All-Inclusive

Kimpton’s Soon-to-Debut All-Inclusive Resort in the Riviera Maya Has Four Pools, Swim-Up Rooms — and an Opening Date 

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More and more big brands have been getting into all-inclusive, from Marriott to Hyatt to even SLS and W. The category has been filling up with names that built their reputations elsewhere, each bringing a slightly different take on what an all-inclusive stay should look like. Kimpton is next. Set within a dense mangrove reserve […]

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Sunwing Adds More Nonstop Flights to Cancun, Mexico 

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Canadian travel company Sunwing has added more new flights to Cancun this winter.  Starting this month, Sunwing is operating weekly nonstop flights from Kelowna, British Columbia to Cancun.  The service begins Dec. 15, running once weekly through April 13, 2023.  Sunwing is also launching weekly flights from Kelowna to the increasingly popular Mexican destination of […]

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Anguilla’s Newest Beach Bar Has a Serious Culinary Pedigree

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Sandy Ground: it’s one of the Caribbean’s beach bar capitals, an array of world-class beach bars on a single stretch of sand.  And now Sandy Ground is home to another one: Sandbar, and it’s the brainchild of what has long been one of the best restaurants in the Caribbean: Veya.  Carrie and Jerry Bogar, the […]

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These 20 Caribbean Resorts Have Private Plunge Pools You’ll Never Want to Leave

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You open your patio door, and it’s right there: a shimmering plunge pool just for you. No kids splashing nearby. No crowded loungers. Just your own stretch of serenity — steps from the sand, wrapped in quiet, tropical air. This is the new Caribbean luxury: private plunge pools made for couples, for solitude, for morning […]


Anguilla’s Newest Beach Bar Has a Serious Culinary Pedigree

Delta Air Lines is making a return to the island of Cuba next year, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The carrier will be restarting its Cuba service with a pair of daily nonstop flights from Miami to Havana.  That route will kick off on April 10, 2023, Delta confirmed.  Delta will be operating the service on […]

Sandals Resorts Is Adding New Rooms in Saint Lucia, Jamaica 

Two Sandals resorts in the Caribbean are about to get bigger, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Next spring, Sandals Resorts is adding more rooms to a pair of resorts in the Caribbean: the Beaches Negril resort in Jamaica and the Sandals Halcyon Beach in Saint Lucia.  In Negril, the Beaches resort is adding new Firesky Reserve […]

Spirit Airlines Is Adding More Nonstop Flights to Aruba 

Spirit Airlines is adding more flights to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba early next year, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The low-cost carrier is adding a second nonstop flight between Fort Lauderdale and Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport starting Feb. 8, 2023.  That will mean a total of two weekly flights between Fort Lauderdale and […]

Regional Caribbean Ferry Returns to Antigua

Regional Caribbean ferry service L’Express des Iles has returned to the island of Antigua.  The ferry made its first trip to Antigua fro Guadeloupe this week after a nearly three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, carrying 415 passengers in a charter trip.  A delegation from the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority led by CEO Colin […]

Christie’s Looking to Build Caribbean Real Estate Alliance 

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Christie’s International Real Estate has entered into a master license agreement with a St. Thomas-based broker to create Christie’s International Real Estate Caribbean Affiliates. The new entity will provide a central source for listings, market data, marketing, and inter-island cooperation among luxury brokerage firms and their clients in […]

St Croix’s Top Boutique Hotel Has a New Executive Chef 

St Croix’s top boutique hotel has named a new chef to lead its culinary program, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Fred hotel in Frederiksted has named St Croix native Michael Matthews as its new executive chef.  Matthews, who was born and raised in St Croix, is one of the top chefs in the region, having […]

Developer Shelves Plans for Kingston Residential Hotel 

By Joe Pike, Speical Contributor to CJI The developer of The Residences at Terra Nova recently announced most investors in the residences component of the Jamaican project have been issued refunds for deposits, said Wayne Stewart, real estate broker with Coldwell Banker Jamaica Realty. The reason? There will be no residences. The Hussey family, which […]

The Caribbean’s Best Value All-Inclusive Resort Is Open

Jolly Beach is a full-fledged Caribbean bucket list beach, from its ultra-white sand to its almost electric turquoise water, the kind of beach that you dream about on cold winter days.  Jolly Beach is also home to the Caribbean’s newest hotel, a reimagining of a classic property that has a rather compelling amenity: it’s a […]

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