Month: September 2023

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How the “Aruba Effect” Is Creating Sustained Tourism Growth 

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“You leave Aruba as a different person. You’ll see. There’s a normal you, then an Aruba you.” That was the feeling from Luis Perez, a repeat visitor to Aruba, who took part in a recent study the Aruba Tourism Authority […]

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This Is the Caribbean’s Best Hotel for Wine and Spirits

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When it comes to wine in the Caribbean, the region has one unrivaled leader: the Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant.  The Nassau, The Bahamas hotel has long had the largest wine cellar in the Caribbean, and now the property has added […]

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Blue Diamond Adds All-Inclusive Transfers in the Caribbean

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Blue Diamond Resorts, which has been rapidly expanding in the Caribbean, has added another amenity to its all-inclusive offering: transfers.  The company has announced that it will now be including complimentary roundtrip airport-to-hotel transfers into its reservation process.  “We are […]

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Posadas' New $300 Million Resort Projects Break Ground Near Cancun 

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Mexican hotel giant Posadas and real estate firm Group Xtra have broken ground on a pair of new resort projects in the Riviera Cancun.  The new $300 million project will see the construction of two new resorts: Live Aqua Riviera […]


A Major New Food Festival At the Dominican Republic’s Top Resort 

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The Dominican Republic’s leading resort has always been a magnet for lovers of golf, leisure, yachting, shopping, wellness and entertainment.  But now the Casa de Campo Resort and Villas is looking to position itself in another significant category: food.  Next […]


How to Stay at the Caribbean’s Hottest New Resort Villas 

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One of the Caribbean’s premier luxury resorts is set to debut four new luxury villas this fall, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The ultra-luxe Secret Bay resort in Dominica has already launched reservations for its first-ever two and three-bedroom villas.  That […]

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This Caribbean Volcano Is Now a UNESCO Heritage Site 

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The Mont Pelee volcano in Martinique is now the newest UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Caribbean.  Mont Pelee, the volcano in northern Martinique whose eruption in 1902 killed 30,000 people in what was at the time the “Paris of […]


Marriott Is Opening Its First Caribbean Edition Hotel

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It’s one of the hottest hotel brands in the world: EDITION, the boutique-style hotel portfolio conceived by legendary hotelier Ian Schrager that’s part of Marriott.  While there are 15 Edition properties around the world, though, there hasn’t yet been one […]


New Chair for Curacao Hospitality and Tourism Association

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The Curacao Hospitality and Tourism Association has named a new chairperson, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The CHATA’s Board of Directors has voted to name Mimi Luttge its new chairperson. Luttge has served as the general manager of the Lions Dive […]

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Tripadvisor: Americans Are Flocking to Cancun This Fall

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Americans are flocking to Cancun on the Caribbean coast of Mexico this fall, according to a new report from travel giant Tripadvisor.  Cancun is the most popular place in the Caribbean among international destinations this fall, second to Paris among […]


A New Way to Fly to St Maarten in Style

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The St Martin-St Barth-Anguilla triangle is home to some of the most luxurious villas and resorts in all of the Caribbean.  But getting to St Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport isn’t quite so luxurious an experience, even if you’re in […]


Caribbean Photo of the Week: Pink Sand in Barbuda

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The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader  J. Takesa Walbrook, who sent in this lovely shot of pink sand on the beach in Barbuda. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with […]