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Nicolas Valle , VP Growth Hyatt All inclusive Collection at ALIS/CALA

Hyatt’s All-Inclusive Playbook: An Interview with Nicolas Valle on Caribbean Expansion and What’s Next

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The Bahamas Has 5 Under-the-Radar Hotels for an Authentic Vacation, With Waterfront Bungalows, Pink Sand and Historic Marinas

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From Staniel Cay and Cat Island to Green Turtle Cay, Harbour Island and Bimini, these five small Bahamas hotels deliver the kind of authentic Out Islands vacation that is increasingly hard to find. There is Staniel Cay Yacht Club, where brightly colored bungalows sit beside one of the great boating crossroads in the Exumas, and […]

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CJI Conversation: Grace Bay Resorts CEO Mark Durliat on the Turks and Caicos Market

Grace Bay Resort's Rock House resort in Turks and Caicos.

Turks and Caicos is heading into 2026 after several years of accelerated investment that brought a significant wave of new resort, residential, and private villa development to the market, reshaping both supply and competition across the destination. In this CJI conversation, Mark Durliat, CEO and co-Founder of Grace Bay Resorts, discusses how the market is […]

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IPA Export’s Heico Thorn on Supplying Caribbean Hotels

From hotel rum bars to some of the Caribbean’s top restaurants, Heico Thorn has played a major role in supplying top projects across the region in the last few decades. Thorn’s IPA Export, founded in 1993, has helped complete hundreds of projects from the British Virgin Islands to Dominica to St Vincent and everywhere in […]

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Wyndham's Gustavo Viescas on All-Inclusive, New Hotel Brands and the Outlook for the Caribbean

Wyndham is growing in the Caribbean — significantly. From new all-inclusive resorts in destinations like the Dominican Republic and Curacao to the planned launch of several new brands, it’s clear the company has its sights set on major Caribbean expansion. To learn more about what the company is focused on — and how it’s looking to […]

IPA Export’s Heico Thorn on Supplying Caribbean Hotels

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 […]

How Capital Signal Is Leading the Caribbean Marine Construction Industry

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

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 […]

From a St Regis to a JW Marriott, AB Living Keeps Growing Its Mexican Caribbean Pipeline

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]