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Carnival Mardi Gras Is Back in Action, With 100 Connecting Rooms, a Bigger Casino, and New-Look Shops

Carnival Cruise Line’s Excel-class flagship — is back in service today after an extensive dry dock in Marseilles, France, unveiling a slate of new enhancements designed to elevate the onboard experience for families and groups. The ship departs Barcelona on a 15-day transatlantic voyage, charting a course to its year-round homeport of Port Canaveral, Florida. […]

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Curaçao Continues Tourism Rebound

Curaçao’s tourism sector continues to recover, buoyed by a tourism surge in December. The Dutch Caribbean island welcomed a total of 265,000 stay over visitor arrivals in 2021, according to new data from the Curacao Tourist Board. That represented 57 percent of the island’s pre-pandemic arrivals in 2019, when Curacao welcomed 463,683 visitors. But in […]

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Curaçao Hits Major Tourism Milestone

Curaçao has reached a major milestone, eclipsing its 2019 tourism totals in a month for the first time since the pandemic, according to data from the Curacao Hotel and Tourism Association. In October, the Dutch Caribbean island reported 35,020 stay over visitor arrivals, which represented 101 percent of the same period in October 2019, before […]

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A Zoëtry All-Inclusive Resort Is Coming to Curacao

Apple Leisure Group has announced plans to expand its luxe Zoëtry brand to a new destination: the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao. The new Zoëtry Curacao Resort and Spa is slated to open in November. It will debut at the former Floris Suite Hotel near Willemstad, joined by a new beachfront resort-within-a-resort called Spazio. The […]

Curaçao Hits Major Tourism Milestone

The Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao reported just under 31,000 stayover visitors in August, according to data from the Curaçao Hotel and Tourism Association. That represented about 79 percent of the pre-pandemic, August 2019 stay over totals, according to the organization. That was a positive sign, officials said, given that August 2019 was a very […]

Air Belgium Launches New Flights to Martinique, Curacao

Air Belgium has launched its first-ever flights to the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao. The launch of the flight means a new link between Belgium and Curacao, one that includes a stop on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Air Belgium is now operating two flights each week, with service on Wednesdays and Saturdays from […]

Hilton Has a New All-Inclusive in Curacao

Hilton has continued its Caribbean all-inclusive expansion with its first-ever all-inclusive on the island of Curacao. The new Mangrove Beach Corendon Curacao All-Inclusive Resort is part of the Curio Collection by Hilton, a nod to the surging interest in all-inclusive vacations in the wider Caribbean. The property, set near downtown Otrabanda and Punda in Willemstad, […]

In Curacao, a Clothing-Optional Eco-Resort

It’s the only one of its kind in the Caribbean — a clothing-optional eco resort. And now it’s green, too. Curacao’s clothing-optional hotel, The Natural, has added 17 solar panels to the roof to its main building; the 3,000-watt SMA photovoltaic system can generate around 16 KWh of green energy every day — saving nearly 11 […]

Curacao Seeing Tourism Decline

Curaçao had a tough year for tourism in 2016, according to the latest numbers from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The Dutch Caribbean island reported a total of 441,226 stayover visitors in 2016, a decline of 5.8 percent from 2015. The decline was driven in large part by a decline in tourism from a traditional stronghold […]

Curaçao Hotel and Tourism Association Names New CEO

The Curaçao Hotel and Tourism Association has named a new top executive. CHATA has appointed Miles Mercera to serve as the organization’s new president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Current CHATA President & CEO, Lizanne Dindial, will step down by December 31, 2016, after five years in the post. Mercera first joined the organization […]

How to Stay Like a Swimsuit Model in Curacao

You can stay like a swimsuit model at Curacao’s Avila Hotel, where the “glamazons” featured in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue (on newsstands now) stayed while on location for the magazine. Avila is one of the best places to stay on the island, with a great beachfront location and a wide range mix of accommodations from […]

How to Create Your Own Souvenir in Curaçao

Curaçao’s Must-Visit Art Factory By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor If you’ve ever been to Curaçao you’ve no doubt seen the colorfully painted dolls called “chichis.” The Rubenesque ceramic figurines, whose name means “big sister” in the local dialect, Papiamento, have become icons of the island, representing the protective and nurturing role of big sisters, […]