News

A Great Little Food Kiosk in Martinique

It’s hidden on the road to Habitation Clement, a daily staple of Le Francois in Martinique. It’s also one of Martinique’s best-kept secrets. It would be so easy to drive right by this little stall next to a supermarket — but […]


What Cuba Means for Caribbean Travel

new york cuba cruises

Looking ahead in Cuba By Alex Zozaya CEO of Apple Leisure Group History was recently made when American Airlines and Jet Blue became the first U.S. airlines to land passenger flights in Havana in more than 50 years. More U.S. […]


Three Places Where You Can Swim With Stingrays in the Caribbean

Stingrays

Feeling the sting By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Of all the wet and wild adventures you can have in the Caribbean, swimming with stingrays has got to be one of the most fun. Who doesn’t want to cavort with […]


SUBSCRIBE!

Sign up for Caribbean Journal's free newsletter for a daily dose of beaches, hotels, rum and the best Caribbean travel information on the net.


No. Thank You