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St Maarten’s Top All-Inclusive Just Named a New GM

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Sonesta Resorts St. Maarten has appointed Bernard Mazet as its new General Manager, effective immediately. In the role, Mazet will oversee operations and provide strategic leadership for Sonesta Maho Beach Resort and Sonesta Ocean Point, bringing more than 30 years of international hospitality experience across luxury and all-inclusive resorts worldwide. Mazet most recently served as […]

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Demand for St Barth Real Estate Keeps Rising

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By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI St. Barth real estate has a good problem on its hands. It needs more inventory —  because real estate there continues to be a juggernaut regardless of the pandemic. Tom Smyth, co-owner of St. Barth Sotheby’s International Realty, said one of the best reasons to invest or buy […]

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From Nassau to Grand Cayman, 6 Islands for Your March Vacation

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Celebrity-filled food festivals, villa vacations and diverse spring breaks. It’s peak season in the Caribbean – but that doesn’t mean you can’t find a unique island vacation this March.  And our latest edition of Where to Go takes you across seven great island destinations around the Caribbean, from the buzzing Seven Mile Beach in Grand […]

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St Barth Villa on the Market for $23.9 Million 

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A five-bedroom villa in St Barth’s Pointe Milou neighborhood is on the market for $23.9 million, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The property is listed with St Barth Sotheby’s International Realty.  The five-bedroom, 5.5-villa stunner is called La Danse des Etoiles. It’s home to five en-suite bedrooms, with three bedrooms on the main level and […]


From Nassau to Grand Cayman, 6 Islands for Your March Vacation

It’s hard to believe the first edition of our landmark Cool List was published 11 years ago. Today, the Caribbean Journal Cool List is still the annual authority on the Caribbean’s coolest, most creative, singular, buzzy places to stay. That continues to be the case with our 11th edition, with the Cool List 2023 featuring […]

The 23 Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2023

Can you believe it has been nearly three years since the world changed? In that span, the destinations of the Caribbean have undergone a tumultuous, frantic, whirring upheaval, one that turned from total static to what is today an abundant, pulsing, dynamism. When Caribbean islands began reopening just a few months after the onset of the […]

St Barth’s Ultimate Rum Event Is Back Again for 2023 

The world’s greatest rums. The Caribbean’s most glamorous island.  The premier celebration of fine Caribbean rum is back again in 2023, with the sixth annual Caribbean Rum Awards St Barth.  The festival has revealed its dates for 2023, running Oct. 31 through Nov. 5, headquartered at the world’s leading rum bar, Christopher Davis’ Rhum Room […]

The 25 Best Beach Bars in the Caribbean 2023

There are countless reasons to travel to the Caribbean. But on cold winter afternoons, one image manages to slide into our imaginations more frequently: a cold rum punch at the edge of the Caribbean Sea.  Beach bars just call to so many frequent travelers to the Caribbean, conjuring up dreams of toes-in-the-sand cocktails, endless afternoons […]

From the Cayman Islands to Jamaica, 15 Tiny Beach Resorts to Try

Tucked-away bungalows on a minuscule island in Cayman. A secret oasis in St Barth. An eco-retreat on a perfect stretch of white sand. These are the tiny beach resorts we all dream about during months of endless blizzards.   So what do we mean by tiny beach resort? The formula is simple. The hotel has […]

The Caribbean’s Coolest Art Week Is In St Barth 

It’s an unrivaled celebration of dynamic artists from around the world in St Barth.  Now in its fourth year, Art Week is back in St Barth this week, running from Nov. 22 to Nov. 29, with painters, photographers and sculptors exhibiting in seven different venues across the island: the Villa Marie, the Carl Gustaf, Barnes […]

9 Little Caribbean Islands For Your Next Vacation

They’re hard to get to and harder to leave, where you fall in love the moment you land (or step off the boat). We all dream about these tiny places scattered across the Caribbean, with few people, few hotels and infinite tranquility.  We’ve gathered some of our favorite minuscule destinations in the Caribbean for your […]

St Barth Festival Crowns Best Rums in the Caribbean 

It began with a rooftop, oceanfront tasting of ultra-rare Martinique rum at St Barth’s magnificent Le Barthelemy Hotel and Spa.  It concluded with a rum festival right at the water’s edge in Gustavia, bookended by superyachts.  And in between, the Caribbean Rum Awards St Barth crowned the best rums in the world for 2022.  For […]