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This Airline Is Launching Its First-Ever Flights to Bonaire

Hotels

This Caribbean Island Has Style and Buzz, and These 15 Resorts Show Why

Curaçao is a vibe right now, with buzzing hotels, visitors flocking and an indescribable energy. But it has also quietly become one of the Caribbean’s most complete resort destinations. Along its southern coast, beaches shift from calm, reef-protected swimming coves to wide-open stretches framed by limestone cliffs. Inland, plantation houses, botanical gardens, and vibrant neighborhoods […]

Flights

From JetBlue to American Airlines, It’s Getting Even Easier to Visit Bonaire Island

The diving, the food, the desert. Whether you’re off-roading in the Washington Slaagbai park, chasing barracuda in the marine park or dining at one of the world’s top restaurants, Bonaire has bit of something for everyone. This upcoming winter season will see the island become even easier to visit, too. That’s headlined by a brand-new […]

News

This Dutch Caribbean Hotspot Is About to Get a Major New JetBlue Flight

The diving, the food scene, the lovely boutique hotels. Bonaire has been having its moment in the post-pandemic period, with record-breaking arrival numbers and a sizzling energy — far removed from its early years as an under-the-radar dive spot. But it’s about to hit a whole new level on the travel radar, with the imminent […]

News

The Best Caribbean Resorts for Snorkeling, From Bonaire to Belize to Andros

Sergeant majors and grouper and jellyfish and rays. Elkhorn and staghorn coral, reef sharks and organ pipes and barracuda and needlefish. Snorkeling is a pleasure in the Caribbean. But, let’s be honest, snorkeling isn’t often going to be the singular reason why you come to the Caribbean. But it’s also one of the most popular […]

This Dutch Caribbean Hotspot Is About to Get a Major New JetBlue Flight

Bonaire continues to see positive tourism growth even in the typically slower summer season, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Dutch Caribbean destination reported 14,320 stayover visitors in July, a 1.5 percent increase compared to the same month in 2023. That represented a nearly 9.4 percent jump over June 2019, before the onset of the pandemic. […]

More New Nonstop Flights Between Colombia, Bonaire

In a boost for Bonaire’s efforts to tap into the increasingly important South American market, a new nonstop flight is launching between Colombia and Bonaire. Later this month, Z Air will kick off a new nonstop route between Barranquilla and Bonaire. The Bonaire-Barranquilla flights will run on Mondays at 11:45 AM, while return service is […]

Bonaire Tourism CEO Stepping Down

Miles Mercera, one of the top tourism directors in the Caribbean, is stepping down, Caribbean Journal has learned. Mercera, who has helped lead Bonaire to record-breaking tourism arrivals since taking over back in 2021, is departing as CEO of Tourism Corporation Bonaire. Tourism Corporation Bonaire’s board will begin the process of finding a successor “over […]

Bonaire Tourism Numbers Keep Climbing

It was another positive tourism month for the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire in June, according to new data provided to Caribbean Journal. Last month, 12,117 stayover visitors came to Bonaire, a 5.4 percent increase compared to the same period in 2023, when the island welcomed 11,536 stay over visitors. This June’s number was just […]

The Caribbean's Best Dive Resort Is in Bonaire

Divers know it. It’s one of those resorts they speak about in a reverent tone, a place that has mastered the art. It’s set on a sparkling patch of Caribbean Sea on the western coast of Bonaire, just across the water from Klein Bonaire, a haven for divers and aquatic enthusiasts the world over. Plainly, […]

JetBlue’s New Bonaire Flights Now Have a Start Date

JetBlue is planning landmark new service between New York and the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire. Now, the service has an official start date. The new JFK-Bonaire flights are set to kick off on Nov. 5, JetBlue confirmed this week. That service will be operating twice each week, with flights on Tuesdays and Saturdays. “The […]

Bonaire Is Getting New Flights From an Increasingly Important Travel Market

The proximity doesn’t hurt. And in recent years, South America has been increasingly important source market for the destinations of the Dutch Caribbean. Now, another new nonstop flight will connect the region with South America, thanks to new service on Z Air to Bonaire. The carrier is adding a new nonstop flight between Barranquilla, Colombia […]

In Bonaire, Your Own Private Caribbean Reef

The first thing you notice is the view: a beautiful and vast ocean lies before you, unobstructed and inviting. Walk into any room at the Bellafonte Luxury Oceanfront Hotel and you can hear it calling. It’s the sound of the ocean and nature, the endless soundtrack at a hotel that sits literally at the edge of the sea. […]