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Guyana’s Oil Discoveries Are Making It the Caribbean’s Next Big Investment Frontier

Discovery of offshore oil and gas is a major event for Guyana and for the global oil and gas industry, making Guyana, is a small island nation with a population of just over 750,000 people, one the hottest offshore regions […]

Blue Diamond Adds All-Inclusive Transfers in the Caribbean

Blue Diamond Resorts, which has been rapidly expanding in the Caribbean, has added another amenity to its all-inclusive offering: transfers. The company has announced that it will now be including complimentary roundtrip airport-to-hotel transfers into its reservation process. “We are […]

Marriott’s New Westin Beach Resort Is Open in St Thomas

The long-awaited Westin Beach Resort in St Thomas has officially begun welcoming guests in a soft opening phase, Caribbean Journal has learned. The US Virgin Islands’ largest resort is currently open for bookings, as confirmed on the Marriott Web site. […]

It’s Getting Even Easier to Fly to Great Exuma in The Bahamas

They say the Exuma chain of The Bahamas has the most beautiful water on earth. When you get there and see its impossibly electric shade of turquoise for yourself, you can’t help but agree. And now it’s getting even easier […]

St Maarten’s Airport Is Opening Its New Departure Terminal

It’s been six years, but the new departure terminal at Princess Juliana International Airport in St Maarten is opening soon. This November, the new Departure Hall at Princess Juliana is officially launching operations, a major milestone for an airport that […]

How to Move to Barbados, Explained

While much of the real estate interest since the pandemic has focused on northern-area Caribbean destinations like The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and the Cayman Islands, another island to the south has been seeing strong interest: Barbados, an island with […]

Jamaica Has a New Digital Entry Form for Visitors

Jamaica has a new digital entry form that all travelers must fill out. The online passenger declaration form, which will officially become required on Sept. 1, is aimed at easing and hastening the entry process for all arrivals at the […]

Wingo Launches New Flights to Aruba

Colombian low-cost carrier Wingo has launched a new nonstop route between Cali, Colombia and Aruba. The new flight, which kicked off last week, was first announced as a summer-season service. With already-strong demand, Wingo has aged to extend the flights […]

The Caribbean’s Most Interesting Rum Is In Grenada

GRENADA — Can a rum have a terroir? It’s a question we’ve been answering in the affirmative for years, focused on the artisanal rummaking of the French West Indies, where the connection between rum and the soil of the sugarcane […]

This Montego Bay All-Inclusive Has a “Hurricane Guarantee”

Hurricane season is upon us, and that means, well, a bit of extra monitoring when planning your summer Caribbean trip. One Montego Bay resort is helping to take a bit of the worry out of the process, with the Caribbean’s […]

At This Caribbean Luxury Resort, You Can Replant Coral Reefs

In recent years, coral restoration has become one of the biggest things in marine conservation, as more and more organizations work to replant and regenerate coral reefs in the region. Until now, that work has largely been the purview of […]

For Travel Agents, Dealing With Last-Minute Problems Is An Art Form

One of the biggest reasons people use a travel advisor over an Online Travel Agency is so they have an actual person to talk to when obstacles arise during a vacation. So, how does an agent deal with those last-minute […]

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The Marriott Cancun Resort Is Becoming an All-Inclusive

One of Cancun’s premier resort has closed to begin a dramatic transformation process, Caribbean Journal has learned. The popular Marriott Cancun recently shuttered to undertake what the company calls a “major renovation.” When it reopens at the height of the […]

USVI Eyes Developer for St Thomas Hotel Project

By the Caribbean Journal Invest staff 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 […]

A Caribbean Recipe for Sea Scallops

Growing up in the Caribbean, my brother and I were used to going line fishing and snorkeling and free diving around reefs and shallow shipwrecks for a treasure trove of seafood. From oysters to lobsters, conchs to crabs – it […]

“The Best Winter Season Jamaica Has Ever Had”

Jamaica is having its best winter season of all time, according to the island’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett. Jamaica is estimating 1.18 million visitors in the first quarter, a 94.4 percent increase over the same period last year. That represents […]

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The Caribbean’s Greenest Hotels – 2023

The term “green” has had quite the journey over the last few decades. What began as a term that demonstrated concern for the environment has become an all-encompassing philosophy covering everything from clean energy to a holistic approach to sustainable […]

Saint Lucia’s Visitor Form Is Going Digital

Saint Lucia is digitizing its embarkation and disembarkation form for visitors, in what is hopefully part of a broader Caribbean trend. The island has announced that, effective March 1, the immigration form for visitors is going digital. The new electronic […]

New Grand Cayman Luxury Real Estate Project to Break Ground

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, […]

A New Way of Building in the Caribbean

By Guy Britton From the Dominican Republic to Florida, BioLime has been reinventing the way people build in the Caribbean, centered around the company’s unique architectural finishes made of limestone. To learn more about the company, Caribbean Journal caught up […]

In Dominica, Boosting Local Tourism Entrepreneurs

A new initiative by Dominica’s top hotel group aims to empower local hospitality and tourism entrepreneurs. The new GEMS Entrepreneurship Challenge will award a total of $45,000 Eastern Caribbean Dollars (about $17,000 USD) to three winning entrepreneurs to help grow […]

Building the Caribbean’s Best Tennis (And Pickleball) Courts

If you’ve played tennis at a top Caribbean resort, chances are it was built by one company: Agile Courts, which has been building courts around the United States and the Caribbean for what is now a half century. To access […]

How to Move to Aruba, Explained

10 Terrific Resorts to Visit in and Around Cancun, Mexico

No destination has been hotter in the Caribbean Basin in the last three years than Cancun, the Mexican Caribbean’s tourism epicenter. The pandemic has only seemed to deepen travelers’ love affair with the area, with more and more new flights […]

Caesars Sportsbook Just Expanded to Puerto Rico

Gaming giant Caesars has expanded its Sportsbook operation to the island of Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal has learned. The move is the latest entry by a big-name gaming company to Puerto Rico, following last year’s expansion by Foxwoods to the […]

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St Croix’s Top Boutique Hotel Has a New Executive Chef

St Croix’s top boutique hotel has named a new chef to lead its culinary program, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Fred hotel in Frederiksted has named St Croix native Michael Matthews as its new executive chef. Matthews, who was born […]

The Caribbean Travel Awards 2023

If 2021 in the Caribbean was a year of recovery, 2022 has been a year of unmistakable, unprecedented rebirth. The Caribbean has never been hotter, with just about every destination nearing (or now exceeding) its pre-pandemic travel totals, and the […]

Building the New British Virgin Islands

By Alexander Britell It’s been a “wild ride” for the British Virgin Islands in the last half decade, first with a storm and then a pandemic. But one company has been at the forefront of the British Overseas Territory’s reconstruction […]

The Best Resorts in Cancun, According to Travel Agents