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Hotels in Jamaica Where You Can Stay for Less than $200 Per Night

Negril may seem like just another Jamaican destination for big resorts and all-inclusive hotels, on par with Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. But travelers with longer memories may recall that Negril got its start as a mecca for backpackers and […]

A Great Little Bed and Breakfast in St Croix

Business travelers are more likely than vacationers to stay “in town” on most Caribbean islands. But if you’re looking for a different travel experience than the usual resort stay, there are few better destinations than downtown Christiansted, St Croix. With […]

How Caribbean Hotels Are Adapting to the New CDC Testing Requirement

Caribbean hotels are moving rapidly to offer COVID-19 tests on-site to guests, responding to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC’s) new requirement that international air travelers entering the United States produce a negative COVID-19 test taken within […]

New Dominica Hotel Project Joins Country’s Citizenship by Investment Program

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from two tailored subscription options: Caribbean Journal Invest for comprehensive investment news or Caribbean Journal Travel Advisor for targeted content for travel agents and advisors. Subscribe today to […]

BVI’s Scrub Island Resort Names New Leadership Team

The Scrub Island Resort in the British Virgin Islands has named a new leadership team, Caribbean Journal has learned. The property, which is reopening this week in time for the British Virgin Islands’ tourism relaunch, has named a new general […]

Where You Can Stay in Grenada Right Now

The “Spice Island” of Grenada reopened its borders to international visitors on Oct. 1, and to date more than 50 hotels, resorts, guest houses, villas, and apartment properties have been certified as “Pure Safe Travel Accommodations” and allowed to host […]

USVI Urging “Strict Compliance” With Heath Protocols

The US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism is continuing to urge compliance with the protocols and guidelines that have been established to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in the territory. The statement comes after the first week of the […]

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The Dominican Republic Has a New “Tourism Recovery” Plan

New Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader Corona has announced the formation of a “tourism recovery plan” for the Caribbean’s most popular travel destination. Abinader himself will be leading the plan, which aims to protect the “health, welfare and safety of […]

Expedia: Punta Cana Leading Caribbean Travel Demand

Caribbean destinations are showing resilience amid the challenges of COVID-19, led by the tourism hub of Punta Cana, according to a new report from Expedia Group. Searches for Caribbean destinations on Expedia Group sites had a positive increase last month, […]

The State of Dominican Republic Real Estate

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor Anders Bogebjerg, owner and founding partner of real estate company Group Palmera in the Dominican Republic, began his company in 2013 with just one villa. Before his company started renting the Punta Cana villa on […]

St Maarten Is Now Open to American Travelers

On Aug. 1 St Maarten officially reopened its borders to travelers from the United States, following a July relaunch to Canadian and European tourists and private aviation. It should be noted that only St Maarten, the Dutch side of the […]

Antigua Updates Travel Protocols for Visitors

Antigua and Barbuda has released an updated set of health and safety protocols for visitors. Most notably, all passengers arriving by air must have a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test result, taken within seven days of their flight. Travelers arriving by […]

Can Puerto Rico Redefine Tropical Travel Post-COVID-19?

The negative short-term economic global impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the tourism industry has been devastating. Now, as the world begins to slowly reopen and potentially recapture their lost tourism industry, it is imperative to rethink and reassess how […]

Marriott Names New Leadership for Caribbean, Latin America

The retirement of Marriott’s Group President for the Americas has led to a new leadership structure for the company’s international lodging business. After 36 years with Marriott, Dave Grissen is stepping down as group president for the Americas, the company […]

Airbnb Is Launching a New Cleaning Initiative

As major hotel brands begin to announce dramatic changes to their cleaning practices, it was only a matter of time before Airbnb did the same. The homesharing giant is launching a new “Advanced Clean Initiative” to change standards of hygiene […]

Jamaica Launches Online Training for Tourism Workers

Jamaica has launched what officials are calling a “substantial investment” in its tourism sector amid the pandemic, with a new free online training program for tourism workers affected by the crisis. Jamaica’s Center of Tourism Innovation is running the program […]

JLL Hotels’ Andrew Dickey on the State of the Caribbean Hotel Market

What’s the state of the Caribbean hotel market in the age of the pandemic? To learn more, Caribbean Journal Invest caught up with Andrew Dickey, Executive Vice President at JLL Hotels and Hospitality in Miami. Here’s what he had to […]

On the Trail of James Bond in the Caribbean, From Jamaica to Nassau

Ever since Ursula Andress took her sensuous stroll out of the surf at Dunn’s River Falls in 1962’s Dr. No, there’s been a love affair between the James Bond movies and the Caribbean. And the sultry relationship continues right through […]

Marriott Opens the Caribbean’s First Aloft Hotel in Puerto Rico

Marriott has opened the Caribbean’s first-ever Aloft hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The hip new hotel is set n the heart of the “El Distrito” project adjacent to the Puerto Rico Convention Center. The 177-room, boutique-style hotel is the […]

Rosewood Puebla Rebranded as Azul Talavera

One of the top hotels in Mexico has a new brand. The former Rosewood Puebla is now an independent hotel, having been rebranded as the Azul Talavera Hotel. The luxury hotel had first opened its doors in 2017; hotel officials […]

Op-Ed: Yes, Puerto Rico Is Open for Tourism

Puerto Rico, like its people, is warm, hospitable and resilient. A melting pot of Spanish, Taino Indian and African cultures, cuisine and breathtaking nature leaves travelers breathless, and yet, whether it’s your first or tenth time visiting, the island always […]

Jack Nicklaus’ New Residence Club Is Coming to The Bahamas

Legendary golfer and course designer Jack Nicklaus has launched a new residence club, and its first phase will include several locations in The Bahamas. Nicklaus, who designed Nassau’s Royal Blue golf club at the Baha Mar, will have two locations […]

Marriott Is Opening a New W Hotel in Playa del Carmen

Playa del Carmen has become one of the hippest beach destinations in the Caribbean in recent years, and a new Marriott hotel is about to up the cool factor in a big way. Marriott International is adding to its Caribbean […]

Why Marriott Is Moving into All-Inclusive, and What’s Next

Marriott sent shock waves through the travel industry over the summer when the world’s biggest hotel company announced a full-fledged foray into the fast-expanding, increasingly competitive all-inclusive sector. It was not a surprise, then, that the company said its first […]

More New Nonstop Flights Are Coming to Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico says it’s in the midst of a tourism boom, and another carrier is set to launch new daily nonstop flights to the island. Beginning Nov. 14, Frontier will be operating a new daily flight between Newark Liberty International […]

The Dominican Republic Gets Its First-Ever Homewood Suites

Hilton has opened its first-ever Homewood Suites hotel in the Dominican Republic — and the brand’s first-ever hotel in the Caribbean, period. The new Homewood Suites by Hilton Santo Domingo has debuted in the Dominican Republic’s increasingly popular capital city. The […]

The 10 Best Negril All-Inclusive Resorts

Negril, the bohemian hideout that has grown into one of Jamaica’s top tourist destinations, has a diversity of hotels and resorts unmatched anywhere else on the island. And that includes all-inclusive resorts, where you can pay one price for lodging, […]

Making Caribbean Tourism Sustainable — And What It Means

By Julie Bielenberg CJ Contributor ST VINCENT – It was perhaps fitting that the Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism was delayed by a storm. What was then-Tropical Storm Dorian delayed the beginning of the recent Caribbean Tourism Organization’s 2019 sustainability […]

A New Way to Fly to Abaco in The Bahamas