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US Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic Lead Caribbean Travel Boom

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Curaçao Is Getting a New Marriott All-Inclusive, a 300-Room Adults-Only Resort That You Can Book With Points

Two of the most influential forces reshaping Caribbean tourism over the last several years are now intersecting in Curaçao. The first is Curaçao’s steady rise as a destination attracting new hotel investment, expanded airlift, and a broader mix of travelers drawn by the island’s culture, diving, and year-round appeal. The second is the rapid expansion of […]

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Four Seasons Is Opening Another New Caribbean Resort (With Branded Residences)

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is opening another new resort in the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The company, whose Belize private island resort just broke ground this month, has now announced another new project. The new Four Seasons Resort Dominican Republic at Tropicalia will be set on Samana Bay in the Dominican Republic. […]

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Bahamas’ Graycliff Cigar Company Joins Caribbean’s Top Rum Festival

One of the world’s top cigar brands has joined the Caribbean Rum Awards St Barth festival. The annual St Barth event is the most exclusive Caribbean rum competition and festival in the world, bringing together an unrivaled field of rums in a blind tasting and featuring a week of rum parties and events across the […]

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US Virgin Islands Hotel Investment Is Heating Up

The US Virgin Islands hotel market is heating up as the territory’s efforts to promote hotel development and investment are paying off. Thanks to new economic development benefits targeted at hotel investors, the territory is seeing a wave of new transactions and investment. “We are on an upward trajectory,” said Joseph Boschulte, Commissioner of the […]

Bahamas’ Graycliff Cigar Company Joins Caribbean’s Top Rum Festival

Another private island has hit the market in The Bahamas, the region’s most active private island market right now. The 351-acre Jwycesska Island in Abaco is listed with HG Christie for $14.95 million, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The island has what the brokerage termed “unprecedented” government approval for a 6,000-foot private airstrip, 30-acre marina […]

It’s Getting Easier to Fly to the Island of Saint Lucia

It’s about to get easier to fly to the Eastern Caribbean island of Saint Lucia this winter, with several major carriers expanding their service to the destination. That includes Delta Airlines, which is adding a second Saturday flight between Atlanta and Saint Lucia. The expanded service will kick off in January, running through April. American […]

Dominica’s Residences at Secret Bay Launches Alliance With Christie’s

The Secret Bay Resort and Residences has announced a new sales and marketing alliance with Christie’s International Real Estate Caribbean. The alliance will help to broaden exposure for the property’s collection of private residences, which first launched back in 2019. “We are immensely proud to align The Residences at Secret Bay with Christie’s International Real […]

Delta Is Adding More Bahamas Flights From Atlanta

Delta is adding more flights to the islands of The Bahamas for the upcoming winter season, tourism officials said this week. Beginning on Nov. 5, Delta will be expanding service to four different destinations in The Bahamas: Nassau, Exuma, Abaco and Eleuthera. All of those flights are out of the increasingly important Atlanta market. “Atlanta […]

A New Hyatt Regency Is Opening in Panama

Hyatt is opening its third hotel in Panama next year with the debut of the first-ever Hyatt Regency in the country. The new Hyatt Regency Panama, owned by Hotel Properties of Panama, is slated to begin welcoming guests in the summer of 2024. The hotel will be in the heart of Panama City’s business district […]

Demand for Barbados Travel Is Hotter Than Ever

It’s about to get a whole lot easier to fly to Barbados from the United States, as the Caribbean island readies for a big uptick in travel from America. The island is “poised for an upsurge in airlift” from the US by the end of 2023, tourism officials said in a statement, as demand for […]

New Marriott All-Inclusive Breaks Ground in Curacao

A new Marriott all-inclusive resort has broken ground in Curacao, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The new Pyrmont, An Autograph Collection All-Inclusive Resort, will be the first-ever Autograph Collection hotel on the Dutch Caribbean island. The 300-room property (28 of which will be suites) is slated for completion at the end of 2025. It will […]

A New Cruise Port Is Opening in the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic’s newest cruise port will welcome its first cruise ship in December, according to Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader. The Puerto Cabo Rojo port will welcome a Royal Caribbean ship on Dec. 18 carrying around 3,000 passengers. Passengers’ shore excursions will focus on eco-destinations in the area and the surrounding region of Enriquillo, […]