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Delta Is Adding More Daily Nonstop Flights to Aruba

Caribbean Photo of the Week: Trunk Bay, St John, USVI

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Ed Cave, who sent in this stunning shot of Trunk Bay on St John in the USVI. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with …

The Best Boutique Hotels in Belize

Small but mighty, Belize packs everything from Mayan ruins smothered in dense jungle to idyllic Caribbean islands, each home to boutique hotels that put guests in direct touch with the country’s vast natural beauty. We’ve scoured Belize’s beaches, cays, rivers, …

Caribbean Week Is Returning to New York

The Caribbean Tourism Organization’s popular Caribbean Week event is coming back to New York this summer. This year will be the first time Caribbean Week has been held since the onset of the pandemic. It will run from June 5-8, …

More New York-Nassau Flights

It’s getting even easier to fly to Nassau, The Bahamas from New York. Delta Air Lines is adding a second daily flight between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport, with service set to …

A Legendary Caribbean Beach Bar Hotel Is Back in the BVI

The Caribbean’s most legendary beach bar hotel has a long-awaited reopening date, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Sandcastle at Soggy Dollar, the boutique beach hotel at the world-famous Soggy Dollar Bar on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands, …

Delta Just Launched New Nonstop Flights to Cozumel, Mexico

Delta Air Lines is launching its newest Caribbean route, with nonstop service between Atlanta and Cozumel, Mexico set to begin this winter. The new service, which will begin Nov. 5, will be operating daily between Atlanta and the popular …

Frontier Airlines Is Adding New Nonstop Dominican Republic Flights

Ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines is set to add another new nonstop route to the Dominican Republic in May. Frontier will be kicking off a new nonstop route between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic beginning May 11. …

Small Caribbean Hotel of the Week: An Essential Puerto Rico Stay

While Puerto Rico has been seeing dynamic tourism growth since the pandemic, that wasn’t the case a decade ago. That was when hospitality stars Loisse Herger and Fernando Davila took a chance and opened an innovative new boutique hotel in …

Sandals Resorts Launches New Training for Travel Advisors

Sandals Resorts’ Unique Vacations company is launching a new online training program for travel agents. The new Sandals Training Program, which covers both Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts, is aimed at “educating, empowering and growing” its family of travel advisors. …

More Travelers Are Taking Ferries to The Bahamas

More and more travelers are traveling to The Bahamas via ferry from Florida, according to Spanish firm Balearia, which operates a pair of ferry routes to the country. Baleria, which runs ferries from Fort Lauderdale to both Grand Bahama and …

7 Hotels in Punta Cana With a Boutique Feel

Punta Cana may be one of the most popular resort destinations in the Caribbean, but it’s not all about giant resorts lining the shore of the east coast of the Dominican Republic: those same peerless beaches also are inhabited by …

Caribbean Hotel Occupancy Levels Are Surging

Hotel occupancy is surging in the Caribbean right now, according to a new report from hotel analytics firm STR. The data show that the region’s tourism renaissance continues in earnest, with sizzling growth compared to the same period last year. …

How to Take an All-Inclusive Vacation in Eleuthera

Eleuthera is known for its beaches, its blue holes, its scenery and its inimitable culture. It’s not known for all-inclusive resorts. But one of the island’s top hotels is changing that. The French Leave Resort in Governor’s Harbour is now …

WorldHotels Eyes Caribbean Expansion

By Alexander Britell “The Caribbean is high on our list,” WorldHotels President Gregory Habeeb tells Caribbean Journal. And with a portfolio of independent hotels in 200 different destinations globally, the region is a natural fit for expansion for WorldHotels, which …

St Thomas, USVI Has a Very Cool New Hotel

In case you haven’t been following, the historic downtown of Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas is in the midst of a renaissance. There is a new energy here, new life in these centuries-old streets and a dramatic waterfront transformation project undertaken …

Machel Montano to Headline Music Festival in Jamaica

Soca superstar Machel Montano is headlining a highly-anticipated music festival in Kingston, Jamaica next month. Montano will headline “Wi Fete.- the Ultimate Caribbean Music Festival,” which will be held on April 15 during the weekend of Jamaica’s Carnival. It will …