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Raleigh-Durham Is Getting New Nonstop Flights to Belize and Turks and Caicos This Winter

BermudAir’s two seasonal routes will connect North Carolina travelers with Belize City and Providenciales beginning in December. Two very different Caribbean vacations are getting a new nonstop connection from North Carolina this winter: the white-sand beaches of Turks and Caicos and the rivers, reefs and rainforest lodges of Belize. BermudAir is adding both destinations from […]

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The Bahamas Is Hot Right Now

By Alexander Britell It’s no secret that tourism in The Bahamas is hot — but what’s different right now is the sheer diversity of the growth. The Bahamas posted a blistering 16.7 percent increase in stayover visitor arrivals last year, easily among the biggest numbers in the Caribbean region. And that growth unsurprisingly was felt in […]

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A Major Caribbean Real Estate Conference

By the Caribbean Journal staff A first-of-its kind Caribbean real estate conference is coming to Boca Raton, Fla. The Caribbean Real Estate & Investment Summit, presented by The Agency Collective-Florida, The Agency Turks and Caicos and The PLS.com, will bring together some of the top-producing agents, developers, architects, bankers and lawyers from across the region. […]

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JetBlue Is Adding Wi-Fi on Its Caribbean Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff In a boon for travelers to the Caribbean, JetBlue Airways is adding Wi-Fi across its Caribbean network. The addition comes as JetBlue has kicked-off a years-in-the-making restyling to its cabin experience, with the first aircraft in its fleetwide restyling program making its debut this week. The new-look cabins mean wider […]

A Major Caribbean Real Estate Conference

By the Caribbean Journal staff After a year of struggle in 2018, the Caribbean’s hotel industry is seeing continued momentum in 2019, according to the latest data fro analytics firm STR. The region’s hotel occupancy was 74.4 percent in February, a 1.2 percent increase compared to the same month in 2018. More crucially, however, it […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: St George’s, Grenada

By the Caribbean Journal staff The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Andrea Duchini, who sent in this lovely shot of the colorful city of St George’s, the capital of Grenada. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first […]

5 Luxury All-Inclusive Hotels to Visit Right Now in the Caribbean

The all-inclusive vacation is a luxury in itself. There’s something so comfortable about never having to reach for your wallet during your stay, about the privilege of focusing only on enjoying your getaway. But when you’re at a luxury all-inclusive, things get to a different level entirely. Because the quality is higher, the design is […]

How to Go Landsailing in Bonaire

By Guy Britton and Alexander Britell An island with some of the most spectacular shorelines on the planet is not the first place you’d ever imagine spending even a single day away from the water. Even more so here on the northern edge of Bonaire, the earth is rugged and raw, the sort of landscape […]

Holland America’s New Cruises to Mexico

By the Caribbean Journal staff Holland America will be sailing 20 cruises across the Mexican Riviera in the upcoming 2019-2020 cruise season. That includes 20 cruises across three ships, led by a series of seven-day itineraries aboard the line’s Oosterdam and Eurodam ships. All of the cruises are sailing roundtrip from San Diego, part of […]

Antigua Is Getting Its First Overwater Bungalows

By Alexander Britell It’s already Antigua’s most anticipated hotel opening of 2019 — but now the soon-to-debut Royalton Antigua Resort and Spa has announced another major component. The 294-room all-inclusive hotel will include Antigua’s first-ever overwater bungalows set on Antigua’s Deep Bay. The adults-only Diamond Club “Chairman Overwater Bungalows” are a collection of one-bedroom villas, each […]

Norwegian Transforms Another Ship

By the Caribbean Journal staff Norwegian Cruise Line has completed another major refurbishment project on one of its ships, this time the Norwegian Sky. The project, part of the line’s wider Norwegian Edge fleet enhancement program, entailed a three-week dry dock in Freeport in The Bahamas. The changes include a updates to all food and […]

Why Maroon 5 Is Coming to Curaçao

By the Caribbean Journal staff The world-famous Maroon 5 and frontman Adam Levine are coming to Curaçao this summer for the island’s annual Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival. Maroon 5 will join a star-studded lineup that already includes Ozuna, Gladys Knight and Third World, among others. The festival kicks of Aug. 29 with free concerts […]