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Month: September 2017

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Bogota’s Big Hotel Growth

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Colombia’s tourism investment has been surging in recent years, most notably in the Caribbean coastal town of Cartagena. But the country’s increasingly hip capital is seeing a hotel boom of its own. Bogota has more […]

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Bahamasair Launches New Cap-Haitien Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamian national carrier Bahamasair has officially launched its new weekly service between Nassau and the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien. The flights were inaugurated with a ceremony at Cap Haitien’s Hugo Chavez International Airport. Haiti Tourism […]

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Hurricane Irma Heads for the Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff The now-Category 5 Hurricane Irma was set to make landfall in the Caribbean on Tuesday as islands across the northern Caribbean braced for impact. The storm was about 270 miles east of Antigua at 8 […]

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Southwest Gets First Boeing 737 MAX 8

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Southwest Airlines has officially taken delivery of its newest aircraft: its first Boeing 737 MAX 8. Southwest is the first airline in the United States to receive the 737 MAX, planning to take delivery of eight more MAX planes in […]


Caribbean History: Remembering ANR Robinson

By David P. Rowe CJ Contributor One of the Caribbean’s political giants of the 20th century was Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, a lawyer, statesman and patriot who survived the violent attempted coup in Trinidad. Robinson was born on the island […]


Caribbean Airlines Cancels St. Maarten Flights

Caribbean Airlines has canceled its flights on Thursday, Sept. 6 to St Maarten. The carrier has canceled its Port-of-Spain-St Maarten flight and its Kingston to St Maarten flight, due to the path of Hurricane Irma. Travelers who have booked tickets […]

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Winair Cancels All Flights Due to Irma

Regional carrier Winair has canceled all of its flights on Tuesday Sept. 5 and Wednesday Sept. 6 due to the imminent passing of Hurricane Irma in the northeastern Caribbean. The company said it hoped to restart “limited services” on Thursday, […]


Hard Rock International’s Newest VP

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Hard Rock International has promoted Andrew Nasskau to be its new vice president of operations development, the company announced in a release. Nasskau had been serving as area vice president of operations, responsible for management, operations and preopening of Hard […]


Windstar: Best Caribbean Cruise Line: Readers’ Choice 2017

There’s a new leader in the Caribbean cruise industry: Windstar Cruises. The luxury small-ship cruise line has taken home Caribbean Journal’s 2017 Readers’ Choice Award as the Best Caribbean Cruise Line. The award is the result of surveys of Caribbean […]

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Sunrise Airways Launching Nonstop Miami-Haiti Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Fast-growing Haiti-based airline Sunrise Airways is launching new nonstop flights between Miami and Port-au-Prince. Sunrise will also be launching service between Orlando and Port-au-Prince, with both routes beginning service on Oct. 17. Flights from Miami […]


Virgin Atlantic Now Offers Wi-Fi on Flights to the Caribbean

Virgin Atlantic has jus raised the bar with its new Wi-Fi update: a global offering that even includes flights from Europe to the Caribbean. Virgin is now the first airline in Europe to offer Wi-Fi across its entire fleet, meaning […]


The Caribbean's Best Micro-Hotels

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor There are small hotels and then there are really small hotels; petit boutiques with five rooms or fewer, where you’re welcomed like family but treated like a visiting dignitary. In the Caribbean (as in […]


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