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A New Boutique Hotel Is Coming to the Platinum Coast of Barbados

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Barbados is getting a major new boutique hotel. A long-awaited transformation is underway on Paynes Bay in St. James. The Blue Monkey Hotel and Beach Club, a new luxury boutique property, is set to bring a fresh vision to one of Barbados’ most prestigious coastlines. The intimate hotel, located on the island’s celebrated Platinum Coast, […]

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Antigua and Barbuda Names New Tourism Director for Caribbean, Latin America

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The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority has named a new director of tourism for the Caribbean and Latin America.  The ABTA has appointed Charmaine Brown-Spencer to the role, in which she will be responsible for growing market share and destination arrivals from both regions.   “As our organization continues to adapt to meet the demands of […]

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A New Way of Building in the Caribbean

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By Guy Britton From the Dominican Republic to Florida, BioLime has been reinventing the way people build in the Caribbean, centered around the company’s unique architectural finishes made of limestone. To learn more about the company, Caribbean Journal caught up with Brian Coia, President of BioLime, to talk about BioLime’s most recent projects, its outlook […]

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Caribbean Development of the Week: Cabot Saint Lucia

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By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI The much-anticipated golf and residential community, Cabot Saint Lucia, will have around a dozen or so guest accommodations online in 2024. Located on a 375-acre peninsula in Saint Lucia, the Coore & Crenshaw-designed 18-hole golf course, Point Hardy Golf Club, will open for preview play in March and […]


A New Way of Building in the Caribbean

It’s just past twilight on the patio at the Queen’s Hotel, Bar and Kitchen, and the chef has prepared a half-shell Saban lobster with truffle potatoes.  If you haven’t been to this lovely little island before, you may not know that the lobsters here are some of the most prized on earth. They come from […]

Caribbean Moment: A Walk on the Beach in The Bahamas 

It’s still one of the great secrets of The Bahamas: the tiny island of San Salvador.  This tropical getaway, most famous as the site of Columbus’ first landing in the New World, is almost impossibly pristine, home to some of the best snorkeling and diving on earth.  And it’s also filled with untouched, uncrowded white-sand […]

Royal Caribbean Cuts First Steel on New Cruise Ship 

Royal Caribbean has cut the first steel on its newest cruise ship, the second in its Icon Class.  The as-yet-unnamed ship will be the second in the class; the first, Icon of the Seas, will take to the seas in January 2024; this ship will launch sailings in 2025.  The new ship, which is being […]

When George Washington Moved to Barbados

A quarter century before he was catching Hessians in Trenton, George Washington was catching sharks in the middle of the Atlantic.  When his brother Lawrence fell into ill health, the thought was that the tropical climes of an island at the edge of the Caribbean would prove an elixir.  And so the Washington brothers began […]

LVMH Is Reopening This Top Caribbean Resort

LVMH’s Belmond brand is reopening its Riviera Maya luxury resort this spring following a dramatic makeover. The new-look Maroma, a Belmond Hotel will reopen its doors on May 25, 2023, Caribbean Journal has learned. Designer Tara Bernerd and her team have led what Belmond is calling an “extensive renovation and redesign” of the longtime Mexican […]

This Riviera Maya Luxury Resort Has a New GM

The Fairmont Mayakoba luxury resort in the Riviera Maya has named a new general manager, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Fairmont Mayakoba has named Jack van Teeffelen as its new general manager, after having served as interim general manager since last fall.  Van Teeffelen’s experience includes stops at the Savoy in London, the Fairmont San […]

Jamaica Urges Creation of Global Tourism "Resilience Fund"

Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is urging the creation of a global truism resilience fund to support tourism-dependent nations in periods of disruption. The call came amid the Jamaica-hosted Global Tourism Resilience Conference in Kingston this week.  “While we talk about building resilience for tourism, we have to focus on the wider perspective on social, […]

The Caribbean’s Best Margaritaville Resort Is In Nassau

The transformation Downtown Nassau has experienced has been one of the greatest success stories in the Caribbean in the last few years.  In the radius of just a few blocks, you can find everything from a world-class art gallery to a winery to a pirate museum to a chocolate factory (with the Graycliff Hotel and […]