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Atlantis Paradise Island Names New COO

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Atlantis Paradise Island has named Vaughn Roberts as its new chief operating officer, placing a longtime executive with deep financial and operational experience into a key leadership role as the Nassau resort moves into its next phase of development. In the role, Roberts will oversee day-to-day operations across the Atlantis resort complex and help guide […]

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Nevis to Partner With US Company on Waste-to-Energy Plant, Solar Farm

Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis’s government is planning to partner with United States-based company Omni-Alpha, LLC on the development of a waste-to-energy plant. The move was announced by the Ministry of Health in the Nevis Island Administration, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Nevis Electricity Company. The plant will […]

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Paradisus Resorts on Green Push

Above: Paradisus Palma Real in Punta Cana By the Caribbean Journal staff Melia Hotels International’s Paradisus Resorts brand has embarked on a wide-ranging new sustainability push, the company announced. The all-inclusive brand said it was looking to achieve four objectives: reducing its carbon footprint, decreasing water consumption, minimizing environmental impact and reducing waste. The company […]

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Rethinking Caribbean Tourism Education

By Ryan Peterson Op-Ed Contributor It is no secret that sustainable tourism is imperative to the wealth and wellness of Caribbean island economies. From ‘green’ to ‘eco’, ‘small’ to ‘slow’, ‘responsible’ to ‘resilient’, there is no shortage of ideas nor insights on sustainability adventures across our Caribbean ocean. Yet, despite entering our (island) policy and […]


Paradisus Resorts on Green Push

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica’s Agricultural Industrial and Development Bank will soon be implementing a pilot project to finance energy efficiency investments by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the country. The project is being supported by the Caribbean Development Bank in the amount of $500,000, the CDB announced this […]

Op-Ed: Leading Sustainable Tourism in the Caribbean

By Ryan Peterson Op-Ed Contributor IT IS a truism that tourism is experiencing a tectonic transformation. In recent times, the global tourism and travel industry, and in particular, Small-Island Tourism-Economies (SITES) in the Caribbean have had to contend with a series of unprecedented and disruptive social, technical, economic and ecological and challenges. In effect, SITES […]

St Croix Solar Facility Sold

Above: Spanish Town Estate Solar Project By the Caribbean Journal staff Toshiba International Corporation has sold its four-megawatt Spanish Town Estate Solar Project in St Croix to NRG Energy. The facility, which began construction in April, will eventually power 1,500 homes in St Croix wiht solar energy and create around 100 jobs in construction and […]

Grenada Completes Solar Plant For Reverse Osmosis Facility

Above: the solar plant at the Petite Martinique reverse osmosis facility By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada has completed construction on a solar energy plant that will power a new reverse osmosis facility on the island of Petite Martinique. The work was done by local firm Grenada Solar Power. The osmosis plant is one of […]

Texaco Planning to Add Solar Panels to Gas Stations in Jamaica

Above: State Minister in Jamaica’s Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Julian Robinson at a Texaco station (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Texaco is planning to retrofit all of its service stations in Jamaica with solar energy. The company has already invested about $45,000 adding solar panels to its Molynes Road operation […]

Calabash Grenada Resort to Undergo Multimillion-Dollar Upgrade Project

Above: the Calabash Grenada resort By the Caribbean Journal staff The Calabash Grenada hotel will soon be undertaking a multimillion-dollar upgrade project, the property announced Monday. The resort will be closing in August and September to “extensively upgrade the resort,” it said in a statement. “We understand that our competition are luxury resorts worldwide, and […]

Grenada to Power Reverse Osmosis Plants With Solar Energy

Above: construction work on the new plants (Photo: GG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada is constructing solar power plants to generate electricity for a pair of new planned reverse osmosis plants on the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The project, which is costing around $2.1 million USD, is being funded by the United […]

Can Jamaica Lead the Caribbean in Renewable Energy?

Above: a wind farm (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Can Jamaica lead the Caribbean in the development of green energy? Jamaica Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell says that it can, predicting that, by the middle of next year, Jamaica will be the leading country in the region in the gross production of renewable energy. […]