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The Best Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad Has a Sushi Bar, Ocean Views, and a Rooftop Infinity Pool

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Angostura 1919 at the Waterfront. Tekka don at the sushi bar. Warm greetings from the staff as the city hums outside. I arrive in Port of Spain and the Hyatt Regency feels like exactly what I was looking for — a place that balances the buzz of Trinidad’s capital with the calm of a waterfront […]

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Exuma’s Grand Isle Resort to Reopen in December

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The Grand Isle Resort and Spa in Exuma, The Bahamas is set to reopen next month, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The residential resort set on Emerald Bay on the island of Great Exuma will be reopening on Dec. 17, Bahamas tourism officials confirmed this week.  Its neighboring resort, the Sandals Emerald Bay, is planning to […]

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AMResorts Is Opening Its First Hotels in Saint Lucia

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By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI It was back in 2017 that AMResorts first announced plans for two new resorts in St. Lucia, but because of several delays including the COVID-19 pandemic, plans on an opening were up in the air. This week, Caribbean Journal Invest (CJI) was told by hotel representatives that there […]

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The British Virgin Islands’ Rosewood Little Dix Bay Is Reopening

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The leading resort in the British Virgin Islands is reopening next month, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The 500-acre Rosewood Little Dix Bay resort on Virgin Gorda will officially relaunch on Dec. 4. The property, which had initially closed in 2016 for a dramatic transformation project that was set back by Hurricane Irma, had finally reopened […]


AMResorts Is Opening Its First Hotels in Saint Lucia

United Airlines is expanding its pre-testing program for a number of routes from Houston to the Caribbean region, the carrier said this week.  Beginning Dec. 7, travelers out of Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport will be able to take a self-collected, mail-in test that meets entry requirements for Caribbean destinations including Belize, Nassau and Roatan.  […]

In St Barth, the Art of the Perfect Villa

Marco has just brought the morning croissants and the espresso has heated up and the streets of Gustavia are still silent on a Sunday.  It might even be the hour of the decollage, occasion for the French West Indies’ centuries-old rhum blanc, sugar and lime ritual, before watching the first flight make its way over […]

Blue Diamond Is Opening a New All-Inclusive in Cuba

Blue Diamond Resorts is opening a new all-inclusive resort in Cuba next month, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The company will launch operations of the Starfish Cayo Guillermo on Dec. 10.  The all-inclusive is a rebranding of the former Club Cayo Guillermo resort.  It will be the company’s 20th resort property in Cuba.  “We are excited […]

St Maarten: “Positive Trend” For Upcoming Tourist Season

St Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport is reporting “positive trend” for the upcoming winter tourist season, according to officials.  St Maarten first reopened its borders for international tourism in July, and arrivals are seeing an uptick, airport officials said in a statement.  Most airlines have already restarted their routes to the Dutch Caribbean destination “and […]

Belize Has a New Tourism Minister

Belize has a new Minister of Tourism, following the country’s recent general elections.  The country’s new top tourism official is Anthony Mahler, a previous Director of Product Development at the Belize Tourism Board.  “We are committed to recovering the tourism industry after COVID-19’s devastating blow to the economy,” Mahler said in a statement. “Our priority […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: On the Beach in Eleuthera, The Bahamas

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Oleg Gutman, who sent in this lovely shot of the beach in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera in The Bahamas.  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 name and the location […]

Shaggy Is Spreading Caribbean Christmas Cheer in Jamaica and Beyond

If you can’t be in the Caribbean this holiday season, the new Christmas album by reggae star Shaggy will fill your stocking with island cheer. The multi-Grammy Award winner and native of Kingston, Jamaica says the record was inspired by seeing so many tourists coming down to Jamaica for the holidays without necessarily getting introduced […]

Spirit Airlines Kicks Off New Flights to Barranquilla

Spirit Airlines has kicked off its newest route in the Caribbean Basin, launching new flights from Fort Lauderdale to Barranquilla, Colombia.  The new flights to Barranquilla’s Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport are operating three times per week.  Spirit first entered Colombia in 2008.  The carrier already operates four weekly flights to Colombia’s primary Caribbean destination, the […]