United States, Bahamas to Sign Memorandum on Counter-Piracy

Above: Tom Kelly By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States and the Bahamas are set to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding on Counter-Piracy, the US State Department announced this weekend. Tom Kelly, the Acting Assistant Secretary of State […]

Aruba Eyes Pre-Clearance Arrangements With the Netherlands

Above: Aruba By the Caribbean Journal staff Aruba is looking to establish pre-clearance arrangements with the Netherlands that would allow travelers to the Netherlands to be cleared by customs and immigration officials at Aruba’s airport. Aruba already has such an […]

Op-Ed: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Opportunity in Latin America

By Jim Yong Kim Op-Ed Contributor LATIN AMERICA has had a good decade. Over the last 10 years, economic growth averaged 4.2 percent, and 70 million people escaped poverty. Macroeconomic stability, open trade policies and pro-business investment climates have supported […]

Are Air Taxes Stifling LIAT’s Success?

Above: a LIAT plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Are government air taxes stifling regional air carrier LIAT? That may be the case, according to Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell. Mitchell said that Grenada was prepared to be a […]

Barbados, China Looking to Finalize Air Services Agreement

Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The recent meeting between Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and China President Xi Jinping included discussions about finalizing an air services agreement between the two countries. The two leaders met during […]

Is Trinidad the Capital of the Caribbean?

By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor On Tuesday, United States Vice President Joe Biden met with CARICOM leaders in Port of Spain as part of a regional tour with scheduled stops in Colombia and Brazil. Perhaps even more intriguing is […]

Martelly: Biden Visit “Important Precursor” to Summit With Obama

Above: the CARICOM Heads of Government in Trinidad By the Caribbean Journal staff The visit to Trinidad and Tobago this week by United States Vice President Joe Biden was an “important precursor” to a summit with US President Barack Obama, […]

Vanderpool-Wallace: The Missing Link For Tourism in the Caribbean

By Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace CJ Contributor TOURISM MINISTERS and Commissioners and their counterparts in the private sector in the Caribbean have come to see that the region’s tourism industry is vastly underperforming compared to the potential that they see. Hotel occupancies […]

Bringing Travelers to Haiti

By Alexander Britell After years of neglect, Haiti’s tourism sector is picking up steam again — with new flights from companies like JetBlue and the addition of tour packages for the first time from outlets like Canada’s Transat. While the […]

Caribbean Room With a View: A Suite at the JW Marriott Cancun

IT’S REALLY the beaches that are the true stars of Mexico’s tourism hub of Cancun, with its power-soft white sand and bright turquoise slice of the Caribbean Sea. And you can see all of it from the Caribbean Suite at […]

Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia to Hold Talks on Enhanced Air Links

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago and Colombia will hold talks in May on the issue of enhancing air links in the Caribbean and South America, Acting Trinidad Prime Minister Winston Dookeran […]

Interview With Seaborne Airlines CEO Omer ErSelcuk

Above: a Seaborne plane By Alexander Britell With the departure of American Eagle from the Caribbean, the region’s aviation industry continues to change. But while many predicted doom, airlines large and small, from Cape Air to JetBlue, are working to […]

Cricketer Brian Lara Named Brand Ambassador for Caribbean Airlines

Above: Brian Lara By Alexander Britell PORT OF SPAIN — Hall of Fame cricketer Brian Lara has joined Caribbean Airlines as global brand ambassador, the Trinidad-based airline announced this week. Lara, a native of Trinidad’s Santa Cruz, is considered one […]

Rum Journal: A Rum Punch at Bonaire’s Captain Don’s Habitat

Above: the rum punch at Rum Runners (All photos by CJ) BONAIRE — Traveling to Bonaire is mostly about what’s under the water, but you’ll also find some of the Caribbean’s top rum punch on the Dutch Caribbean island. And […]

Montserrat Premier Courts Hotel Investors in United Arab Emirates

Above: the view from Little Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff A delegation led by Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade headed to the United Arab Emirates this weekend, seeking hotel investment in the island. The team included Meade, Director of Infrastructure […]

Turks and Caicos Names Interim Chief Financial Officer

Above: the TCI House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff Stephen Turnbull has been nominated as the new Chief Financial Officer of the Turks and Caicos Islands, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development announced Monday. Turnbull has been […]

British Virgin Islands’ Maria’s By the Sea Hotel Expands

Above: the exterior of the expansion of Maria’s By the Sea By the Caribbean Journal staff The Maria’s By the Sea hotel in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands has debuted its expansion. The property has added 32 new bedrooms, […]

Rum Journal: Papa’s Pilar: A Rum for Ernest Hemingway

“I ordered a Rum St James. This tasted wonderful on the cold day and I kept on writing, feeling very well and feeling the good Martinique rum warm me all through my body and my spirit.” — Ernest Hemingway, A […]

CTO: Caribbean Tourism Grew 5.4 Percent in 2012

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean received nearly 25 million tourists in 2012, a 5.4 percent increase from 2011, according to data released by the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The region received its largest number of […]

Talking Trinidad Tourism With the TDC’s Cornell Buckradee

Above: Cornell Buckradee (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PARADISE ISLAND — Trinidad began to see growth out of the downturn in 2011, with 2012 showing similar improvement. But the Caribbean tourism market faces challenges to return to its pre-2008 levels. […]

Durandis: Haiti’s Uphill Battle

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor THE BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR usually brings with it new hope. A country like Haiti, that has been trying very hard to change its image in the international media, simply cannot seem to get […]

US State Department Issues New Travel Warning on Haiti

Above: Carnival in Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff The US State Department has issued a travel warning to US citizens on traveling to or living on Haiti, citing the current security situation. The warning replaces the previous travel warning […]

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Tourism: Dominica Pushes Nature Product, Works to Improve Air Access

Above: Dominica By Alexander Britell ST KITTS — Dominica is pushing its nature and ecological tourism product as it looks to improve air access to the country, according Colin Piper, Dominica’s Director of Tourism. Piper was speaking at a briefing […]

Fly Montserrat Flight Crashes in Antigua, Leaving Three Dead

Above: VC Bird International Airport By the Caribbean Journal staff A Fly Montserrat flight crashed shortly after taking off Sunday from Antigua’s VC Bird International Airport, leaving three dead. The pilot, Jason Forbes, was pronounced dead on the scene. A […]

Montserrat Premier Urges Use of Technology to Reduce Wastage

Above: Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade called for a green approach to governance and the economy this week during a presentation at a high-level conference of Overseas Countries and Territories in Greenland. […]

Interview with Barbados Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy

Above: Tourism Minister Richard Sealy (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell The Caribbean tourism sector is in a period of change, as the region seeks to emerge from the global downturn. As Caribbean nations like Barbados look to move beyond the […]

St Lucia Urges Canada to Reconsider After Removal of Visa Exemption

Above: St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony has called the decision by Canada to remove the visa exemption for St Lucians traveling to the country an “unfortunate […]