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There’s a Real Estate Boom in Kingston, Jamaica

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI To access this content, subscribe now. Caribbean Journal Invest is the leading authority on hotel, real estate and investment news in the Caribbean. Subscribe today to unlock this article and receive our newsletter, […]

Top Caribbean Resort Sold for $55 Million

Playa Hotels and Resorts has sold another hotel in the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal has learned. To access this content, subscribe now. Caribbean Journal Invest is the leading authority on hotel, real estate and investment news in the Caribbean. Subscribe today […]

Pair of Major Caribbean Resorts Sold

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Playa Selling Caribbean Resort for $55 Million

How to Build a Hotel in the Caribbean

By Timothy Peck, Chairman of OBMI To access this content, subscribe now. Caribbean Journal Invest is the leading authority on hotel, real estate and investment news in the Caribbean. Subscribe today to unlock this article and receive our newsletter, or […]

The Caribbean’s First Digital Currency

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Royal Caribbean Sells Azamara for $201 Million

Royal Caribbean Group has completed the sale of its Azamara brand to Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm, in an all-cash transaction for $201 million. The sale included Azamara’s three ships and associated intellectual property, according to a statement. Royal […]

Playa Is Adding Another Resort in the Caribbean

Playa Completes $34.5 Million Sale of Dreams Puerto Aventuras

Playa Hotels and Resorts has completed its sale of the Dreams Puerto Aventuras resort in the Mexican Caribbean, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. To access this content, subscribe now. Caribbean Journal Invest is the leading authority on hotel, real estate […]

Pandemic Leading to Second-Home Surge in Dominican Republic

A New Seaplane Airline Is Coming to The Bahamas

A new airline is coming to The Bahamas with a fleet of seaplanes, Caribbean Journal has learned. It’s called COCO Bahama Seaplanes, and it’s the brainchild of Brian Hew, the chairman and founder of the legendary Kamalame Cay private-island resort […]

JetBlue Is Launching a Big Expansion to Cancun

No destination in the wider Caribbean is seeing more interest from airlines right now than Cancun. Since the Mexican Caribbean’s tourism reopening in the early summer, Cancun International Airport continues to draw new routes from a host of carriers — […]

Playa Sells Mexican Caribbean Resort for $34.5 Million

For Anguilla’s Bankie Banx, Nothing Stops the Music

Beach bars come and go like the tides in the Caribbean, sometimes washed out by hurricanes, sometimes falling victim to hard times, sometimes simply because their time has passed. So it’s perhaps ironic that Bankie Banx’s Dune Preserve on Anguilla, […]

From Aruba to St Maarten, JetBlue to Launch Big Caribbean Expansion

JetBlue is set to launch a major Caribbean expansion in November, the carrier announced this week, with new routes across the region from Aruba to St Maarten. On Nov. 19, JetBlue will be launching seven new nonstop routes to the […]

Leading U.S. Law Firm POTENTE Is Expanding to the Caribbean

Leading law firm Potente is moving to the Caribbean, as the region’s hospitality and investment market continue to stay active even amid the pandemic. The California-headquartered firm, which has offices in San Diego, Beverly Hills, Palm Springs, Mexico City and […]

JetBlue Is Adding New Flights to St Thomas, Puerto Rico

JetBlue is launching a Caribbean expansion beginning in August, with new routes to Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. Beginning Aug. 6, JetBlue will be operating a new route from Philadelphia to San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz […]

Dominican Republic’s Casa de Campo to Reopen in July

One of the leading resorts in the Dominican Republic is reopening in July, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Casa de Campo resort in La Romana will be reopening for travelers on July 1, timed with the Dominican Republic’s official tourism […]

Playa Sells Two Jamaica Resorts

In a move to “enhance” its liquidity, all-inclusive company Playa Hotels and Resorts has closed on the sale of two of its resorts in Jamaica. The company has sold the Jewel Dunn’s River Beach Resort and Spa in Ocho Rios […]

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CHTA Urging Tour Operators to Pay Caribbean Hotels

Citing the pressures facing Caribbean hotels and resorts because of the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association is calling on international tour operators that have delayed paying hotels for services delivered to the operators’ clients […]

The Outlook for the Hotel Business in the Dominican Republic

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor Lucien Echavarria, Northeast director of the Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism, is both optimistic and cautious when predicting just how and when her country’s hotels will reopen to the world following the coronavirus. Echavarria, who […]

Jamaica Creating Tourism Recovery Task Force

Jamaica is creating a “tourism recovery task force” in a bid to help the country’s industry recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The task force will consist of two layers of partners with a mission to “provide a recovery and growth […]

Mark Gaus on What’s Next for Real Estate in the Cayman Islands

By Alexander Britell, Editor-in-Chief, CJI It’s hard to imagine that there was a hotter real estate market in the Caribbean in recent years, with surging development from beachfront condos to residential resorts. So what’s next for Cayman in the midst […]

How Coronavirus Is Affecting Caribbean Hotel Projects

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor More than 130 hotel projects have been delayed in the Caribbean due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, said Frank Comito, CEO and director general of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA). Comito, who […]

CBRE’s Paul Weimer on What’s Next for the Caribbean Hotel Market

It’s a time of unease and uncertainty in the Caribbean tourism industry — particularly in the hotel development market. To learn more about how coronavirus is impacting the hotel industry in the region, Caribbean Journal Invest talked to Paul Weimer, Senior […]

Jamaica’s Cruise Industry Is Growing, Buoyed by Royal Caribbean and Disney