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Kimpton’s Soon-to-Debut All-Inclusive Resort in the Riviera Maya Has Four Pools, Swim-Up Rooms — and an Opening Date 

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More and more big brands have been getting into all-inclusive, from Marriott to Hyatt to even SLS and W. The category has been filling up with names that built their reputations elsewhere, each bringing a slightly different take on what an all-inclusive stay should look like. Kimpton is next. Set within a dense mangrove reserve […]

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The 10 Best Caribbean Beach Towns

Best Caribbean Beach Towns

It isn’t always easy to find a great beach town in the Caribbean. That’s because many of the best beaches are free of people and development and many great towns are more strategically placed on harbors or the like. But there are some outstanding beach towns in the Caribbean if you look hard enough: places […]

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This Is the Best Playa del Carmen Hotel

Best Playa del Carmen Hotel

For someone who loves the Caribbean, hotels and shopping as much as I do, staying at Mexico’s Thompson Playa Del Carmen feels like winning the lottery. It’s nothing less than a fantasy fulfilled, a mash-up of all my passions delivered in one sleek package and the Best Playa del Carmen Hotel. By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ […]

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The Secret to the Best Ceviche Recipe

Perfect Ceviche Recipe

Exploring the secrets of the Best Ceviche Recipe in Mexico. By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor PLAYA DEL CARMEN — I never met a ceviche I didn’t like. In fact, when I’m in Mexico (as I am now) I subsist on a diet comprising nothing but. Tuna, shrimp, yellowtail … I’m a fan of any variety […]


This Is the Best Playa del Carmen Hotel

Is this the best beach in the Caribbean? We ranked it number one in our landmark 2015 ranking. What do you think? Either way, this is almost certainly the best beach in Anguilla: Rendezvous Bay. Here’s what it’s like on the sand:

Exploring The Cliff in Jamaica

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Sometimes you just know. Within moments of entering a hotel lobby, you know whether your stay is going to be just so-so or really spectacular. And the second I stepped into the open-air lobby of The Cliff, a boutique hotel that opened on the West End of Negril, Jamaica, […]

The Best Caribbean Beach Hotels

Sure, there is the food and the rum and the culture and the people. But the primary draw, the siren song beckoning us to the Caribbean, is the beach. We have long acknowledged that there is something about millions of grains of sand massaged by waves that simply and totally intoxicates us. But in a region full […]

Five Caribbean Accommodations to Visit Right Now

By Alexander Britell There are so many different kinds of Caribbean hotels, depending on the time of year, the kind of trip, the budget and the needs of the traveler. But ultimately what we’re always looking for is a hotel with personality, a hotel with a soul. Our latest look at hotels gives you five […]

The 7 Best Places to Stay in Cancun

Finding the right Cancun hotels is all about knowing what you’re looking for. If you’re trying to find a great everything-included resort in Cancun, you’ll have plenty to choose from; it seems that moniker applies to almost all the resorts on the sugary coast of Cancun. But what if you don’t want to go all-in? Your […]

10 Caribbean Hotspots to Visit This Spring

Maybe you’re looking for a classic beach getaway. Maybe you’re looking for an adventurous jaunt to an eco-resort. Or maybe you’re looking for a foodie holiday. Spring is one of the best times to visit the Caribbean — the crowds thin out, the prices fall a bit and the weather is still spectacular. So if you’re […]

The 10 Best Hotels in the British Virgin Islands

There are few places that better capture the fantasy of an island vacation than the BVI. It’s always about the water here, about exploring, about discovery, whether you have a boat or not. You are simply drawn to hop the islands, and there is a pervading friendliness around the whole archipelago, whether you’re exploring the Baths […]

The 20 Best Hotels in Jamaica

The true value of an independent hotel is the sense of place. While Jamaica has one of the region’s best collections of everything-included resorts, a great way to explore and experience Jamaica is by staying at independent Jamaica hotels, which are some of the most unique and charming in the Caribbean. “Jamaica’s hotels product is unique […]

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