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Hotel Tracker: True Blue Bay Hotel in Grenada for $212 a Night in March

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The road curves past marinas and low hills on Grenada’s southwest coast, then drops toward Prickly Bay, where sailboats rest at anchor and the water stays calm through most of the day. True Blue Bay Hotel sits right along the edge of the bay, close enough that you see masts and ripples from balconies and […]

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Cruise Lines, Airlines Chipped in for US Virgin Islands Relief

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is extending its gratitude to its cruise and airline partners for their Hurricane Irma relief efforts, the territory announced in a statement. Commissioner of Tourism Beverly Nicholson-Doty thanked the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Cruises for providing transportation and […]

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Hurricane Maria Heads Toward Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff With several islands steel reeling from the destructive force of Hurricane Irma, another major storm is barreling toward the Caribbean: Hurricane Maria. As of Sunday evening, Hurricane Maria was about 120 miles east-southeast of the island of Dominica, with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour, according to the […]

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On the Riviera Maya, The Joy of the Swim-Up Suite

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor The appeal of swim-up suites ­– hotel rooms that open directly onto a private plunge or shared serpentine pool – is undeniable. Across the Caribbean, resorts with these room categories report that they’re consistently sold out, despite their premium price. And clearly guests love the water’s-edge cloisters, where they […]


Hurricane Maria Heads Toward Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff Fast-expanding JetBlue had another traffic surge in August, according to the New York City-based carrier’s latest data report. JetBlue tallied 4.42 billion revenue passenger miles in August, a 5 percent increase over the same period in 2016, while available seat miles rose by 5.4 percent to 5.077 billion last month. […]

How This Bracelet Is Supporting Irma Relief

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor You may know St. Croix jewelers Sonya Ltd as the originator of the hook bracelet, that classically Crucian silver or gold piece of jewelry that silently signals whether you’re single or taken, depending on whether you wear the the hook toward or away from your wrist. But you might […]

Bahamas Vows to Build a “New” Ragged Island

By the Caribbean Journal staff While the vast majority of the Bahamas escaped the wrath of Hurricane Irma, the southern island of Ragged Island bore the brunt of the damage, with most homes destroyed or damaged, powerlines down and public buildings damaged or destroyed. Now, Bahamas Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis is vowing to transform […]

St. Kitts “Ready to Welcome Visitors”

By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of St. Kitts is “ready to welcome visitors” after escaping the wrath of Hurricane Irma. The island’s airport, cruise port and all tourism providers are “open and resuming normal operations,” the island’s tourist board said in a statement. St. Kitts was “fortunate to be virtually unscathed by Hurricane […]

VIDEO: Exploring the Wild East of Aruba

By Alexander Britell It’s a short drive on a dusty road from the Gold Mine Ranch to Bushiribana, where a century and a half ago they used to take mined gold and process it here. Today it is but a stony ruin, holes and crevices just across from the furious froth of Aruba’s eastern shores. […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: Sunrise on the Sittee River

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Steve Lefler, who sent in this stunning shot of sunrise from his home on the Sittee River in Belize. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the […]

Almost 17,000 Hotel Rooms in Caribbean-Mexico Construction Pipeline

By the Caribbean Journal staff There were 16,297 rooms across 92 hotel projects in construction in the Caribbean and Mexico last month, according to hotel analytics firm STR. That represented a 24.4 percent year-over-year increase based on the number of rooms. STR’s August Pipeline Report showed 41,116 rooms in 234 hotel projects under contract in […]

Resorts World Bimini to Reopen Sept. 27

By the Caribbean Journal staff Resorts World Bimini “fared well” during Hurricane Irma and is slated to reopen on Sept. 27, the Bahamian property announced this week. There was no structural damage to the property, officials said, but heavy storm surge will mean additional repair work for the resort’s marina. “Clean up efforts are currently […]

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