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Puerto Rico Air Traffic Is Declining, Even as Much of the Caribbean Keeps Growing

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Passenger traffic at San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport fell again in August, deepening a year-long decline at the Caribbean’s busiest airport. Puerto Rico’s air traffic slowdown is getting harder to ignore. San Juan passenger traffic fell 5.1 percent in August, according to newly released airport data, extending a decline that has now persisted through the first […]

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A New Year-Round Resort in Anguilla 

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Anguilla’s new Aurora Anguilla Resort and Golf Club, the rebranded and transformed former CuisinArt resort, has announced plans to stay open year-round, Caribbean Journal has learned.  That would make it largely unique among the majority of Anguilla’s top resorts, most of which tend to close during September and October.  The resort is the product of […]

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Bahamas’ Atlantis Paradise Island Names New SVP of Sales 

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The Bahamas’ Atlantis Paradise Island resort has named a new senior Vice President of sales, the property announced.  The resort has tapped Steven M. Silverman to the role, in which ie will develop and lead the group and leisure transient sales team.  Silverman most recently led sales initiatives at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, […]

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Alexander Hamilton Is Back in Nevis 

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“Hamilton, you are back!”  Under a sunbeam on the water’s edge in Charlestown, Nevis, historian Harvey Hendrickson reads his ode to a still-shrouded sculpture on the lawn.  A few minutes later, the bronze is revealed, and Alexander Hamilton is finally back in the place of his birth nearly 257 years after his family moved to […]


Bahamas’ Atlantis Paradise Island Names New SVP of Sales 

Air France is continuing its new service between Montreal and Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The French carrier will be flying between Montreal and Pointe-a-Pitre for the second consecutive winter season beginning on Oct. 22, 2022.  Air France will be operating the service twice weekly on its Airbus A320 aircraft, according to a statement.  […]

A Secret Caribbean Oasis in Bonaire 

Every time you come back, you feel better.  Maybe you’ve just spent a morning snorkeling the 1,000 Steps, or a day windsurfing at Lac Bay.  But the moment you punch in the passcode and walk through the door at Bamboo Bonaire, you feel something.  It’s not easy for a tiny hotel to cultivate that. It’s […]

A Single Tourist Visa for the Whole Caribbean? 

What if a tourist could travel across the Caribbean on a single visa?  That’s the idea of Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, who says the implementation of a regional tourist visa regime among CARICOM nations has “huge economic potential.” “A regional visa regime is something that we’ve been talking about. I think if we are […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: Cabarete, Dominican Republic

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Tracy Powell, who sent in this beautiful shot of the beach in Cabarete in the Dominican Republic. 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 of […]

Richard Branson’s New Caribbean Mangrove Project 

Sir Richard Branson is launching a new “Sea Change Fund” in the Caribbean, in a bid to support mangrove forest restoration projects in the Caribbean.  The project is being undertaken by Virgin Unite, the independent foundation of Branson’s Virgin Group, in partnership with the Virgin Voyages cruise line.  The announcement for the project was made […]

Sandals Opening Helps Curacao Tourism Break Record

For whatever reason, Curacao has struggled for years to draw travelers in significant numbers to the United States.  But that’s now changing, for one major reason: the opening of the new Sandals Royal Curacao.  In the first month after the opening of the new Sandals resort, Curacao broke its all-time record for US visitors in […]

Wyndham Adding Riviera Maya, Cancun All-Inclusive Resorts

Wyndham is adding new all-inclusive resorts in the Riviera Maya of Mexico, part of a new, broad alliance with Spanish firm Palladium Hotel Group.  That will include the Grand Palladium Colonial Resort & Spa, Grand Palladium Kantenah Resort & Spa and Grand Palladium White Sand Resort & Spa, along with the TRS Yucatan Hotel, all […]

The Caribbean’s Newest Hospitality School Is in Dominica

GEMS Holdings, the hospitality company behind the world-renowned Secret Bay resort in Dominica, is launching a new hospitality school.  The school, part of a broader philanthropic initiative, will help young people in Dominica “gain practical skills in various aspects of hospitality, including food and beverage, housekeeping, front desk operations, security, and bartending,” according to GEMS.  […]