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This Aruba Resort Has Wide Open Sand, Thoughtful Sustainability, and Adults-Only Vacations

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You don’t just feel the quiet. You absorb it. It almost feels impossibly serene, unimaginably relaxing.  Sure, Eagle Beach can feel wide and open even on its busiest days, but the resort has carved out a pocket of genuine calm — a stretch of soft sand and low-rise buildings where adults can settle into their […]

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Tobago Seeing Jump in Tourist Arrivals

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By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Tobago is seeing an increase in international arrivals over the past few months, due in large part to the airline’s weekly Sunwing flight from Toronto, Canada. Sunwing’s Boeing 737, which has a capacity of 189 passengers, made its inaugural flight from the Toronto Pearson International Airport to the A.N.R. Robinson […]

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A New Couples-Only Hotel Is Coming to Mexico

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By the Caribbean Journal staff A new luxury couples-only hotel is coming to Mexico’s Caribbean coastline, Caribbean Journal has learned. Original Group, known for its couples-only, adult-themed hotels, is expanding with a new boutique couples-only hotel on the Riviera Maya. The company is perhaps best known for its Temptation brand, which has a property in […]

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A Recipe for Caribbean Stuffed Plantain Boats — And the Memory of a Chef

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By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor Many years ago, back in Culinary school, I can never forget this particularly hardcore instructor who trained me in fish fabrication and cooking. Every day upon arrival at 6am for class, he would add just a little bit more to the prep schedule, but require the tasks to be completed […]


A New Couples-Only Hotel Is Coming to Mexico

By Alexander Britell The Willy T. Young Island. Angel’s Rest. D Boat. They’ve long been in the pantheon of floating bars in the Caribbean: the standalone seagoing bars that take the beach bar to an entirely different level. And now there’s another one. The island of St John will soon be home to a new […]

How to Cruise Around the Caribbean on a Megayacht

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor It’s a very different way to cruise around the Caribbean — think megayacht instead of cruise ship, ultra-luxe instead of mainstream. And now SeaDream Yacht Club is accepting reservations for its 2021 spring season, the company said this week. The company’s two megayachts, SeaDream I and SeaDream II, will visit destinations […]

A New Caribbean Events Portal

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor There’s a new way to island hop around the Caribbean’s greatest events. Caribbean Events has partnered with regional airline LIAT to increase awareness of regional events and to bolster intraregional air travel. “The Caribbean is rich in history, culture and surrounded by a playground of water, all of which inspire […]

The Cayman Islands Is Getting Its First Hilton Hotel

By Alexander Britell The Cayman Islands is one of the Caribbean’s hottest markets for hotel development, and now it’s adding another big brand to its portfolio. Hilton Hotels has announced the signing of an agreement to open a new Curio Collection by Hilton hotel in Grand Cayman, in partnership with NCB Group. The new-build hotel, […]

The Caribbean’s Best Classical Music Festival Is In Guadeloupe

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor It may be one of the most under-the-radar destinations in the Caribbean — but it’s time Guadeloupe found itself on your travel calendar. The next big reason to visit? The destination’s Saint-Georges International Music Festival. the leading classical music festival in the Caribbean. The second edition of the festival, which takes place […]

At Jamaica's Rose Hall Villas, a New Kind of Resort

By Alexander Britell and Guy Britton A Caribbean villa vacation is something rather different than your traditional hotel getaway. It’s a way to live the destination in another way, in tranquility, in seclusion, in privacy, with a different kind of control — and responsibility — over your experience. In Jamaica, though, the luxury villa has […]

San Juan’s Airport Is Picking Up Steam

By the Caribbean Journal staff It was a strong comeback for Puerto Rico’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in the final quarter of 2018, according to newly-released data from airport operator ASUR. San Juan’s air hub saw a 30.4 percent increase in passenger traffic in the last quarter compared to the same period in the […]

Hilton Is Launching a New Meetings-Focused Brand

By the Caribbean Journal staff Hilton is launching a new hotel brand that will focus on meetings and events, the company said this week. Signia Hilton will be a portfolio of hotels aiming to “transform the industry for meeting professionals and sophisticated business travelers by infusing state-of-the-art technology and design into every aspect of the […]