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Dominica Tourism Is Surging, as the Nature Island Becomes a Full-Fledged Hotspot

Dominica is emerging as one of the Caribbean’s stronger tourism growth stories this year, powered by improved airlift and a hotel sector that continues to attract high-end travelers. According to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization, Dominica recorded 68,822 stayover visitors between Jan. and Sept., an increase of 13.3 percent compared to the same period last year. New Flights […]

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American Airlines Is Launching New Jamaica Flights Next Month

It’s the birthplace of James Bond and one of the most beautiful parts of the island of Jamaica. Next month, the north coast’s Ian Fleming International Airport will welcome its first-ever scheduled international service from American Airlines. The airport, which is located in Boscobel, is about 20 minutes from the ultra-popular travel destination of Ocho […]

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A New “Toes in the Sand” Caribbean Hotel in St Barth

If you’ve been to St Barth, you know St Jean: that picturesque, sugar-white stretch of beach and turquoise water that’s the essence of French Caribbean cool. For the last few years, St Jean has seen one hotspot become particularly popular: Gyp Sea, a sought-after beach club and bar right on the sand. Now, the Gyp […]

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Planning a Turks and Caicos Vacation? Delta Has a New Nonstop Flight.

If you’re just emerging from a blisteringly cold winter storm, Turks and Caicos’ Grace Bay Beach sounds pretty, pretty good. That’s precisely the point of Delta’s newest flight to Providenciales. The air carrier just kicked off its newest nonstop service to the Caribbean, with a new routes that connects Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport and Providenciales, […]

A New “Toes in the Sand” Caribbean Hotel in St Barth

You walk in to what seems like an art gallery, with marble floors and a few modern pieces on the walls. Suddenly the door opens and you’re inside a dimly-lit, state-of-the-art speakeasy with a dozen chairs and a kitchen. This is Ever, the brainchild of top chef Ever de Peña, who has created a nightly, […]

The British Virgin Islands’ Legendary Peter Island Resort Is Reopening

It has been almost seven years since one of the Caribbean’s most celebrated private-island destinations was shuttered by Hurricane Irma. Now, the Peter Island Resort in the British Virgin Islands is making its triumphant return. This year, Peter Island will officially reopen, a significant boon for the BVI and the broader Caribbean private-island landscape. The […]

How The Bahamas' Baha Mar Resort Became a Caribbean Art Destination

Just a short stroll from the lobby at the Baha Mar resort in Nassau is one of the nicest art galleries you’ll see in the Caribbean, called The Current. Walk up another story and you’ll find a different one, this time a full-fledged art museum, Eccho. It’s a rarity, to be sure, for a hotel […]

American Airlines Just Launched Three New Nonstop Flights to Cancun

American Airlines is in the midst of a significant expansion in the Mexican Caribbean, centered in the area’s buzzing hotspot of Cancun. American has just launched a trio of new routes to Cancun International Airport, with new service from Cincinnati, Nashville and Pittsburgh. That means a total of 18 nonstop routes between the United States […]

This is the Best All-Inclusive Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica

It’s set on one of the most beautiful beaches you’ll lay eyes upon anywhere in the Caribbean: the sugar-white sands of Doctor’s Cave Beach in Montego Bay, Jamaica. But the S Hotel Montego Bay is not your typical beach resort: it’s an innovative, hip luxury hotel that’s at the forefront of Jamaica’s tourism boom – one […]

Delta Is Relaunching Nonstop Flights From New York to Kingston, Jamaica

Delta Air Lines is bringing back nonstop flights between New York and a burgeoning travel destiantion in Jamaica, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. It’s another new route for Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport, an air hub that has quietly been adding new nonstop flights from across the United States in the last few years. It’s the […]

Silver Airways Is Adding Nonstop Flights to Two Islands in The Bahamas

Continuing its active expansion in the wider region, Silver Airways is adding a pair of new nonstop routes to the islands of The Bahamas, Caribbean Journal has learned. Beginning in March, Silver will be relaunching service from West Palm Beach to two destinations in The Bahamas: Nassau and Marsh Harbour, Abaco. The Nassau service will […]

Sandals Is Opening Its New St Vincent All-Inclusive Resort in March

It’s the most anticipated new resort on the island of St Vincent, well, maybe ever. In just two months, Sandals is opening the new Sandals Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, an all-inclusive resort that should inject significant new energy into the destination. The new resort, which is already taking reservations, now has an official opening […]