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United Airlines Is Going Daily to Barbados From Newark and Washington, D.C. for the Holiday Season

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A table at The Cliff. A week at Sandy Lane. A villa in Paynes Bay with the whole family coming in for Christmas. Barbados has long had its own version of the Caribbean festive season, one defined by packed hotels, hard-to-get restaurant reservations and repeat visitors who return every December. This year, United Airlines is putting considerably more seats […]

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DATE 2017 Conference Kicks Off With Gala Event

BAVARO — One of the Caribbean’s largest and most important annual tourism events has opened with a gala event at the Barcelo Bavaro Palace Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This week’s DATE, the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange, is being hosted by ASONAHORES, the trade association for Dominican Republic hotels. The event is sponsored by JetBlue […]

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This Is How to Make Jerk Duck Confit

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor With some friends staying over for a couple days I was challenged with feeding them breakfast and lunch while maintaining my busy schedule at the restaurant. They furthered this challenge by mentioning the fact that they were curious about duck meat since it wasn’t a protein readily available to them […]

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Carnival Building Major New Port in Grand Bahama

A major new cruise port is coming to the island of Grand Bahama. The government of the Bahamas has signed a heads of agreement with Carnival Cruise Lines for the new East Grand Bahama Cruise Port Development. “The Government of The Bahamas has had a long and close association with Carnival which has been of […]

This Is How to Make Jerk Duck Confit

 By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor We love it when hotels integrate the local culture into their offerings, bringing a sense of destination to what has the potential to be a generic Caribbean vacation. And at Riu Palace in Montego Bay, Jamaica, they’ve found a particularly charming way of doing so. Each evening during turndown […]

Windstar’s New James Beard Culinary Cruises

 Small-ship line Windstar has unveiled a new slate of cruises with a decided culinary focus, thanks to a partnership with the James Beard Foundation. Offered on eight sailings in Windstar’s diverse portfolio of cruise destinations, including the Caribbean, guests will have a chance to interact and taste creations from James Beard Foundation-selected chefs. Windstar’s Corporate […]

Royalton Expanding in the Caribbean

 Blue Diamond Resorts’ Royalton brand is expanding again in the Caribbean. The hotel has announced the development of the new Hideaway at Royalton Punta Cana, an adults-only resort that will be adjacent to the company’s existing Royalton Punta Cana property. The announcement comes after Royalton also broke ground earlier this year on another property, Royalton Bavaro. […]

Curaçao Sees Occupancy Jump

 Bucking the recent trend in the Caribbean, the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao has shown a jump in hotel occupancy. The island’s hotels posted 76.9 percent occupancy in March, a 3.7 percentage-point increase over the same period in 2016. The island also showed a 1.2 percent increase in average daily rate, to $167.28, while RevPar, […]

In San Salvador, Savoring History on the Sand

 By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Here at Caribbean Journal we’re always encouraging readers to go beyond the beach to explore the history and culture of the destination they’re visiting. But what if you could do that without even leaving the sand? You can on San Salvador, a 63-square-mile island in the Bahamas, where two […]

How to Tour St. Lucia in a MINI

 By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor There’s a new way to see St. Lucia. New tour company Mini Cooper Road Trip is offering an exhilirating new experience aimed at intrepid island visitors interested in exploring the mountainous eastern Caribbean gem. The nine-hour tours – led by a guide in his own vehicle at the head of […]

Sleek New UNICO Hotel Opens Doors in Mexico

 A sleek new hotel has opened its doors on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, and it’s got a secret: it’s an adults only all inclusive. It’s called UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya, and it’s one of the most exciting all inclusives to hit the market in some time. The crisply-designed Akumal-area retreat ticks all of the […]

Royal Caribbean’s Tasty New Mojito

 There’s no better way to celebrate Cuba than with a mojito. And there was no better way to celebrate Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas’ inaugural call into that country’s capital last week than with a coconut mojito, the specialty of the ship’s Cuban-themed bar. Made with the customary muddled mint, fresh limes and sugar, the […]