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Royal Caribbean Buys Grand Lucayan Hotel in The Bahamas
A partnership between Royal Caribbean International and Bahamas Port Investments has purchased the Grand Lucayan Resort on Grand Bahama in The Bahamas. The government of The Bahamas was the seller of the property, which it had originally purchased the resort […]
Windstar Cruises Continues $250M Fleet Upgrade
By the Caribbean Journal staff Windstar Cruises has announced the cutting of the first steel on the transformation project of its MS Star Legend cruise ship. The company is redesigning and upgrading the ship as part of a $250 million […]
Windstar Kicks Off $250 Million Fleet Enhancement
By the Caribbean Journal staff Boutique cruise line Windstar Cruises has cut the first steel on what will be a $250 million fleetwide enhancement project. The “Star Plus” initiative will take half of its fleet and renovate each ship, including […]
Holland America’s New Cruises to Mexico
By the Caribbean Journal staff Holland America will be sailing 20 cruises across the Mexican Riviera in the upcoming 2019-2020 cruise season. That includes 20 cruises across three ships, led by a series of seven-day itineraries aboard the line’s Oosterdam […]
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Will Include a Big Caribbean Offering
By Alexander Britell The highly-anticipated Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, the hotel brand’s first foray into luxury small-ship cruising, has launched reservations. The collection aims to “transform the luxury cruising industry” with a series of 190-meter-long ships accommodating up to 298 passengers […]
Virgin Voyages to Be Adults-Only Cruise Line
By the Caribbean Journal staff Sir Richard Branson’s new cruise line is going to be a game-changer for the industry: an adults-only cruise line. Virgin Voyages made the announcement during a keel laying ceremony for its first ship in Genoa, […]
Richard Branson Launches Virgin Voyages
Virgin’s cruise endeavor has a new brand By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Sir Richard Branson’s new Caribbean cruise line is moving forward, and it’s got a new name. At a press conference in Miami on Tuesday, the new cruise line […]
This Caribbean Island’s Cruise Arrival Boom
By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands is seeing a significant improvement in cruise numbers the territory’s Ports Authority reported. The BVI received 32,133 cruise passenger arrivals in October, up 487 percent year over year. By comparison, the […]
The Cayman Islands Is Planning a New Boutique Cruise Destination
Set 90 miles from the Cayman Islands’ tourism hub in Grand Cayman, a new cruise destination could soon be emerging in the Caribbean. The Cayman Islands is planning to develop a cruise pier on the island of Cayman Brac, Caribbean […]
The Caribbean’s Must-Visit Yacht Show Is Coming to St Thomas
The Virgin Islands Boating Expo will take place May 10-12, 2024 at Yacht Haven Grande St. Thomas, the USVI’s top yachting destination. This boutique destination show, hosted by the Virgin Islands Professional Charter Association, ticks the top three boxes of […]
Fast-Growing Antigua Cruise Port Welcomes Another Ship
It’s one of the fastest-growing cruise ports in the Caribbean: Antigua Cruise Port, which has continued to see sizzling growth both from cruise arrivals and a budding home-porting industry. Antigua Cruise Port just welcomed another new ship to St John’s: […]
How The Bahamas’ Baha Mar Resort Became a Caribbean Art Destination
Just a short stroll from the lobby at the Baha Mar resort in Nassau is one of the nicest art galleries you’ll see in the Caribbean, called The Current. Walk up another story and you’ll find a different one, this […]
You Can Now Fly Nonstop From Los Angeles to Nassau, The Bahamas
In what is another boon for the booming tourism industry in The Bahamas, Alaska Airlines has just kicked off two historic routes to the destination. Alaska Airlines is now flying nonstop from both Los Angeles and Seattle to Nassau, The […]
JetBlue Just Started Nonstop Flights to a New Caribbean Destination: Belize
Whether you’re jaguar-spotting on the rivers of the Sarstoon-Temash National Park or beach-hopping on the white-sand shorelines of Ambergris Caye, Belize is as diverse a destination as you can find in the wider Caribbean region. And did we mention the […]
Travelers Are Flocking to The Bahamas Right Now
Tourism in The Bahamas is stronger than it has ever been, officials said this week. In the first three quarters of 2023, The Bahamas welcomed more than 7.2 million visitors, equalling in nine months the total number of arrivals […]
JetBlue Just Launched Nonstop Flights to St Kitts
JetBlue just kicked off its first-ever nonstop service to the island of St Kitts, Caribbean Journal has learned. The landmark service from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport touched down at St Kitts’ Robert L Bradshaw International Airport in […]
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 […]
Celebrity Cruises Is Adding Two New Destinations in The Bahamas
Celebrity Cruises is planning a “revamped” Caribbean program next summer, one that will for the first time include stops at sister brand Royal Caribbean’s Perfect Day at CocoCay destination in The Bahamas, along with the tiny island of Bimini. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
Delta Vacations? Classic? Travel Agents Share Their Favorite Tour Operators for the Caribbean
Three Caribbean travel specialists recently shared their top tour operators right now, as far as assistance with destinations and excursions go. Here’s who they chose as their top picks and why. Nikki Miller, founder of Travel With Nikki I am […]
JetBlue Is Adding a New Caribbean Island: St Kitts
JetBlue is launching its first-ever flights to the Caribbean island of St Kitts, in a significant boon for one of the region’s hottest travel destinations. The new year-round service will operate between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and […]
Travel Agents: Small-Ship Cruises on the Rise in the Caribbean
The Caribbean Tourism Organization recently reported that the large cruise companies are starting to recover a lot of lost revenue from the last two years. And now several travel advisors are reporting that the smaller cruise lines and expedition ships […]
Caribbean Cruises Are Back in a Big Way
The Caribbean tourism industry has rebounded spectacularly from the pandemic – and so, too has the cruise sector. Plainly, Caribbean cruises are back in a big way, according to travel agents. More cruise ships, some larger, are sailing, operating at […]
Antigua’s Cruise Industry Is Booming
The cruise industry in Antigua and Barbuda is booming, with surging passenger arrival numbers and a burgeoning position as one of the Caribbean’s top home-porting destinations. This year has seen a 78.7 percent increase in cruise arrivals to Antigua and […]
Royal Caribbean Is Adding More “Short” Cruises
Royal Caribbean is adding more “short” Caribbean getaways beginning next year, the company said this week. The cruise giant has revealed its lineup of different “short” cruises to the region for 2024, with itineraries on eight different ships. That will […]
Canada Jetlines Just Launched Nonstop Cancun Flights
Upstart Canadian airline Canada Jetlines has added its first Caribbean destination: Cancun, Mexico. The carrier officially kicked off its new nonstop service from Toronto to Cancun on March 3, Caribbean Journal has learned. Toronto-Cancun service is operating three times each […]
From Jamaica to St Thomas, Following the Trail of Caribbean Pirates
With all proper deference to Capt. Jack Sparrow and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, there’s a far richer (and bloodier) vein of real pirate history and lore running through the islands of the Caribbean. And while some of it […]
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