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A New Adults-Only All-Inclusive Is Opening Near Cancun — With 599 Rooms, Swim-Out Rooms, and an Opening Date

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Travelers looking for a quieter alternative to Cancún’s hotel zone will soon have a new option. Ocean Allure Costa Mujeres, opening in Dec. 2025, will be the first adults-only resort in the new Ocean Allure Signature Adults Only brand from Ocean Signature Resorts. The property is now taking reservations beginning Dec. 1, Caribbean Journal has […]

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CHTA Predicting Rapid Return of Caribbean Tourism

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The Caribbean will see a rapid return of tourism to the region, according to Pablo Torres, the new president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association.  The region will see tourism come back “faster than many parts of the world,” Torres said, pointing to the protocols and partnerships implemented throughout the region since the onset […]

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The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean - 2021

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Restaurants are about more than just food.  When we go out to eat, we aren’t doing so because we have to — we do it because we want to.  Because restaurants make our lives more interesting. They break up the monotony, they teach us, they bring us together — and they make us happy.  And […]

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Puerto Rico’s Palacio Provincial Hotel Set for January Debut

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A new lifestyle hotel is coming to the heart of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, and now more details have been revealed on the Preferred Hotels property.  It’s called Palacio Provincial, and the 43-room hotel will be set in an historic building in San Juan’s charming historic district.  The property will be opening its doors […]


The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean - 2021

Jamaica’s tourism arrival number continue to climb, six months since the country reopened its borders for international tourism.  In fact, the country reported its highest seven-day arrival figures since the reopening for the period Dec. 22-28, with just over 21,000 passengers arriving to the island.  That included 16,841 passengers arriving to Montego Bay’s Sangster International […]

Sandals Is Reopening Another Resort in Saint Lucia

Sandals Resorts International is set to complete its Saint Lucia reopening next month, Caribbean Journal has learned. Sandals will relaunch the Sandals Halcyon Beach resort in Saint Lucia on Jan. 15, according the company. Sandals has already reopened its other two all-inclusive resorts in Saint Lucia: the Sandals Grande St Lucian and Sandals Regency La […]

The 15 Best Caribbean Beach Bars for 2021

The right beach, the right chair, the right drink. It may sound simple, but, like the greatest cocktails, you only need a few ingredients. In a time when travel has been significantly disrupted, this is the kind of experience we all dream about: the tropical idyll — an afternoon at a Caribbean beach bar, the thing […]

Accor Launches Villa Rental Platform

Accor has launched a new “Apartments & Villas” site, one dedicated to villa rentals, apartment rental sand extended-stay hotel properties. The new site has more than 50,000 accommodations available, putting the hotel giant into an increasingly competitive market for home rentals. “Apartments & Villas site reflects our ongoing commitment to innovation as consumer travel needs […]

Delta Just Launched a New Nonstop Route to St Thomas

Delta Air Lines has launched its newest Caribbean route, with its first flights between Minneapolis-St Paul and St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new route is operating three times each week, with flights on and Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, according to Delta’s Web site.  The first flights to St […]

Dreams All-Inclusive Planning March Relaunch in Panama

The all-inclusive Dreams Playa Bonita resort in Panama will be opening at the end of the first quarter, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The resort, which is parent company AMResorts’ only hotel property in Panama, will reopen on March 10, 2021, according to AMResorts’ website.  The property, a short drive from Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport, […]

The Bahamas’ Cape Eleuthera Resort Is Open Again

Cape Eleuthera, the historic resort set at the southern end of the island of Eleuthera, is open again, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The resort, long popular with sport fishermen and adventurers, is set on a 4,500-acre compound in Eleuthera.  It’s also home to a marina with capacity for vessels of up to 200 feet, along […]

Villa Sales are Heating Up at the Four Season Nevis

The sales surge at the Four Seasons Resort Estates Nevis is continuing through the end of the year, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. Another villa at the Nevis resort, Villa 1905 Sundowner, just changed hands, in a deal handled by Four Seasons Resort Estates Nevis, with Suzanne Gordon of Sugar Mill Real Estate representing the […]