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10 Boutique Caribbean All-Inclusive Resorts Where You Can Live the Barefoot-Luxury Life

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There is a different kind of all-inclusive in the Caribbean, one built not on sprawling complexes or towering room blocks but on intimacy. These are the hideaways where you wake up and feel as if the entire resort belongs to you, where the staff knows your name by the first afternoon, and where the biggest […]

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Rum Journal: Papa's Pilar: A Rum for Ernest Hemingway

“I ordered a Rum St James. This tasted wonderful on the cold day and I kept on writing, feeling very well and feeling the good Martinique rum warm me all through my body and my spirit.” — Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast HE WAS ONE of the literary titans of the 20th century, and one […]

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Panama City and Tel Aviv Sign Agreement to Become Sister Cities

Above: Tel Aviv (Photo: MT Israel) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama City and Tel Aviv have signed an agreement to become Sister Cities. The agreement between the two sides was signed earlier this week. The agreement aims to strengthen bilateral relations in the fields of cultural cooperation, education, science and commerce. Following the agreement, […]

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Sonesta Opens First Panama Hotel

Above: the Sonesta Hotel & Casino Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff Sonesta has opened its first hotel in Panama. The 304-room Royal Sonesta Hotel & Casino Panama is located in Panama City’s business district, a few miles from Tocumen International Airport. Above: Panama City “Royal Sonesta Hotel & Casino Panama is an exciting addition […]


Panama City and Tel Aviv Sign Agreement to Become Sister Cities

Above: the talks in Panama City (Photo: OP Panama) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli received French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Friday for discussions in Panama City. The two sides discussed ways to “strengthen economic and trade relations between the two countries,” according to a government statement. “We are pleased that France […]

Expansion of Panama Canal Nearly 50 Percent Complete

Above: the Panama Canal (Photo: Panama Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff Progress on the expansion of the Panama Canal was at 48.9 percent through November, the Panama Canal Authority announced in a press release Monday. The report came as the Canal celebrated 13 years under Panamanian administration. “The Panama Canal reaffirms its relevance in […]

Starwood Opens Second Westin in Panama

Above: Panama City (Photo: Panama Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff Starwood Hotels & Resorts has opened its second Westin hotel in Panama, the company announced today. The property in Panama City’s Costa del Este corporate and financial centre is the third Starwood property developed by Panama developer Bern Hotels & Resorts. Starwood now has […]

JW Marriott Opens in Panama

Above: Panama’s first JW Marriott hotel By the Caribbean Journal staff The first JW Marriott hotel has opened in Panama, Marriott announced. The 118-room JW Marriott Panama Golf & Beach Resort is located in the Buenaventura beachfront community in the town of Rio Hato. “Panama remains one of the most vibrant countries for new development […]

Starwood's Aloft Brand to Open Panama Hotel as Part of Latin American Expansion

Above: renderings of the Aloft Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff Starwood’s Aloft brand will be opening an Aloft Panama hotel in 2013 as part of an expansion in the Latin American region, the company announced this week. Aloft Panama will be built in two phases. The first, 126-room phase will open in 2013, with […]

Panama's Danilo Perez to Be Named United Nations Artist for Peace

Above: Danilo Perez By the Caribbean Journal staff Panamanian pianist and jazz composer Danilo Perez will be named a United Nations Artist for Peace, the world body announced Monday. The appointment came due to Perez’s efforts to promote music programmes for children living in extreme poverty in Panama, and due to his “dedication to the […]

Sun International to Open Casino at Trump Ocean Club in Panama

Above: The Trump Ocean Club in Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff Sun International has signed an agreement with developer Newland International Properties to own and operate a 75,000-square-foot casino at the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel & Tower in Panama. The company, which is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, acquired several spaces within the […]

Panama President Ricardo Martinelli Concludes Trip to Vietnam

Above: Panama President Ricardo Martinelli in Vietnam (Photo: OP Panama) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli concluded his Asian tour this weekend, departing from Hanoi, Vietnam. Martinelli called the trip “successful,” optimistic that the visit would create good results to Panama. The trip to Vietnam included discussions on technical support in the […]