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Barbados Has a Stunning Nature Sanctuary With an Inland Lake, Colorful Wildlife, and the Island’s Last Mangrove Forest

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It’s filled with parties, watering holes and a buzzing soundtrack. Everyone seems to be chirping about something. But this isn’t Barbados’ St. Lawrence Gap, although that’s just a few minutes away.  This is the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, and it’s a vibrant, colorful, dynamic portal to the island’s natural world — and one of the best examples […]

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Scrub Island Adds Four New Villas

The Scrub Island private-island resort in the British Virgin Islands has added four new villas to its portfolio. The new villa estates range from two to six bedrooms and from 3,000 to 6,000 interior square feet. “In addition to our nine existing villas, the new Longview Villas are a perfect complement to the luxurious accommodations […]

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Sandals Buying St. Lucia Golf Club

Sandals Resorts International is buying the Saint Lucia Golf Club, the company announced Wednesday. The only 18-hole golf course on the island, the par-71 Saint Lucia Golf Club is set on St. Lucia’s northern tip with 6,829 yards of green slopes, ponds and ancient tropical trees. Acquisition of the course is expected to be completed […]

Here's How U.S. Law Applies To Any Company Doing Business In Cuba

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By some estimates, when Cuba transitions to a market-oriented economy and resolves its various disputes with the U.S., the island nation will require more than $50 billion of investment to modernize its economy. Recent improvements in U.S.-Cuba relations have opened up some avenues of economic cooperation in terms of both trade and investment, but many […]


Sandals Buying St. Lucia Golf Club

Barbados boasts some of the best golf options in the Caribbean, and now one resort on the island is looking to create the perfect golf getaway. Elegant Hotels Group’s Turtle Beach Barbados all inclusive will be offering complimentary rounds of golf beginning Oct. 1, 2017. Guests will have daily access to the Barbados Golf Club facilities, part […]

PSP, ASUR Acquire 50 Percent Stake in San Juan Airport Operator

Canadian pension investment manager PSP Investments and Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste have acquired a combined 50 percent interest in Aerostar Airport Holdings LLC, which manages the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Aerostar has operated the airport since 2013. PSP, which is one of the largest pension investment managers in Canada, […]

Apple Vacations Adds New Michigan-Caribbean Flights

Apple Vacations has added new flights to its Exclusive Vacation Flight charter program out of Lansing, Michigan. The company will operate nonstop flights from Lansing to Cancun, Punta Cana and Jamaica starting Dec. 23. The Cancun flights will operate on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays; Punta Cana flights will operate Wednesdays and Saturdays and Montego Bay, […]

Norwegian Increasing Nonstop Flights to Martinique

Norwegian is expanding its flight service to the French Caribbean island of Martinique, Caribbean Journal has learned. The low-cost carrier is increasing its seasonal air service from 3 to 4 nonstop flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport and Martinique beginning Oct. 29. Caribbean Journal named Martinique the number one Caribbean destination to visit […]

Morgan Heritage to Headline Roots and Soul Music Festival in St. Lucia

There’s a new music festival to visit in the Caribbean this summer: Roots and Soul. The artist is dedicated to musicians “setting new trends” in genres including reggae, conscious hip-hop, Afro-punk and R&B, with concerts accompanied by master classes and encounters with artists. The festival, part of St. Lucia’s new “Soleil” music series this summer, […]

A New Place to Dive in Bimini

There’s another great new spot to dive in the Bimini archipelago of the Bahamas. The Bimini Scuba Center has sunk four vessels of various sizes and styles off of North Bimini, creating a future artificial reef and shipwreck site for divers. After raising an estimated half-million dollars, Neal Watson and the collaborative efforts of Resolve […]

Dream Hotel Group to Open Two Caribbean Hotels

The Dream Hotel Group is coming to the Caribbean. The hotel brand has announced plans to open two Dominican Republic hotels in the coming years, including The Time Dominican Republic and Unscripted Dominican Republic. The Time, which will be the company’s first Caribbean location, will be an “upper upscale” resort hotel with beachfront guestrooms and […]

The Caribbean’s Most Expensive Home

The Caribbean real estate market continues to heat up, from luxe villas in St. Barts to penthouses in San Juan. But there’s one Caribbean real estate listing that tops them all: Palazzate, the mega-manse in Barbados that’s currently the Caribbean’s most expensive home, according to real estate search portal Point2homes. The 20-bedroom, 24-bathroom direct beachfront estate […]

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