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This Under-the-Radar Caribbean Beach Town Has Street Food, Island Hopping, and French Charm

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I’m eating a bokit. It’s the most famous sandwich in Guadeloupe — a fried bread pocket that lands somewhere between the bakes of the southern Caribbean and a panini — hot, filling, and meant to be eaten with your hands (here’s more on this culinary art form). The oil’s still warm through the paper. There’s […]

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A Letter to Haiti

To the Motherland By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor I am not sure where to begin, but I have this impulse inside of me that will not go away. My thoughts have been holding me hostage every time I think about your situation and the living conditions of the many who still call you home. It […]

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Caribbean Home: A Private Island for $17.9 Million

Another private island on the block By the Caribbean Journal staff Our journey through the region’s private island listings now takes us to Gumelemi Cay, a private island in Abaco now on the market for $17.9 million. The 8-acre island has three private beaches, and is just offshore the Baker’s Bay Golf and Ocean Club […]

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Puerto Plata's Oasis of Chic

Rediscovering cool at the Dominican Republic’s Casa Colonial By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, CJ Travel Editor It’s the last place you’d expect to find a posh boutique hotel. Hidden in plain sight in the Playa Dorada compound, where big-box all-inclusive resorts view to be better, bolder and … well … bigger than their neighbors, Casa Colonial Beach […]


Caribbean Home: A Private Island for $17.9 Million

Erika devastates the island By the Caribbean Journal staff While much of the region escaped Tropical Storm Erika, the storm simply devastated the island of Dominica. The country is reporting 20 deaths from the storm, with more missing, according to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. And the damage to roads and infrastructure was also significant, from swamped […]

China to Fund $511 Million Project at University of the West Indies

UWI, China Harbour sign memorandum By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The University of the West Indies and China Harbour Engineering Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a $511 million USD development project. The project will include the expansion of the University Hospital from 500 to 1,000 beds, an upgrade to the College Commons, […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: Charlestown Harbour, Nevis

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Kris Liburd, who sent in this lovely shot of Charlestown Harbour in Nevis. Did you take a great shot of the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line. It could be the next one! — CJ

New Tech at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad

Hyatt check-in goes digital By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Hyatt Regency Trinidad is adding a little extra tech to its check-in process. It’s part of what the downtown Port of Spain hotel says are several new technological developments that will provide guests with greater ease and convenience during their stay. The first is Hyatt iPad solution, […]

Caribbean Tourism Organization Secretary General Visits Guyana

Guyana looking to develop tourism sector By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean Tourism Organization Secretary General Hugh Riley is in Guyana this week, looking to assist with some of the country’s aims of developing into a “must-see tourist destination.” Riley is meeting with Guyana Tourism Minister Cathy Hughes to discuss ways to “advance cooperation and […]

Richard Branson’s Hosting a Golf Tournament on Necker Island

A unique tournament By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s the latest innovation from British Virgin Islands resident Sir Richard Branson: a new kind of Caribbean golf tournament. It’s called the Necker Open, and it won’t be quite like any other golf tournament you’ve seen. Indeed, Branson is calling it the “world’s most exclusive and exciting pro-am […]

Hiking Saba’s Mount Scenery

Climbing the Netherlands’ tallest mountain By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor SABA — Is that a rooster? I’m hiking Mount Scenery – at 2,855 feet tall the highest point on Saba (and the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands) – when I look up from the fern-fringed stone stairway and see a feathery blur of black […]

Central Holidays Now Has a Cuba Division

Central Holidays eyes Cuba growth By the Caribbean Journal staff Central Holidays has named Arthur Berman as Vice President of its newly-formed Latin America and Cuba Division. In his new capacity, Berman will be responsible for implementing strategies that effectively market the companies new collection of Latin American and Cuba travel programs, including its newly […]