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Cruise Arrivals Continue to Surge in Martinique

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Cruise tourism in Martinique is climbing at a strong pace in 2025, with the French Caribbean island reporting 216,641 cruise passengers from January through June — a 15.5 percent increase over the same period in 2024. The growth underscores Martinique’s expanding presence on the Caribbean cruise map, driven by both homeport and transit calls. Fort-de-France […]

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BWH Hotels Has Big Plans in the Caribbean: A Conversation With Bill Clegg

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BWH, the hotel portfolio that includes brands like Best Western and SureStay Hotels, has been on an expansion push in the Caribbean in recent years. That includes new properties in destinations like Aruba and Curacao and an even larger pipeline of signed hotels across the wider Caribbean Basin. So what’s next for the company, and […]

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How Kestrel Became the Caribbean’s Top Logistics Company 

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It was obvious earlier this month – when they helped facilitate the movement of much-needed supplies and aid to the battered islands of the Grenadines — just how vital logistics company Kestrel has become in the Caribbean.  To learn more about how Kestrel started and dive deeper into the shipping industry in the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal […]

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How Capital Signal Is Leading the Caribbean Marine Construction Industry

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In a region of islands, marine construction isn’t just important — it’s essential. For more than three decades, one company has been at the forefront of marine construction: Trinidad and Tobago’s Capital Signal, which has worked on some of the most significant projects around the region in its 32 years. So what’s next for the […]


How Kestrel Became the Caribbean’s Top Logistics Company 

Developer AB Living debuted its new SHA Mexico project in January, a new kind of hybrid wellness clinic and resort. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg for the company, which continues to develop new properties in the Mexican Caribbean, with a growing pipeline of hotels and a focus on residential resorts. To learn […]

Building the New British Virgin Islands

By Alexander Britell It’s been a “wild ride” for the British Virgin Islands in the last half decade, first with a storm and then a pandemic. But one company has been at the forefront of the British Overseas Territory’s reconstruction and renaissance — Mosaka Ventures Limited, a company that’s based in Tortola and has played […]

WorldHotels Eyes Caribbean Expansion

By Alexander Britell “The Caribbean is high on our list,” WorldHotels President Gregory Habeeb tells Caribbean Journal. And with a portfolio of independent hotels in 200 different destinations globally, the region is a natural fit for expansion for WorldHotels, which was acquired by BWH Hotel Group in 2019. To learn more about the company and […]

Apple Leisure Group Has Big Expansion Plans in the Caribbean

It’s the hottest thing in travel right now, particularly in the Caribbean: all-inclusive, the all-in-one food and beverage concept that’s become the most sought after demand for travelers. And it’s also the hottest thing in hotel development, with more and more large brands entering the space, from Marriott to Hilton. And then there’s Hyatt, which […]

Marriott Has Big All-Inclusive Plans in the Caribbean 

By Guy Britton Marriott made its high-profile entry into the all-inclusive space in 2019 with its acquisition of the Barbados-based Elegant Hotels.  Now, the company has quickly become a power in the all-inclusive space in the Caribbean, with nearly three dozen all-inclusive resorts across the wider region and another 11 in the pipeline.  It’a sign […]

How to Obtain Citizenship in This Caribbean Country Right Now

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI The short answer to why St. Kitts and Nevis’ citizenship by invest program (CIP) has been so popular since its 1984 inception is visa-free travel and a strong reputation. But there is much more to know about what Jennifer Harding-Marlin, a St. Kitts and Nevis attorney, told Caribbean […]

CJI Conversation: Best Western CEO Larry Cuculic on the Caribbean Market

By Guy Britton Larry Cuculic took over as the newest chief executive officer of Best Western Hotels and Resorts towards the end of 2021, overseeing a company that is in the midst of a broad expansion push in the Caribbean in particular. Caribbean Journal Invest caught up with Cuculic to learn more about Best Western’s […]

CJI Conversation: Viceroy's Stephanie Yesenofski

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI With the recent reopening of Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort in St. Lucia and a grand opening slated in the next few years in Panama, Viceroy Hotels & Resorts is doing its best to navigate its way around the challenges of COVID-19. Caribbean Journal Invest (CJI) spoke with […]