News Two Bahamas Resorts For Sale, All on Cat Island
By the Caribbean Journal staff Two resorts (and a private island) have been listed for sale in The Bahamas — and they’re all on up-and-coming Cat Island. Nassau-based real estate brokerage firm Engel & Volkers Bahamas has listed the three properties […]
Antigua and Barbuda Continues Tourism Boom
By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda continues to see booming tourism growth. The beach-filled twin-island destination reported 268,949 stayover arrivals in 2018, an 8.75 percent increase over 2017 that was one of the highest growth rates in the […]
Caribbean Hotel Sector Builds Momentum
By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean hotels managed to build some strong momentum to close out 2018, according to the latest data from analytics firm STR. The region’s hotel occupancy stood at 63.7 percent last month, a 1.7 percent increase […]
News Bay Gardens Adds New Luxury Villas in Saint Lucia
By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the top resort collections in Saint Lucia has expanded again. Bay Gardens Resorts has added a fifth property to its growing portfolio, this time a pair of luxury villas called Waters Edge. The […]
Seven Ways to Visit Saint Lucia
By Bob Curley CJ Contributor There’s a reason Saint Lucia is one of the hottest destinations in the Caribbean right now: a hard-to-match blend of romance, scenery, culinary sophistication and good, plain-old adventure. And the best way to experience the […]
Caribbean Photo of the Week: St Thomas, From the Sea
By the Caribbean Journal staff The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Stephen Roth of Kansas City, Missouri, who sent in this lovely shot of Charlotte Amalie in St Thomas, taken from his balcony aboard the Norwegian Bliss cruise […]
News Cancun Gets A New Flight From Canada
By the Caribbean Journal staff WestJet’s new low-cost carrier, Swoop, has launched its newest flight from Canada to the Caribbean. This time, it’s a new nonstop service between John C. Munro International Airport in Hamilton and Cancun International Airport. The […]
St Kitts Is Getting a New Ramada Resort
By the Caribbean Journal staff A potentially transformative hotel is coming to the rural Whitegate area of St Kitts. Wyndham’s Ramada brand is coming to the island with a 273-suite resort. The first phase of the new-build resort project is […]
The Best Cigar Shop in St Martin
By Alexander Britell MARIGOT — No matter where you are in the Caribbean (outside of Cuba of course), it’s rarely easy to find great Cuban cigars. That includes most of the region’s top cruise destinations, where, even if you can […]