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This Barbados Hotel Is Exactly 267 Steps From One of the Island’s Best Beaches, With Sunbeds, Cocktails, and a Different Kind of Vacation

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It’s 267 steps from your room to the sand at The Rockley in Barbados. Maybe 268, depending on where you start walking. Maybe 265 if you cut across the pool deck. Either way, it’s the right amount. Enough distance to head back upstairs for another coffee or a colder drink. Close enough that you’re still hearing the water at […]

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From Anguilla to Aruba, the Best Caribbean Beaches to Visit This Summer

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Forget the Hamptons, forget Santorini. And Florida? There’s a reason snowbirds go home in the summer. If you’re looking for a summertime beach getaway, the Caribbean is it. The water is deliciously warm, the trade winds keep you cool and the mercury quickly becomes an afterthought as you’re lazing on sugar-white sands and sipping on […]

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Legendary Dominican Republic Golf Course to Undergo Restoration Project

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Casa de Campo Resort and Villas announced that its legendary Pete Dye-designed Teeth of the Dog golf course will undergo a restoration project led by Jerry Pate Design beginning January 2025.  Since opening in 1971, Teeth of the Dog has become known as Dye’s masterpiece and has been considered the No. 1 course in the Caribbean.  […]

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Dominican Republic Cruise Tourism Keeps Growing 

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It’s no secret that the Dominican Republic is the most popular destination in the Caribbean, as measured by air visitors.  But the country’s cruise industry has quietly been seeing rapid growth, too.  Indeed, the Dominican Republic welcomed just under 867,000 cruise passengers in the first quarter of 2024 across 275 different ships, according to data […]


Legendary Dominican Republic Golf Course to Undergo Restoration Project

Pristine beaches, lush rainforests and winding rivers; the Dominican Republic’s Samana peninsula is a haven for nature lovers and those in search of a more untouched Caribbean.  Now, the area has a new resort, combining all-inclusive convenience with easy access to the area’s natural wonders, with this week’s debut of Wyndham’s first-ever all-inclusive in the […]

Dominican Republic Eyes 12 Million Visitors Amid Continued Tourism Boom

While many of its neighboring destinations were closed in the summer of 2020, the Dominican Republic was open. And it never closed. The country’s navigation of the pandemic helped kick off what would become a new golden age of tourism, ushering in a record-breaking period that has shown no signs of slowing down, with easily […]

First Grand Cayman, Tulum and Roatan. Now Kimpton Is Opening in the Dominican Republic 

Locally-focused restaurants, sleek lobbies, thoughtful service and a reinvention of how hotels do happy hour. Kimpton has always been a unique hotel brand; but it wasn’t until 2016 that the company actually came to the Caribbean, with the outstanding Kimpton Seafire in Grand Cayman. It was another six years later that the company opened its […]

At Casa de Campo’s Epicurea Festival, the Dominican Republic's Top Golf and Food Event

Teeing off on the Caribbean’s greatest golf course. Dining on Michelin-quality food. Savoring crafted cocktails.  The latest edition of Casa de Campo’s Epicurea festival was another big hit, with the unique golf-and-food event bringing together a collection of world-class celebrity chefs at La Romana’s legendary destination resort in the Dominican Republic. That included Chefs Michael […]

Santo Domingo Has Its First Marriott-Branded Hotel  

Just a few weeks after Marriott opened its new Courtyard Marriott in the Dominican Republic’s capital, the company has debuted another new hotel in Santo Domingo.  The new Santo Domingo Marriott Hotel Piantini is the first classic Marriott-branded hotel in the city, with designs by Boris Pena Architects and 207 rooms with views of the […]

Marriott Is Opening a New All-Inclusive Resort in the Dominican Republic 

Marriott is set to open its first-ever Marriott-branded all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic early next year, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The company will be adding the former Sunrise Miches Beach Resort to its All-Inclusive by Marriott Bonvoy portfolio, with plans to open the resort in the first quarter of 2025.  That will include what […]

The Dominican Republic Is Eyeing 11 Million Visitors This Year 

After the Dominican Republic set the Caribbean’s all-time record with 10 million total visitors, local tourism officials have another major ambition for 2024: 11 million.  That’s the goal stated by Tourism Minister David Collado, who said that the number should be achievable if current trends hold.  Indeed, last month, the country welcomed 1.05 million visitors […]

Arajet Expanding Dominican Republic-Colombia Flights 

Colombia is becoming an increasingly important source market for Caribbean tourism, and more air carriers are taking note.  From airlines like Wingo to established carriers like Avianca, more and more companies are adding flights to the Colombia-Caribbean corridor.  That includes fast-growing Dominican Republic-based carrier Arajet, which just announced plans to increase frequencies between Medellin, Bogota […]

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