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Southwest Airlines Is Launching New Daily Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous for Sand, Beach Bars and Gourmet Eateries

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The approach into Princess Juliana International Airport is one of the most recognizable arrivals in the Caribbean. Jets descend low over the bright water of Simpson Bay before touching down just beyond the edge of Maho Beach, where travelers gather along the sand to watch aircraft pass overhead. Within minutes of leaving the airport, the […]

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Caribbean Photo of the Week: On the Dock in St Vincent

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The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Shirley Anthony, who sent in this lovely shot on the island of St Vincent. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com, with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of the photo. It […]

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Aruba’s New Adults-Only Resort Has Swim-Up Suites, a Rooftop Bar and One of the World’s Greatest Beaches 

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Eagle Beach. If you know Aruba, you know it. That wide, white, shimmering stretch of sand in the northwestern corner of the island is one of our favorite beaches in the Caribbean — and inarguably among the best beaches, well, anywhere in the world. It’s also home to an exciting new resort that’s about to open […]

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Antigua and Barbuda’s Art Week Is in Full Swing, With Gallery Tours, Mixology and Live Music 

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The Caribbean’s premier art week is back again in Antigua and Barbuda, with a host of cultural showcases across the twin-island destination.  Art Week Antigua and Barbuda kicked off on Wednesday, with events running now through Dec. 3.  That includes an art weekend in Barbuda, with island wide music and food; the “Rhythm and Vibes” […]


Aruba’s New Adults-Only Resort Has Swim-Up Suites, a Rooftop Bar and One of the World’s Greatest Beaches 

Travelers continue to flock to St Kitts, with the Eastern Caribbean hotspot seeing a full-fledged tourism boom this year.  In fact, St Kitts’ tourism arrival growth this year makes the island one of the fastest-growing destinations in the Caribbean right now, according to new data.  The island has welcomed 118,574 visitors through the  third quarter […]

Turks and Caicos Cruises Are Booming This Year

Cruise passengers keep coming to Turks and Caicos. The destination is reporting more than 1 million cruise passengers so far this year, through the first 10 months of 2024.  A total of 1,034,251 cruise passengers have come to the Grand Turk Cruise Center this year, topping the 924,250 passengers that visited last year.  “Grand Turk […]

Marriott Just Opened a New Adults-Only All-Inclusive Resort in the Dominican Republic’s Under-the-Radar Destination 

It’s not Punta Cana. It’s not Puerto Plata or Santo Domingo. In fact, it’s one of the hottest Caribbean destinations you’ve never heard of: the beach-filled Miches in the Dominican Republic, an area on Samana Bay that has quietly become one of the region’s centers for new hotel development.  Now, the Caribbean’s fastest-growing all-inclusive brand […]

Princess Cruises’ Caribbean Princess Just Arrived in Port Canaveral 

The Love Boat is in Port Canaveral. Princess Cruises, famous as the real-life ship behind the legendary TV series “The Love Boat,” has taken its Caribbean Princess to Port Canaveral.  The ship will now be sailing a Caribbean season out of the popular port, beginning with this week’s Thanksgiving cruise to Turks and Caicos. Caribbean […]

American Airlines Is Launching New Daily Nonstop Service to Nassau, The Bahamas 

Is it the Caribbean’s hottest culinary scene? Or the pristine, sparkling turquoise beaches (including the recently-voted Best Beach in the Caribbean)? Maybe it’s the historic hotels or the growing cocktail movement. Maybe it’s Barbie.  Whatever the reason, travelers continue to flock to Nassau Paradise Island, making the twin-island destination one of the buzziest places to […]

Princess Cruises and Holland America Line Just Named New Presidents 

Princess Cruises and Holland America now have new leadership following a shake-up by parent company Carnival Corporation.  Current Holland America President Gus Antorcha is now the president of Princess Cruises, taking over for John Padgett, who is stepping down early next year.  Holland America’s SVP and chief commercial officer, Beth Bodensteiner, has been named the […]

Can Hyatt’s New Costa Rica Hotel Help Make San Jose Hip? 

Costa Rica’s hotel market has been quietly heating up in recent years, and now the country’s capital has a major new addition: the first-ever Hyatt Centric in Costa Rica, and the second Centric to debut in the Caribbeanean Basin this quarter (following the recent debut of the Hyatt Centric Santo Domingo).  The new-build hotel is […]

This Caribbean Island Is “Your New Love Language." How St Kitts Is Making a Push to Attract Couples 

Wellness retreats. Organic gardens. Farm-to-table dinners. Hiking trails. Green mountains and champagne-colored beaches.  It’s one of the most romantic places in the Caribbean, and now the island of St Kitts is making a big push to court more couples to the destination.  St Kitts has launched a campaign called “St Kitts: Your New Love Language,” […]

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