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Sandals Is Opening a Beaches All-Inclusive Resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines 

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Sandals is opening a new Beaches resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Sandals and Beaches Executive Chairman Adam Stewart made the revelation during the Skift Global Forum this week.  The new resort is a 360-room all-inclusive development planned for Mount Wynne Beach on the western coast of St Vincent – […]

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Choice Hotels Acquiring Radisson Americas for $675 Million 

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Choice Hotels International is acquiring Radisson Hotel Group Americas for approximately $675 million, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The transaction includes Radisson Hotel Group Americas’ franchise business, operations and intellectual property.  It comprises nine Radisson brands, part of what Choice called its strategy to “its growth opportunities by bringing the company’s best-in-class franchising platform to […]

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Marriott Has Big All-Inclusive Plans in the Caribbean 

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By Guy Britton Marriott made its high-profile entry into the all-inclusive space in 2019 with its acquisition of the Barbados-based Elegant Hotels.  Now, the company has quickly become a power in the all-inclusive space in the Caribbean, with nearly three dozen all-inclusive resorts across the wider region and another 11 in the pipeline.  It’a sign […]

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Saint Martin Is Getting a Major New Hotel 

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The most important new hotel project in St Martin in decades is underway.  The 170-room project, which will be managed by Highgate, is targeting a debut at the end of 2023.  Construction is already underway, having launched in January 2022.  The as-yet-unnamed hotel will be set in the heart of Marigot, the charming, historic capital […]


Marriott Has Big All-Inclusive Plans in the Caribbean 

The Caribbean’s hottest new real estate project has topped $40 million in sales in its first month on the market, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The Residences at the St Regis Cap Cana, set in the most exclusive community in the Dominican Republic, is projected to open by the end of 2023.  Waypoint Real Estate […]

LionGrove Acquires Another Caribbean Resort

By Alexander Britell LionGrove has purchased another Caribbean resort, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. It’s the third property in the Caribbean for the company, and the second transaction in the last year. The company has purchased the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Golf and Beach Resort in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. The move follows LionGrove’s purchase […]

Dream Hotel Group Is Expanding to Saint Lucia

Dream Hotel Group has long had big plans in the Caribbean — and while the company hasn’t yet opened its first hotel in the region, its pipeline continues to grow. The new Cas en Bas Beach Resort is slated to open in Saint Lucia in 2023, the company announced this week. The deal is with […]

Grenada's Kawana Bay Resort Project Is On Hold

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI After initially making “incredible” progress, construction is still on hold at the long-awaited Kimpton Kawana Bay Resort in Grenada as the developer awaits resolution on an arbitration case against the government. Late last year, True Blue Development, which is developing the Grand Anse Beach-area resort, officially sought international […]

How Crypto Has Been Driving Bahamas Real Estate 

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Many experts agree that using cryptocurrency may become the way of the future in Caribbean real estate transactions. But the Bahamas is not waiting for the future. Gavin Christie, luxury broker and appraiser for Corcoran C.A Christie Bahamas, said the Bahamas Government decided that they not only wanted […]

The Bahamas’ Luxury Real Estate Market Is “On Fire”

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI When it comes to the destination’s luxury real estate market, The Bahamas’ remains scorching hot, even when the pandemic may have slowed down other islands’ growth. “On fire’ is the accurate description,” Colin Lightbourn of real estate firm, Engle and Volkers Bahamas, told Caribbean Journal Invest. “I have […]

Marriott Tobago Project Set to Launch Construction Next Year

The final design of the $81 million Marriott Hotel project, at Rocky Point, on the island of Tobago, is nearing completion and construction is expected to start in 2023. At a tour recently on the property, Superior Hotels Ltd chairman John Aboud said that while the development is subject to change, construction is due to […]

This Caribbean Destination Is Breaking All-Time Real Estate Sales Records

By Alexander Britell The Turks and Caicos Islands is seeing its highest-ever levels of real estate sales, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  So far this year, residential and commercial sales in Turks and Caicos have totaled just under $329 million in the first half, the highest level ever recorded in the British Overseas Territory— and already […]