Hotels and Development
All-Inclusive

Belize Has a New All-Inclusive Resort, With 55 Suites, Two Pools, and a Swim-Up Bar 

The newest all-inclusive in Belize.

The early light on Ambergris Caye brushes the water in pale green and then deep blue before the sun clears the horizon. Boats slip across the calm sea, and the reef is already near enough that you can see the dark patches of coral beneath shallow water. At Reef Haven Belize, the day begins with […]

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Hyatt Taps Former Meliá Exec to Lead All-Inclusive Expansion Push 

Maria Zarraluqui

Hyatt Hotels Corporation has appointed former Meliá executive Maria Zarraluqui to lead its all-inclusive expansion push, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. as senior vice president, Global Hyatt Inclusive Collection Growth and Owner Relations, a newly created role aimed at accelerating expansion across the company’s all-inclusive portfolio. The appointment is effective March 1, 2026. Zarraluqui will […]

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The Setai Is Opening a Luxury Residential Resort in the Caribbean

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It’s best known for its Miami Beach location, and now the Setai brand is coming to the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The first-ever Setai in the region will be debuting in 2028.  The project, backed by a major Toronto-based real estate developer and a fully underway construction timeline, is a partnership with Altree […]

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KSL and Rodina's Tortuga Resorts Names New CEO

Tortuga has a new CEO.

KSL Capital and Rodina’s Tortuga Resorts launched its Caribbean push in June with its $2 billion purchase of Playa’s real estate portfolio in the Caribbean and Mexico.  Now, it seems to be aiming higher, with a new CEO to lead the charge.  Tortuga Resorts has appointed seasoned hospitality and private-equity executive Leo Schlesinger as its […]


The Setai Is Opening a Luxury Residential Resort in the Caribbean

The Caribbean hotel industry is entering a new phase. New airport projects are reshaping airlift patterns, development pipelines continue to expand across the region, and investors are watching closely as construction costs, insurance dynamics, and demand trends evolve heading into 2026. To better understand how industry leaders are thinking about the next cycle, Caribbean Journal […]

Aimbridge Hospitality Launches All-Inclusive Division, Targeting Caribbean Growth

Aimbridge Hospitality, the world’s largest third-party hotel operator, is making a targeted push into one of the fastest-growing segments in leisure travel — launching a dedicated All-Inclusive division aimed at capturing the surging demand for experience-led resorts in the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America. The new division, to be headquartered in Miami, will combine operations, […]

Two Major New Resort Projects in Turks and Caicos

Turks and Caicos has taken a decisive step in strengthening its position among the Caribbean’s top hotspots, with another major new hospitality investment set to reshape the destination’s luxury offering. The agreement, signed this week at the Office of the Premier & Public Policy in Grand Turk, represents a multi-phase project expected to generate hundreds […]

Why the Puerto Rico Hotel Market Is So Strong Right Now 

It just might be the strongest hotel market in the Caribbean right now, a region that seems to be more resilient to the current global uncertainty than what you might think.  So what is making Puerto Rico so resilient? It’s a combination of factors, according to JLL senior managing director Andrew Dickey, who runs the […]

Why This is the Caribbean’s Top Hotel Investment Conference 

Deals. Networking. Trends. Outlooks. There’s no more essential Caribbean hotel gathering than the ALIS CALA conference, which returns to Coral Gables, Fla. later this month.  The newly-rebranded ALIS CALA (which used to be a pair of conferences called CHRIS and HOLA, runs April 29 to May 1 at the Loews Coral Gables Hotel in greater […]

Where Do Caribbean Hotel Occupancy, Revenues Stand Right Now?

It was a mixed bag for the Caribbean hotel industry last month, with occupancy seeing a slight decline but rates seeing a climb.  So what are the region’s hotel numbers right now? According to hotel analytics firm STR, occupancy in the Caribbean was down 1.1 percent year over year to 55.1 percent in October; average […]

Super 8’s Big Dominican Republic Expansion 

Developer Grupo De Valle is planning a big expansion of the Super 8 by Wyndham brand in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The company is building four new hotels in the country, with a total investment of over $25 million.  That will include hotel properties in Rio San Juan, Cabrera, Cotui and […]

From Large Resorts to Real Estate Projects, How E-Finity Is Shaping the Future of Clean Energy in the Caribbean 

From large resort projects and affordable housing to industrial facilities, one energy company has been helping to reshape the future of clean energy in the Caribbean: E-Finity Distributed Generation, which has helped provide clean energy to numerous projects across the region with its unique microgrids.  To learn more about what the company has been up to, […]

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