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Divi Just Completed a Resort-Wide Renovation of This Aruba Resort, With Rooms Available Starting in March 

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The Divi Aruba Phoenix Beach Resort on Palm Beach has completed a multi-year, property-wide renovation. The renovation began in September 2023 and was carried out in phases, covering all guest accommodations and select public areas across the resort. Work included the original 14-story Tower and adjacent villas, as well as the four Beach Towers constructed […]

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British Virgin Islands Tourism Is Surging

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The British Virgin Islands is seeing a major tourism rebound so far this year, according to the latest data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The British Virgin Islands reported 172,776 stayover tourist arrivals in the first half of 2019, representing a 93.5 percent increase over the same period in 2018. That amounts to a strong […]

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Relais & Chateaux’s Newest Caribbean Hotel Is in Dominica

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Relais & Chateaux, the global collection of boutique luxury hotels, has added its newest property in the Caribbean, and it’s a special one: Dominica’s Secret Bay. The boutique luxury eco-resort in northern Dominica is now Relais & Chateaux’s seventh property in the wider Caribbean region. Secret Bay is the first-ever Dominica hotel to join the […]

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In St Barth, an Essential Caribbean Villa

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The sun was boldest in the late afternoon and if you looked up for a moment from the sparkle of the pool, you could see the goat on the high rock.  It was the kind of view one could only find here in Anse des Cayes, in the northwestern interior of St Barth, a lush, […]


Relais & Chateaux’s Newest Caribbean Hotel Is in Dominica

The Cayman Islands has topped the 7,000-room milestone, tourism officials told Caribbean Journal this week.  The destination has added more than 1,000 new rooms in the last three years, with the condominium and villa categories accounting for 73 percent of that increase, according to a statement.  The Cayman Islands now has a total of 7,027 […]

British Airways Expanding Bahamas Flights

British Airways is expanding its flights service to The Bahamas next year, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The air carrier will be adding a new weekly Tuesday flight between London Heathrow and Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport.  That service is slated to begin March 29, 2020, according to a statement from the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism.  […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: A Waterfall in Jamaica

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Graham Smith, who sent in this lovely shot of a waterfall at Secret Falls from his trip to Runaway Bay in Jamaica.  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 […]

Aruba Is Getting a New Secrets Resort

The Caribbean’s fastest-growing hotel company is making its debut on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba.  Apple Leisure Group’s AMResorts company is bringing a Secrets-branded resort to Aruba’s Baby Beach.  The 600-key Secrets Baby Beach Aruba is slated for completion by the fourth quarter of 2021, according to a statement from the company.  It will […]

Bahamas’ Great Abaco Classic Moving to Baha Mar

One of the top tournaments on professional golf’s Korn Ferry tour is coming to the Baha Mar.  The 2020 Bahamas Great Abaco Classic will be moved to Royal Blue Golf Club at Baha Mar due to Hurricane Dorian’s impact on Great Abaco. The Korn Ferry Tour tournament, which features 132 professionals vying in the year-long […]

Eastern Airlines Is Launching Guyana Flights

The venerable Eastern Airlines brand is back, and it’s about to launch its first regularly-scheduled flights to the wider Caribbean region.  Eastern will soon begin regularly-scheduled services between New York and Guyana’s capital of Georgetown, according to Joseph Harmon, director general of Guyana’s Ministry of the Presidency.  Eastern has already applied to Guyana’s Civil Aviation […]

Marriott Is Opening All-Inclusive Hotels in Jamaica, Curacao

Marriott is ramping up its Caribbean all-inclusive expansion in a big way  The company, which several months ago announced plans to enter the increasingly competitive all-inclusive market, had already announced five new projects and plans to purchase Barbados’ popular Elegant Hotels brand.  Now, it’s adding two more high-profile projects in Jamaica and Curacao, respectively.  That […]

This Saint Lucia Hotel Just Rebranded

One of Saint Lucia’s newest hotels has unveiled a new brand identity.  The Harbor Club, which is part of Hilton’s Curio Collection, has announced a new “lifestyle” identity under a newly-appointed general manager, Lester Scott.  The rebranding will include new dining concepts, a daily entertainment lineup and new “signature excursions.” “When I was first approached […]