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Hyatt Just Opened a New Hotel at Cancun International Airport

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Cancun is home to one of the busiest airports in the wider region, and now it has a signature hotel. Hyatt Place Cancun Airport has officially opened, becoming the first Hyatt Place in Quintana Roo and expanding Hyatt’s presence in one of Mexico’s busiest travel hubs. The new-build hotel sits adjacent to Cancun International Airport […]

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Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority Launches Barbados Bus Campaign

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The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority has rolled out a bold new bus advertising campaign in Barbados, wrapping a full-size bus with the destination’s “Be Here” branding. The design features imagery of Antigua Carnival, the twin-island nation’s 365 beaches, local cuisine and cultural vibrancy. The bus runs daily along Barbados’ busy Highway 1, stretching from […]

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Dominican Republic Breaks All-Time Visitor Record in First Half of 2025

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The Dominican Republic has just achieved its highest tourism numbers in history — welcoming more than 6.1 million visitors in the first six months of 2025, driven by a huge surge in cruise passenger growth.  The announcement was made by Dominican President Luis Abinader and Tourism Minister David Collado during a tourism sector event held […]

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The Bahamas Is Making a Big Sustainability Push

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From coral farms to carbon credits, The Bahamas is reshaping its tourism future by placing environmental sustainability at the center of its national agenda. With 700 islands and cays spanning more than 100,000 square miles of ocean, the archipelago has made sustainability not only a policy priority—but a defining principle of its long-term tourism strategy. […]


Dominican Republic Breaks All-Time Visitor Record in First Half of 2025

The Caribbean’s biggest tourism event, the Caribbean Travel Marketplace, has officially kicked off in Antigua and Barbuda. Organized by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, this year marks the first time the twin-island nation is hosting the event, which runs through May 22 at the American University of Antigua. (Caribbean Journal will be on the […]

Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic Are Joining Forces in a Push for Multi-Destination Caribbean Travel

Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic have officially joined forces in a bid to reshape tourism in the Caribbean. Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González and Dominican Republic Tourism Minister David Collado have signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes a first-of-its-kind partnership between the two destinations The idea is to boost multi-destination tourism, improve air […]

The Caribbean Economic Forecast for 2025 

The Caribbean is poised to outpace much of Latin America in 2025, buoyed by tourism momentum and oil-fueled growth in Guyana, according to the World Bank’s latest LACER economic report. Real GDP in several Caribbean nations is forecast to grow faster than the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) regional average of 2.1 percent, ith Dominica […]

Curaçao, Belize and St Vincent Are the Caribbean’s Fastest-Growing Travel Hotspots

Sun, sand and sea are more popular than ever. But that’s just the beginning of the story for a Caribbean region that is hotter than ever: the Caribbean tourism industry continues to soar, exceeding even its pre-pandemic heights. In 2024, the Caribbean welcomed approximately 34.2 million international overnight visitors, marking an impressive 6.1 percent increase […]

Belize Is the Caribbean’s Happiest Country 

Belize has come out on top of the Caribbean as the region’s happiest country, according to the World Happiness Report, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Caribbean country on the coast of Central America was ranked 25th overall in the world, highest of any country in the Caribbean Community.  It’s the first time for the country, […]

How Culture and Heritage-Focused Tourism Can Drive Caribbean Growth

Tourism leaders from across the Americas have pledged to leverage the region’s cultural and natural heritage as a driver of economic growth, as they wrapped up the Twenty-Sixth Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Tourism in Washington, D.C. The high-level summit, held April 3–4 at the Organization of American States (OAS) headquarters, concluded […]

Why the Tourism Industry Is Meeting Up in Antigua, and What’s Ahead for Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2025

Buyers. Suppliers. Tourism directors. Government ministers. It’s a who’s who of the travel industry, and the most important gathering of its kind for the Caribbean — a region where tourism is part of the fabric of just about everything. This year’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace, the annual event organized by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, […]

Caribbean Tourism Organization Chief: “Sustainability Is Our Currency” 

It’s no secret that the Caribbean is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. That means taking immediate action to protect tourism-dependent destinations like the Caribbean is more essential than ever, according to Dona Regis-Prosper, secretary general of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization.  Prosper, who was speaking this week in Berlin on a panel on […]