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How This Caribbean Country is Providing Energy for Remote Communities
Above: a home fitted with a solar system in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff While Guyana has a population of around 740,000 people, it’s also one of the least densely populated places in the wider region. That means there […]
Cyprus Eyes Tourism, Green Energy Cooperation With Barbados
Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Cyprus is keen on sharing its “best practices” with Barbados in the area of tourism. Cyprus’ High Commissioner to the country, Georgios Chacalli, recently paid a visit on […]
OAS Urges Caribbean Nations to Explore Green Energy
Above: a solar panel By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean needs to improve collaboration to promote the use of green technology in the region, according to Organization of American States Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin. The OAS ASG, who […]
Walt “Clyde” Frazier’s Paradise in St Croix
Above: Walt “Clyde” Frazier at home in St Croix By Alexander Britell IN THE LATE 1960s and early 1970s, Walt “Clyde” Frazier was New York. His superb run as a point guard for the New York Knicks, during which he […]
Vote for the 2024 Caribbean Green Awards, from Green Energy to Sustainable Hotels
Hotels serving organic food grown by local farmers. Airports powered by large solar fields. Pristine coastlines protected by marine parks. Real estate developments fueled by clean energy. It’s an exciting time for the Green movement in the Caribbean, a region […]
The Caribbean’s Most Sustainable Hotel Is In The Bahamas
From the moment you walk into the lobby, The Retreat seems just like a typical tropical hotel you might find anywhere in the Caribbean. The 15 guest rooms are modern and clean; the restaurant has blackened mahi-mahi and flatbreads and […]
Why the Statia Is one of the Caribbean’s Best-Kept Secrets
The building has been here for more than two centuries, stone and brick just a few hops from the edge of the sea. Faithfully rebuilt to evoke its colonial-era structure, the property was originally made of the ballast from sailing […]
Royal Caribbean’s Newest Ship Will Have a Different Focus: Short Getaways
Royal Caribbean’s new Utopia of the Seas cruise ship is set to make its debut is planning to set sail in July 2024. Like its sister ships in the company’s Oasis class, Utopia will have resort-style pools, copious bars and […]
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 […]
The Best New Boutique Hotel in the Caribbean Is In St Kitts
They call it “luxury with no footprint.” You understand it the moment you walk into Sunset Reef in St Kitts, the island’s newest hotel and arguably the most exciting new hotel in the Caribbean. There’s no front desk: check-in means […]
How This Aruba Resort Sets the Standard for Sustainability
Growing up on a farm gave Ewald Biemans a love of nature, but it was watching Aruba grow into a global tourist destination drawing millions of visitors each year that spurred him to create arguably the most environmentally responsible resort […]
Small Caribbean Hotel of the Week: A Tiny British Virgin Islands Resort
It’s a dream that has a way of sneaking into our psyches particularly on frigid days in February: a trip somewhere far off the grid to a castaway-style retreat, just you and your flip flops and an appropriate beverage. On […]
In Panama, a New Caribbean Treehouse Hotel
Panama’s top overwater resort has added another unique room style: treehouses. The Nayara Bocas del Toro, set on a private island off the Caribbean coast of Panama, has debuted its newest rooms: a pair of towering 50-foot-tall treehouse units designed […]
From the Cayman Islands to Jamaica, 15 Tiny Beach Resorts to Try
Tucked-away bungalows on a minuscule island in Cayman. A secret oasis in St Barth. An eco-retreat on a perfect stretch of white sand. These are the tiny beach resorts we all dream about during months of endless blizzards. So […]
A New Tiny Caribbean Beach Hotel, South of Tulum
The Mexican Caribbean’s hottest beach spot is getting a tiny new beach hotel, Caribbean Journal has learned. It’s called Casa Chablé, and it’s set to open its doors on Nov. 1, 2022. But while Tulum is its nearest destiantion, it’s […]
9 Caribbean Rainforest Resorts to Try Right Now
Nearly every island in the Caribbean is ringed with beautiful beaches, but there’s more to a Caribbean vacation than sun and sand. Just inland from the coast on many islands you’ll find steep-sided mountains carpeted in lush rainforest, a less […]
The Caribbean Hotel Sustainability Awards 2022
To mark Earth Day, Caribbean Journal Invest is highligting those at the forefront of the sustainability movement in Caribbean hospitality. To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from two tailored subscription options: Caribbean Journal Invest for comprehensive investment news or […]
The Caribbean’s Newest Overwater Bungalow Resort Is in Panama
It remains one of the great frontiers for Caribbean travel aficionados: Bocas del Toro, the spectacular archipelago in the Caribbean waters off the coast of Panama. For years, it’s also been home to the vast majority of overwater bungalow resorts […]
In St John, USVI, a Magical Villa in the Hills
There’s a deer outside the window. It’s the only visitor we’ve had all day; but it’s not a stranger, regularly stopping by the window several times each day, curious as to the newest guests at the Maho Bay House. We’re […]
State-of-the-Art Green Housing Project Makes Debut in St Thomas
A state-of-the-art green housing project has officially debuted in St Thomas. The new Magens Junction II held its ribbon cutting ceremony this week, marking the launch of a significant new green affordable housing project on the island. The nine-story, hurricane-hardened […]
A New Private-Island Resort in the US Virgin Islands
There’s a new private-island destination resort in the Caribbean. It’s called Lovango Resort + Beach Club, and it’s set on Lovango Cay just off the coast of St John. The resort among the first new-build properties in the destination in […]
The Cool List: The 10 Coolest Caribbean Hotels for 2021
Now in its ninth year, CJ’s Cool List has always sought to inspire different kinds of getaways — to hotels with personality, with purpose. And the latest edition is a journey through a diverse portfolio of places to stay, from mountain […]
New-Build Turks and Caicos Canal Villa Lists for $1.795 Million
A new-build villa in the Leeward neighborhood of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos has listed for $1.795 million, Caribbean Journal has learned. Villa Rise, set in the Kira Isles area, has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms and 5,000 interior square feet. […]
The Bahamas’ Star Island Is Now on the Market
Star Island, the completely-off-the-grid private island near Eleuthera in The Bahamas, has hit the market, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from two tailored subscription options: Caribbean Journal Invest for comprehensive investment news or […]
Fabien Cousteau Planning “Underwater” Space Station in the Caribbean
The “underwater version” of the International Space Station is coming to the Caribbean island of Curaçao. Renowned ocean explorer Fabien Cousteau has announced his plans for PROTEUS, a project that’s being billed as the “world’s most advanced scientific research station […]
How to Live Completely Off the Grid in Puerto Rico
The pandemic has seen an increasing number of homeowners look to the Caribbean, searching for more secluded, secure pastures. The latest listing in Puerto Rico is precisely that, taken to the next level: it’s completely off the grid. This home […]
The 7 Best Beach Resorts in Belize
Belize has many eco-resorts in its unspoiled rainforests — Chaa Creek and the Ka’Ana Resort, to name a couple of outstanding examples — but this Central American nation also has hundreds of miles of Caribbean coastline on its eastern border, […]
Top Dominica Eco-Hotel to Reopen in February
Dominica’s Rosalie Bay Resort, long one of the island’s leading eco-hotels, is set for a comeback. The boutique hotel will reopen its doors Feb. 1, according to Rosalie Bay’s Web site. Rosalie Bay had been shuttered since Hurricane Maria in […]
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