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Avianca Just Launched a New Daily Nonstop Flight From Fort Lauderdale to This Caribbean City in Colombia

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The wide brown ribbon of the Magdalena River meets the Caribbean near Barranquilla, where waterfront promenades, neighborhood restaurants and one of the region’s great carnival traditions give Colombia’s fourth-largest city an identity all its own. Drive north and the city opens toward Puerto Colombia, its beaches and its famous overwater pier. Stay closer to the […]

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Riu Opens New All-Inclusive in Los Cabos

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By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s been a big year for Riu Hotels and Resorts, which opened yet another all-inclusive in Mexico this week. Just weeks after the debut of its new Riu Palace Costa Mujeres on the Caribbean coast of the country, Riu has unveiled its new Riu Palace Baja California in Los Cabos. […]

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More Cruise Ships Heading to St Kitts

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By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s simple: St Kitts’ Port Zante has become one of the hottest cruise ports in the Caribbean. And that trend is set to continue this year, with seven ships slated to make their first visits to St Kitts in the 2018-2019 cruise season. That includes Norwegian Jade, which made its […]

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Los Cabos Villa Heading to Auction

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By the Caribbean Journal staff An ultra-luxe Los Cabos villa once listed for $6.65 million is heading to auction, Caribbean Journal has learned. The hillside Villa 702 in Palmilla, which has panoramic views of Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, will sell without reserve in cooperation with Del Mar Real Estaste’s Michael Baldwin. Bidding will reportedly begin […]


More Cruise Ships Heading to St Kitts

By Rico Louw CJ Contributor The Bahamas’ hotel market is surging — and vastly outperforming the rest of the region right now, according to data from analytics firm STR. In a sluggish month for hotels Caribbean-wide, The Bahamas was the only destination to experience a double-digit rise in occupancy last month. The Bahamas saw a […]

Puerto Rico’s St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort Is Back

By Alexander Britell While Puerto Rico has quietly become a haven for high-end hotels in recent years, one property has remained perhaps its signature luxury resort: the St. Regis Bahia Beach. And while many resorts have already reopened their doors since last year’s Hurricane Maria, the St. Regis has been quietly been transforming itself, completing […]

Grand Bahama Tourism Is Rebounding

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Grand Bahama’s tourism sector is growing. Tourism stop-over visitors for the year have shown an overall increase of 7.4 percent, according to the Central Bank of the Bahamas latest Monthly Economic and Financial Developments for October 2018. The report showed improvement after a difficult year for the island in 2017, […]

Dominican Republic’s Eden Roc Cap Cana Adds New Villas

By the Caribbean Journal staff The leading luxury hotel in the Dominican Republic has expanded. The Eden Roc Cap Cana has added four new oceanfront pool villas to its offering, each with wraparound terraces, private steps leading to the sea and their own infinity pools overlooking the waves. Three of the four villas are one-bedroom, […]

Smokey Robinson Signs on for St Kitts Music Festival

By the Caribbean Journal staff Music legend Smokey Robinson has signed on for this year’s 23rd edition of the St Kitts Music Festival. Robinson will be joining a lineup that already includes artists French Montana, Popcaan and Davido. “It is gratifying to see these top musical artists join the roster for the 2019 St. Kitts […]

Candelero All-Inclusive Makes Debut in Puerto Rico

By the Caribbean Journal staff The first new all-inclusive to open in Puerto Rico in years has made its debut in the town of Humacao. The transformed Candelero Beach Resort is set in the heart of the Palmas del Mar golf community, opening its doors after a $3 million renovation project. Developed by the Suarez […]

New Eco-Luxe Retreat Coming to Colombia

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Cannúa, an 18-room boutique hotel set within a protected forest in Antioquia, Colombia, is scheduled to open in April 2019. The 27-acre mountainside retreat is set about 90 minutes from Medellin. “As Colombia continues to evolve as a destination of natural and cultural wonders, we’re proud to be bringing a […]

In Turks and Caicos, the Ultimate Beach Experience

By Alexander Britell and Guy Britton GRACE BAY calls you. Sure, there’s the requisite sand and surf, the whites and the blues and the calming kiss of the waves on the reef. But Grace Bay is more, a beach that consumes your mornings and your afternoons and your sunsets, a beach that you never want […]