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Meet Goldwynn, the Sleek Residential Resort Changing the Hotel Experience on Nassau’s Cable Beach

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Goldwynn Resort and Residences brings 81 rooms, apartment-style accommodations and a low-rise boutique experience to one of Nassau’s most famous beaches. There is another side of Nassau, one that feels residential, sleek and strikingly close to the water. It is on Cable Beach, but removed from the larger resort scene nearby. And it may be […]

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Jimmy Cliff Highlights List of Nominees for Best Reggae Album Grammy

Above: Jimmy Cliff By the Caribbean Journal staff Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff leads a slate of nominees for best reggae album at the upcoming Grammy Awards. Cliff’s Rebirth (which he talked about with Caribbean Journal earlier this year is one of five albums nominated, including: Miracle by the Original Wailers, Sean Paul’s Tomahawk Technique, Sly […]

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Indian Flair Returns to Kura Hulanda Resorts in Curacao

Above: the reopening bash at the Kura Hulanda Resort’s Jaipur restaurant in Curacao By the Caribbean Journal staff The Kura Hulanda Resorts in Curacao have reopened the restaurants in their Otrabanda village square, highlighted by the return of its Jaipur Indian restaurant. All of the Otrabanda’s restaurants had been closed in 2011 after the resort […]

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Rum Journal: Going Overboard With St Kitts' Brinley Gold Shipwreck Rum

WHILE ST KITTS AND NEVIS is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, its rum industry packs a big punch, from the reliable CSR (which goes best with Ting as a “Sting”) to Belmont Estate. But the standard-bearer is Brinley Gold Shipwreck, a range of spiced and flavoured rums that are the pride of St […]


Indian Flair Returns to Kura Hulanda Resorts in Curacao

Above: Cap Maison By the Caribbean Journal staff For the third year in a row, St Lucia’s Cap Maison resort will be launching its Chef Series, which imports chefs from restaurants around the world and puts them in the kitchen at the Cliff at Cap restaurant helmed by Chef Craig Jones. This year, the guest […]

Rum Journal: At Miami Beach's Juvia, the Art of the Mojito

NEXT WEEK brings Art Basel Miami, the annual celebration of the art world in South Florida. And one of the spots that’s sure to attract the sojourning art lovers is Juvia, the restaurant and lounge high above the Herzog & de Meuron-designed 1111 Lincoln complex on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road. Juvia, owned by husband and […]

Four Seasons Opens New Tanzania Lodge, With a Boost from Nevis

Above: the Four Seasons Serengeti National Park By the Caribbean Journal staff Four Seasons has officially opened its new Safari Lodge Serengeti in Tanzania, and a Nevisian will be in charge of the cuisine. As Caribbean Journal reported earlier this year, helming the resort’s culinary options will be Nevis native Curtis Smithen, the former executive […]

Remembering Marcus Garvey in Miami

Above: attorney Niyala Harrison (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell MIAMI — The legacy of Marcus Garvey remains just as relevant to the modern day, particularly to the Caribbean. That was among the findings of the Fifth Marcus Garvey Seminar held Thursday night at the University of Miami School of Law. The seminar, chaired by attorney David […]

Rum Journal: A Rum-Based Pick-Me-Up from Trinidad's 10 Cane

IN THE FRENCH ANTILLES, and particularly Martinique, there’s a term called “decollage.” Literally, it means a “take-off,” as in an airplane. But the term is really used for the first drink of the day — the drink (usually a Ti’ Punch), that gets you where you need to go. While we’re big fans of the […]

Rum Journal: Making the Rum Pilgrimage to Barbados

Above: the Mount Gay Distillery in Barbados (All photos by CJ) BARBADOS — This is a rum mecca. And making the pilgrimage to the Mount Gay Distillery on the outskirts of Bridgetown is a religious experience. It’s here that the three-centuries-old Mount Gay brings its Barbados sugarcane for distilling and bottling. And the rum may be […]

Le Sereno St Barth's Names Jean-Louis Brocardi New Executive Chef

Above: sunrise at Le Sereno in St Barth (Photo: Le Sereno) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Le Sereno hotel in St Barth has named Jean Louis Brocardi as the new executive chef at the property’s signature Le Restaurant des Pecheurs. Brocardi, a native of Marseille, will helm the restaurant using “traditional french flavours prepared […]

Rum Journal: From Bermuda, a Proper Holiday Egg Nog

Above: Bermuda As many of our readers celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, and as the holidays come upon us, we thought it best to offer a rum cocktail appropriate for the season. This recipe comes from Bermuda and Gosling’s Rum, and makes for a classic, flavourful Egg Nog. So whether it’s for Thanksgiving, or just a […]