News

Caribbean-Mexico Hotel Pipeline Surging

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - October 16, 2017 - 5:42 pm

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The Caribbean-Mexico hotel development pipeline is surging right now, according to the latest report from analytics firm STR.

There were 42,259 rooms in 241 hotel projects under contract in the Caribbean and Mexico last month, according to STR.

That represented a 29.3 percent increase in rooms under contract compared to September 2016.

Overall, the Caribbean and Mexico reported 17,490 rooms in 99 projects in construction last month, itself a 25 percent year-over-year increase.

Under contract data includes hotel projects in the In Construction, Final Planning and Planning stages but does not include projects in the Unconfirmed stage.

Margaritaville Is Opening a New All-Inclusive Resort on the Caribbean Island of Roatan

A major new resort is coming to one of the Caribbean’s most beloved under-the-radar destinations. The Margaritaville Island Reserve Resort Roatan, an all-inclusive resort from Karisma Hotels and Resorts and Margaritaville, is officially underway, with a projected debut in 2027. […]

Marriott Is Opening a New Barbados Luxury Resort With a Prime Stretch of Beach and Swim-Up Rooms

It’s not a secret that Marriott has been deepening its all-inclusive footprint across the Caribbean in the last few years. One of the centerpieces of this push has been Barbados, a destination where Marriott actually kicked off its all-inclusive foray […]

Royal Caribbean’s New Cruise Ship Has a Rooftop Bar, a Waterpark and the Largest Pool at Sea

You step into a glass dome floating high above the ocean. To your right, divers plunge from platforms. Above, aerialists twist through light. Somewhere behind you, a DJ is spinning beside a suspended infinity pool. This isn’t a dream — […]

The Caribbean’s Best New Rooftop Bar Sits Above a 150-Year-Old Beachfront Rum Distillery

There was a rum distillery here a century and a half ago. Today, it’s a sugarcane memory, steps from the beach on the eastern coast of Martinique. But there’s still rum here, in more ways than one. The Hardy family […]

Why Sea Turtles Are Racing Across the Caribbean This Summer

It starts on a quiet beach. A turtle slips into the surf, and with it begins one of the most compelling migrations in the natural world — and one of the most creative conservation campaigns in the Caribbean. This is […]

A New Push for “Nature-Positive” Tourism in the Caribbean

The Caribbean Tourism Organization has signed a two-year agreement with global nonprofit Conservation International to promote sustainable, nature-positive tourism across the region. The Memorandum of Understanding, signed June 11 at the CTO’s Barbados headquarters, outlines a framework to support conservation-focused […]