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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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In Panama, a New Caribbean Treehouse Hotel 

Panama Caribbean Treehouse Hotel

Panama’s top overwater resort has added another unique room style: treehouses.  The Nayara Bocas del Toro, set on a private island off the Caribbean coast of Panama, has debuted its newest rooms: a pair of towering 50-foot-tall treehouse units designed by Elora Hardy’s Bali-based Ibuku.  The solar-powered treehouse are built from four local varieties of […]

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Travelers Are Flocking to Nassau Paradise Island in The Bahamas

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The Bahamas’ number one destination is hotter than ever.  Nassau Paradise Island, the twin-island destination that represents the most popular place to visit in The Bahamas, is seeing surging tourism numbers, according to new data from the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board.  Nassau Paradise Island has “fully recovered” from the pandemic, officials told Caribbean Journal, […]

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A Major New Music Festival in the US Virgin Islands 

US Virgin Islands Music Festival

A major new music festival is coming to St Croix in the United States Virgin Islands next week.  The new US Virgin Islands Caribbean Music Festival is the product of a collaboration between the United Jazz Foundation and and the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.  The festival, which will be free of […]


Travelers Are Flocking to Nassau Paradise Island in The Bahamas

Cancun air traffic has already surpassed its pre-pandemic levels — and now it’s setting new highs.  Cancun International Airport saw passenger traffic of 2.897 million last month, a more than 32 percent jump over the same period in 2022, according to newly-released data from ASUR, which manages the airport.  That included a 32.2 percent increase […]

The BVI's Scrub Island Has a New Executive Chef

The Scrub Island private-island resort in the British Virgin Islands has named a new executive chef. The resort has tapped Chef Greg Best for the role, in which he will oversee operations and menu development at the property’s food and beverage outlets. He will also direct events in the resort’s 17,000 square feet of indoor […]

Hyatt Is Opening Its Newest Punta Cana All-Inclusive

Hyatt is opening the newest addition to its Inclusive Collection next week, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new Dreams Flora Punta Cana is opening for stays beginning Feb. 15, according to the AMR Collection’s Web site. The 520-room-and-suite resort is located in the Cabeza de Toro area of greater Punta Cana, set about 25 minutes […]

The Anguilla Culinary Experience Is Back

Anguilla’s new culinary festival is returning after a successful first edition last year. The second edition of the Anguilla Culinary Experience will run May 3 to 6, bringing together chefs from Anguilla and the world and focusing on the island’s dynamic dining scene. “Last year’s Anguilla Culinary Experience was a great success. It was a […]

The Cayman Islands Real Estate Market Is Leading the Caribbean

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI If you ask the folks at Provenance Properties Cayman Islands what the biggest takeaway from its most recent Cayman Islands real estate market report was, they would say it displays the resiliency and value proposition of the Cayman Islands real estate market. Despite the negative impacts of the […]

The 20 Most Romantic Beaches in the Caribbean for 2023 

What makes a beach romantic? The best way to answer that might be to define what does not make a beach romantic: huge crowds. Towering resorts. Artificial noise.  The Caribbean’s most romantic beaches tend to be tucked away; quiet; serene. They are beautiful and serene, natural oases, all with a unifying feature: the somehow feel […]

Christie’s Real Estate Adds St Martin Brokerage

Christie’s International Real Estate has added another Caribbean brokerage to its quickly-expanding portfolio.  The company has signed Oceano Homes in St Martin, which is based in Orient Bay.  The newly-branded Oceano Christie’s International Real Estate will be the network’s exclusive affiliate for both St Martin and St Maarten.  The brokerage, led by Pablo Yahuda and […]

Spirit Airlines Just Added Another Flight to St Maarten 

Spirit Airlines has officially expanded its nonstop flight service to St Maarten, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The low-cost carrier has added a second weekly flight between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and St Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport.  The new flight complements weekly Saturday service from Fort Lauderdale, which had for years been the only flight […]