Puerto Rico

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Ritz-Carlton’s New Luxury “Yacht” Is Now In San Juan, Puerto Rico for the Season 

Don’t call it a cruise ship. Ritz-Carlton’s new luxury “yacht” is officially in the Caribbean, with its new “Ilma” making its inaugural call in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  The ship will be home-porting out of San Juan this season, with […]

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Travel Advisor Bookings Are Growing in Puerto Rico
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Marriott’s San Juan, Puerto Rico Resort Just Completed a Makeover, With Upgraded Rooms and Reimagined Restaurants 
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From Puerto Rico to Barbados, Top Caribbean Chefs Are Facing Off This Week in Miami   
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A New Food Festival Is Coming to Puerto Rico, With Help From Some MLB Stars
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JetBlue Just Launched Daily Nonstop Flights From Providence to Puerto Rico 
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Puerto Rico Passenger Traffic Sees Slight Decline
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A New 1,100-Acre Residential Resort Project in Puerto Rico 
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Is This San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Next Big Luxury Hotel?
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The Best Marriott Hotels in Puerto Rico For Every Kind of Traveler
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Avelo Is Doubling Its Puerto Rico Flights 
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“A New Chapter” for This Puerto Rico Golf Resort 
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This Puerto Rico Hotel Has New Management — And It’s Getting a New Look, Too
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Cheap Flights: JetBlue Has Puerto Rico Fares Starting at $63 

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This is what the travel industry calls the “shoulder season.” It’s after Labor Day, summer has come to a close, the kids are back in school and it’s another three months until the Caribbean really heats up for the holidays.  […]

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This Fast-Growing Airline Is Adding a New Destination in Puerto Rico 

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Puerto Rico’s high-volume tourism hub is, unsurprisingly, San Juan. It’s where the vast majority of travelers go on their vacations, and it’s an urban, cosmopolitan getaway with some beaches tucked in.  But Puerto Rico is so much more. That includes […]

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Ritz-Carlton Is Reopening Its San Juan, Puerto Rico Resort 

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It was the crown jewel of San Juan’s hotels: the nearly 420-room Ritz-Carlton, San Juan, set in the heart of the beachfront neighborhood of Isla Verde and home to a popular casino, too.  Then came the storms of 2017. The […]

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For Puerto Rico, the Air Passengers Keep Coming 

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Even in the height of summer, when many Caribbean destinations see a lighter load of tourists, Puerto Rico is showing no signs of slowing down.  The destination’s cheap flight-driven post-Covid renaissance is continuing, with super-low airfares (and copious available airlift) […]

JetBlue Is Adding Daily Nonstop Puerto Rico Flights From a New Market

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In recent years, the Caribbean has begun tapping into emerging source markets in the United States, concentrated in the Midwest and California.  But another area is becoming increasingly important for island destinations in the Caribbean: New England.  In the last […]

The Best Puerto Rico Wedding Resorts, According to Travel Agents

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Puerto Rico is easy to get to. It’s one of the easiest, cheapest places to fly in the Caribbean — making it a particularly good place for a destination wedding. So where is the best place to get married in […]

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JetBlue Is Looking to Double This Nonstop Flight to Puerto Rico

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JetBlue is seeking to add a second daily low fare nonstop flight between Washington D.C. and San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal has learned. The airline will apply with the U.S. Department of Transportation for slot exemptions in order to […]

Passenger Traffic Growth Continues in Puerto Rico 

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The passenger traffic growth just keeps coming in Puerto Rico, according to new numbers from ASUR, which manages the island’s main air hub, Luis Munoz Marin International Airport.  San Juan passenger traffic was 1.136 million in May, a 4.3 percent […]

Frontier Launches Eight New Nonstop Flights to Puerto Rico 

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The sizzle of street food in Loaiza. The dynamic light shows at the Distrito. Transparent kayaks in the Condado lagoon. Picture-perfect rounds of golf at Royal Isabela.  Puerto Rico has a vacation for every kind of travelers, and that’s part […]

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Hyatt Is Opening Its First Caribbean “Centric” Hotel in Puerto Rico 

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The beach parties, the mojitos, the all-day scene. San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Isla Verde neighborhood is one of the Caribbean’s buzziest beach towns — and one of its sexiest beaches. And now it’s about to get a major new hotel.  […]

New Nonstop Flights Between Rhode Island and Puerto Rico 

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It’s getting easier to fly from New England to Puerto Rico. First there was Spirit’s new route between Hartford, Conn. and San Juan last year.  Then, rebranded carrier Avelo kicked off the first-ever flights between New Haven and San Juan.  […]

JetBlue Is Adding a New Nonstop Route to Cancun

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If you’ve been following Caribbean aviation recently, you’ve seen the growth of airlift out of San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, where a host of carriers are adding new flights around the region.  Now you can add […]