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Jamaica Names New Director of Visitor Safety

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This Company Is Adding Two New Cuba Resorts

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By the Caribbean Journal staff A leading Asian resort company is in the midst of a major expansion in Cuba. Archipelago International, the largest independent hotel company in Southeast Asia, is adding two resorts in Cuba, the company said. Archipelago has already signed a management contract for the rebranded Grand Aston Cayo Las Brujas Beach […]

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Turks and Caicos’ Wymara Names New GM

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos’ Wymara Resort, the former Ganesvoort in Providenciales, has appointed a new general manager. The property has tapped industry veteran Rolf Lippuner to the role, in which he will work to “realize the property’s full potential,” according to a statement.  “The opportunity to lead Wymara into the future […]

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Delta Launching New York-Bogota Flights

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Delta Air Lines is launching new flights from New York City to Bogota, the carrier said Monday. The new daily service will launch Dec. 21 out of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. “We are looking forward to providing daily nonstop service to the largest Colombian community living in […]

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A Top Caribbean Hotel Reopens in Dominica

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By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the Caribbean’s leading sustainable hotels has officially relaunched in Dominica. The Jungle Bay Eco Villas has been reborn in Soufriere in southern Dominica, an important step for Dominica’s resurgent tourism industry. The popular hotel had been shuttered since Tropical Storm Erika in 2015, and has been totally transformed […]

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Copa Expanding St Maarten Flights

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama’s Copa Airlines is set to operate four weekly flights to St Maarten for the upcoming winter season, according to the St Maarten Ministry of Tourism. The important regional carrier will resume the flights by December, according to a government statement. The announcement came after a meeting between St Maarten […]


Delta Launching New York-Bogota Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama’s Copa Airlines is set to operate four weekly flights to St Maarten for the upcoming winter season, according to the St Maarten Ministry of Tourism. The important regional carrier will resume the flights by December, according to a government statement. The announcement came after a meeting between St Maarten […]

How to Live Right on the Water in Turks and Caicos

By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos has quietly become one of the Caribbean’s centers for luxury real estate development — and now there’s yet another project on the way. This time it’s The Launch, the newest addition to Providenciales’ Long Bay beach, a stretch of sand made famous by The Shore Club resort. The […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: A Cove in Barbados

By the Caribbean Journal staff The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Lee Riordan, who sent in this delightful shot of a small cove a short stroll from Sandy Lane on the Platinum Coast. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, […]

Mexico Gets Its First Hyatt Centric Hotel

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Hyatt Centric brand has come to Mexico. Hyatt Hotels has announced the official debut of the 140-room Hyatt Centric Campestre Leon, the first-ever Hyatt Centric-branded hotel in the country. It’s also the first Hyatt Centric in the wider Caribbean-Mexico region, although a Hyatt Centric property is currently in development […]