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This Caribbean Island Has Fewer Than 400 People, Stunning White-Sand Beaches — and a Brand-New Airport 

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It’s one of the most remote, hard-to-reach little islands in the whole region. Or at least it was. Now, a tiny Caribbean island has a huge new future. The Bahamas has officially unveiled a new airport terminal on the island of Mayaguana, a remote outpost with fewer than 400 residents and a reputation for white-sand […]

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Anguilla Is Hotter Than Ever. Now the Island Has a New Director of Tourism. 

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Anguilla is seeing record-breaking visitor totals, and now the island just named a new director of tourism, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Anguilla’s Tourism Minster Cardigan Connor has tapped Jameel Rochester as the new director of tourism at the Anguilla Tourist Board.  He will be joined by industry veteran and longtime ATB officer Chantelle Richardson as […]

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Anguilla Has Been Making a Year-Round Tourism Push. Now, It's Seeing Record-Breaking Tourism Numbers.

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Anguilla posted its highest number of December visitor arrivals since records began in 1993, according to government data.  The island welcomed 23,871 visitors in December 2024, a 24.5 percent increase over the same month in 2023, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The figure exceeds previous December highs, including 20,961 visitors in 2014 and 19,178 in 2023.  […]

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Anguilla's Tourist Board Has a New Chair

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The Anguilla Tourist Board has named a new chair of its board of directors, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The ATB has tapped industry veteran Amelia Vanterpool-Kubisch as chair of its board of directors.  “Amelia brings a wealth of experience to her new role as Chairperson of the ATB. With more familiarity with the organization than […]


Anguilla Has Been Making a Year-Round Tourism Push. Now, It's Seeing Record-Breaking Tourism Numbers.

The highly-anticipated new airport terminal in Anguilla is “expected” to be completed by this fall, according to the island’s local tourism officials.  The Anguilla Tourist Board says the project’s new building should be finished in the fourth quarter.  That will be joined by an extension of the airport’s runway.  Anguilla now has its first-ever nonstop […]

InterCaribbean Is Starting Puerto Rico-Anguilla Flights

InterCaribbean has been one of the fastest-growing airlines in the region in recent years, and now the Turks and Caicos-based airline has added another route.  This time it’s one to the island of Anguilla with new service from San Juan;’it will kick off on April 14.  The new service will run three times per week, […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla

The latest Caribbean Photo of the Week comes from one of our favorite beaches in the Caribbean: Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla. Caribbean Journal reader Michael Blake of Chagrin Falls, Ohio sent in this lovely shot of the beach. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject […]

Anguilla’s Airport Is Getting a New Terminal 

Anguilla has embarked on a major expansion of its airport, and the project is getting closer to fruition, officials said this week.  The revamp of the island’s Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport will be anchored by a new passenger terminal, which is slated to begin operation before the winter season in 2026. That will be […]

Anguilla Tourism Has a New Chair

The Anguilla Tourist Board has a new chairperson of its board of directors, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The ATB has tapped Melisha Maccow-Niles to the role, succeeding outdoing Chairman Kenroy Herbert.  Maccow-Niles is being joined on the board by new member Calla Gumbs.  Maccow-Niles “is the ideal candidate for Chairperson, based on her years of service […]

Heading to Anguilla? Cape Air Has a New Year-Round Flight From St Thomas, USVI

Meads Bay. Blanchard’s. Aurora. Gwen’s Reggae Grill. Veya. The Greg Norman-designed golf course. Garvey’s. The Q.  It’s no surprise that Anguilla is one of the Caribbean’s most beloved little islands, home to some of the best beaches you’ll ever see and an enviable collection of top hotels and restaurants. Getting there isn’t always a straight […]

Cape Air Just Launched Its New Daily Flights to Anguilla 

Anguilla has been working to position itself as a year-round Caribbean destination. If you’ve been to the island, you understand why — the beaches, the innumerable high-quality restaurants, the beach bars, the hotels. And now the island has a new year-round flight.  Regional carrier Cape Air has officially launched its new flights from St Thomas […]

How the Island of Anguilla Is Becoming a Year-Round Destination 

I remember the first time I saw Rendezvous Bay in Anguilla. Even as a veteran of more Caribbean beaches than just about anyone, I was stunned. The sand was perfect. So soft, so white. And then there was the view of nearby St Martin — the way the contours of its green hills made it […]

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