Jamaica Just Topped 2 Million Visitors for 2024, in "Remarkable Achievement"

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One of the Caribbean’s Coolest Beach Bars Is On an Uncrowded Beach in Antigua With Endless Breezes, Swinging Chairs, and Perfect Surf

The sign on the side of the road got me. It was black, and hand-painted. “Bar on the Beach.” That’s not a sign I can easily refuse. And, unsurprisingly, I was quickly rewarded, here on one of the most intriguingly-named beaches in the Caribbean. For starters, it’s cool here. No, the mercury reads somewhere […]

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Tony Robbins Is Opening a Caribbean Resort

Self-help legend Tony Robbins is getting into the hospitality world — with plans to open his first-ever resort in the Caribbean in partnership with SBE’s Sam Nazarian, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The plan is for a new kind of health-oriented resort, developed in partnership with Fountain Life, a disease “detection, prevention and reversal” company. […]

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How Antigua and Barbuda Is Celebrating Travel Agents

The first-ever Antigua and Barbuda Black Pineapple Awards—an initiative that honors and celebrates the outstanding achievements of hard-working travel agents from around the world—is set to take place from December 6 to 8, 2024, in Antigua and Barbuda. The event, organized by the Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Tourism and the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, will bring together […]

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Hyatt Is Opening a New “Centric” Hotel in the Dominican Republic

It’s a brand that’s been rumored to be coming to the Caribbean for years. First, there were talks about one in Barbados. Then another was pegged to open in Puerto Rico. But it looks like the first-ever Hyatt Centric hotel in the Caribbean is coming to the capital of the Dominican Republic. The new Hyatt […]

How Antigua and Barbuda Is Celebrating Travel Agents

Eataly, the global Italian food hall with locations everywhere from New York to Germany to Saudi Arabia, is coming to the Caribbean — on a cruise ship. MSC Cruises is bringing the first-ever Eataly at sea to its new MSC World America ship when it debuts next year. Eataly is famous for its large food halls […]

Two New Resorts Are Coming to Jamaica, With Swim-Up Rooms and Overwater Villas

Overwater villas. Swim-up rooms. A water park. Private butlers. A pair of new resorts is coming to Jamaica this fall, and now the first-ever Princess Hotels properties on the island have an opening date. The dual-resort complex is set to open in the up-and-coming tourism destination of Green Island on the northwestern coast of the […]

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Has a Dynamic New President

One of the Caribbean’s most dynamic hoteliers has a major new post: president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association. Sanovnik Destang, the executive director of the Bay Gardens Resorts portfolio in Saint Lucia, has been elected as the organization’s new president. His appointment was confirmed at the recent CHTA General Meeting; Destang, who was […]

In Nassau, Celebrating Flamingos

They’re right on the beach, staying in one of the Caribbean’s top luxury resorts. They’re treated like royalty, with everything they need at any time. They even do yoga. And while they’re not exactly guests at Nassau’s Baha Mar, they are VIPs. The newest arrivals at the Baha Mar are a group of eight baby […]

The New-Look LIAT Is Adding Another Caribbean Island: St Vincent

It’s back — LIAT, the Caribbean airline that was for decades the region’s central way to get around. Now it’s called LIAT 2020, and the reborn carrier keeps adding new Caribbean islands. The latest? St Vincent and the Grenadines, where the carrier will begin flying starting Oct. 4, the company confirmed this week. LIAT will […]

This St Barth Hotel Is Getting a Makeover

It’s the top surfing spot in St Barth; a rustic, raw coastline of the island with a unique energy. This is Toiny Beach, one of the more mystical corners of this French Caribbean island. But as beautiful as this place is, it’s not the biggest draw. That would be Le Toiny, the boutique luxury resort […]

Kimpton’s New Riviera Maya All-Inclusive Is Now Taking Bookings — And Has an Opening Date

The wine hour. The yoga mats. The food. The coffee and tea service. There’s a reason Kimpton has such a devoted following: it’s been taking the boutique experience to luxury resorts and city hotels across the US and, in recent years, the Caribbean. But now Kimpton, which just opened its first urban hotel in the […]

Why Sustainability Is a “National Passion” in The Bahamas

Restoring mangrove forests to protect low-lying communities. “Climate disaster tagging” to provide data on climate change spending. The world’s first ever protected “seahorse” park. Sustainability has been a big buzz word in the Caribbean in recent years, with a greater emphasis particularly in the tourism industry on conservation, preservation and community impact. One destination has […]

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