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Month: August 2017

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WestJet Expanding Caribbean Flights for Winter Season

Canadian leisure carrier WestJet has announced a Caribbean network expansion for the upcoming 2017-2018 winter travel season. WestJet will be launching new nonstop weekly service from Calgary to Belize City, along with additional flights from Toronto to Caribbean destinations including […]

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Oetker Collection to Manage Antigua’s Jumby Bay

By Alexander Britell One of the Caribbean’s most legendary resorts has new management. Antigua’s Jumby Bay private island resort will now be operated by Oetker Collection, a manager of a 10-hotel luxury hotel portfolio that includes the Eden Rock — St […]

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Rum Journal: Flor de Caña 18 Years

The world of great rummaking has long had its epicenter in the islands of the Caribbean – but the love and passion for making great rum is something that extends across the wider Caribbean Basin. Nowhere is that more true […]

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New $285 Million Resort Coming to Grand Cayman

A major new resort project is coming to Grand Cayman from one of the Caribbean’s most innovative developers. Fast-expanding developer Howard Hospitality Group has announced the development of a new $285 million project on the former Pageant Beach site in […]

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A New Cancun Family Resort: Seadust

A new beachfront family resort has opened its doors in the heart of Cancun’s hotel zone: the Seadust Cancun Family Resort. The 505-room all-inclusive was formerly the Great Parnassus Family Resort, the product of a multimillion-dollar renovation project that updated […]


STAR Island Bahamas Is Now Taking Reservations

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor STAR Island Bahamas announced that it is now accepting overnight reservations beginning this November. The private destination, which uses off-grid technology to power the entire island, is welcoming guests to its first one-bedroom suite, The […]


What the New Rooms at Sandals Montego Bay Will Look Like

Sandals Resorts is adding a number of new suite categories at its Sandals Montego Bay resort in Jamaica, and the company has unveiled the first renderings of the new units. Sandals Montego Bay has six new room categories coming at […]

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Rum Journal: 6 Terrific Caribbean Rums to Try on National Rum Day

Here at Rum Journal, we like to think that every day is National Rum Day. But Aug. 16 actually is National Rum Day in the United States, a day meant to celebrate the glory of rum, the Caribbean’s tastiest export. […]


St. Kitts Upgrading Airport, Ferry Terminal

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St. Kitts has embarked on a series of upgrades both to its airport and ferry terminal. The biggest change to the airport will be the addition of air-conditioning units at the check-in and customs areas, a process that is almost […]


A Caribbean Culinary Getaway with Jose Andres and Eric Ripert

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Celebrity chefs, great food and one of the Caribbean’s most exclusive resorts? That’s the agenda for this year’s Third Annual Dorado Beach Culinary Getaway, which will bring together a quartet of celebrity chefs to the Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve […]

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Puerto Rico Is Making Despacito’s Luis Fonsi Its New Tourism Ambassador

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Following the breakout success of the song “Despacito,” Puerto Rico has decided to make homegrown music star Luis Fonsi its new official tourism ambassador, Governor Ricardo Rossello announced Tuesday. “Despacito,” which has become the most popular YouTube video of all […]


Randy Moss’ Caribbean Boot Camp

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By Bob Curley CJ Contributor Legendary NFL receiver Randy Moss is a morning workout freak, which I found out painfully fast on my first day attending his week-long fitness retreat at St. Lucia’s BodyHoliday resort. Wellness never goes out of […]


Norwegian Bliss Will Have a Two-Level Race Track

Norwegian Cruise Line has announced the new features on its under-construction Norwegian Bliss ship, with one major party piece: a two-level racetrack. The ship, which will be sailing to the Caribbean with voyages to the Mexican Riviera beginning in June […]


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