First, there was the new Iberostar. Then the new St. Regis. Next, the long-awaited Secrets Baby Beach. Now, Aruba is getting another new resort — within a resort. It’s called The Westerly, it’s a major expansion of the Hilton Aruba resort, and now it has an opening date: Jan. 5, 2026. The new-build property, which has […]
Ranging in color from blinding ivory to exotic ebony, beaches are some of the Caribbean’s most valuable stock in trade, drawing sand-and-sea lovers from all over the world. But none are as enchanting as those pink-sand beaches, which practically beg to be immortalized on your social feed. They’re few and far between, but their rarity […]
Bonaire’s tourism sector continued its upward trend in May, with a 13.9 percent year-over-year increase in stayover arrivals, according to new data from Tourism Corporation Bonaire obtained by Caribbean Journal. The island welcomed 14,962 stayover visitors in May 2025, up from 13,133 during the same period last year — a notable gain driven largely by […]
The Caribbean island of Bonaire is one of the last places where a hotel stay still feels like discovery. It’s quiet, low-key, and spectacularly unscripted—more reef than resort, more adventure than agenda. There are no mega-hotels, no cruise crowds, no manufactured thrills. Just salt in the air, wind in the palms, and a kind of […]
