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The 10 Best Barbados Resorts for 2024, From Platinum Coast Luxe to All-Inclusive

Champagne brunches on the Platinum Coast, food truck hopping in Bridgetown, rum shop journeys across the island. Barbados has as rich and vibrant a tourism offering as you’ll find in the Caribbean, with a robust dining scene, a teeming calendar […]

A New “Toes in the Sand” Caribbean Hotel in St Barth

If you’ve been to St Barth, you know St Jean: that picturesque, sugar-white stretch of beach and turquoise water that’s the essence of French Caribbean cool. For the last few years, St Jean has seen one hotspot become particularly popular: […]

Belize Continues Tourism Renaissance

Tourism continues to heat up in Belize, which saw one of the Caribbean’s fastest rates of growth last year. The Caribbean hotpot on the coast of Central America saw a 25 percent increase in tourist arrivals in 2023, with a […]

Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas Arrives in Miami

Royal Caribbean’s massive new Icon of the Seas cruise ship has arrived in Miami ahead of its Caribbean launch. Icon, the largest cruise ship in the world, will begin its first Caribbean cruise on Jan. 27. The ship, which will […]

The 25 Best All-Inclusive Resorts in the Caribbean, from Adults-Only to Boutique

What is an all-inclusive resort? In recent years, the answer to that question has changed dramatically. Today, all-inclusive means a resort that is at the cutting edge of travel trends, one that is catering to the demands of a massive […]

The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean – 2024

Don’t be fooled: there is a formula to creating a great restaurant. It’s the same formula we use to evaluate the region’s best places to eat. You see, every great restaurant is built on three core pillars: food, service and […]

More New Nonstop Flights Coming to Montego Bay

Montego Bay, Jamaica is getting another new nonstop route next March in time for Spring Break, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. The booming tourism epicenter of Jamaica is set to welcome inaugural service on Frontier Airlines out of Cleveland. The new […]

Turks and Caicos Forecasting Strong Winter Season

The Turks and Caicos Islands is forecasting a strong winter tourism season, officials said this week. Turks and Caicos has received almost 600,000 stopover visitors so far in 2023, a 6.35 percent increase over the same period in 2022, according […]

Jamaica Is Expecting Its Biggest Winter Travel Season Ever

It’s been a record-breaking year for travel in Jamaica, and now the island is projecting an even stronger winter season. The 2023-2024 season, which effectively kicks off this week, is projected to bring in more than one million stopover visitors, […]

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 […]

Jamaica Eyeing 4 Million Combined Visitors This Year

Jamaica is expecting to top 4 million combined visitors in 2023 — that is, putting together both air and cruise passenger arrivals. Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is on pace to record 4.1 million visitors — a number he thinks is […]

Marriott Has a New Adults-Only, All-Inclusive Resort in Jamaica

Montego Bay, Jamaica has a major new adults-only, all-inclusive resort: Hideaway at Royalton Blue Waters, which held its grand opening this week. The property, which is part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection portfolio, began welcoming guests in the middle of last […]

Lionel Messi Has a New Royal Caribbean Partnership

Soccer superstar Lionel Messi has been named the official “icon” of Royal Caribbean’s newest cruise ship. The Inter Miami star will be welcoming the new Icon of the Seas cruise ship when it debuts in Miami next month, Royal Caribbean […]

Aruba Is Improving the Airport Arrival Process With a “Happy One Pass”

It’s one of the worst parts of any vacation, particularly in the Caribbean: immigration. Long lines, endless forms, infinite hassle. But the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba, which has long been ahead of the rest of the region in making […]

Vote for the Best of The Bahamas in the CJ Bahamas Travel and Sustainability Awards

It’s no secret that The Bahamas is one of the world’s hottest travel destination right now, with record-breaking arrivals and a dynamic tourism movement in progress. Whether you’re wading in the Windex-blue waters of Exuma for the first time, or […]

A New Boat Show Is Coming to St Thomas, USVI

Since the pandemic, the US Virgin Island has emerged as one of the hottest yachting destinations in the wider Caribbean, blending its enviable island-hopping with strong, easily accessible airlift from all over the United States. With demand continuing to grow, […]

Travelers Keep Flocking to the Turks and Caicos Islands

Grace Bay, Long Bay. The Shore Club, Da Conch Shack. Middle Caicos and Pine Cay. Beaches and mangroves, cliffsides and reefs. One of the Caribbean’s biggest post-pandemic success stories is hotter than ever, as the Turks and Caicos Islands continues […]

This Saint Lucia Resort Has a Big Black Friday Sale (With An All-Inclusive Option)

It’s arguably the best beach on the whole island of Saint Lucia: Reduit Beach, the golden-white sands on its northwest coast. The spectacular shoreline is home to one of Saint Lucia’s most beloved resorts: the Bay Gardens Beach Resort, the […]

Traveling to Exuma in The Bahamas Just Got Easier

Maybe you’ve seen the images: the swimming pigs, the electric blue waters, the pristine sandbars. Exuma occupies a rarefied place in the imagination of travelers, who have long been drawn to the archipelago for its almost otherworldly natural environment. The […]

From Antigua, a New Anthem for the Perfect Caribbean Vacation

Romance, adventure, culture, beaches, hotels. They’re all the perfect notes to the ultimate Caribbean vacation. Now, in time for the opening of the Caribbean’s most anticipated new adults-only resort, The Verandah Antigua, a top Caribbean reggae star has turned these […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: The Blue of Eagle Beach in Aruba

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Pam Whittle, who sent in this lovely shot of the blue waters of Eagle Beach in Aruba. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with […]

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Marriott Just Opened Its New All-Inclusive Resort in Montego Bay

Marriott has continued its rapid expansion into the Caribbean all-inclusive space with the debut of its newest adults-only resort in Montego Bay: the new Hideaway at Royalton Blue Waters, An Autograph Collection All-Inclusive Resort. The 352-room resort is part of […]

This St Barth Luxury Resort Just Reopened

One of St Barth’s top luxury resorts just reopened for the season: Le Sereno in Grand Cul de Sac. The beachfront resort has reopened with what the property is calling a “reimagined culinary experience,” along with a new Taste of […]

Caribbean Moment: On the Sand at Baby Beach, Aruba

It’s a tucked-away crescent bay at the very southern tip of Aruba: Baby Beach, a sparkling turquoise beach that’s become one of the island’s most sought-after stretches of sand. Baby Beach, close to the island’s up-and-coming cultural hotspot of San […]

Marriott’s New Montego Bay All-Inclusive Readies for Debut

The highly-anticipated new Hideaway at Royalton Blue Waters resort is readying for a late November debut in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. The adults-only, all-inclusive resort will be opening in the heart of greater Montego Bay with a […]

Riu Is Opening a New All-Inclusive Near Montego Bay

Riu Hotels and Resorts is opening a brand-new all-inclusive resort near Montego Bay, Jamaica next year, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. The new Riu Palace Aquarelle will be set on White Bay Beach in Falmouth, part of an area that has […]

Kimpton Just Opened a New Resort on This Caribbean Island

Kimpton has just opened its newest luxury resort in the Caribbean: the Kimpton Grand Roatan Resort and Spa. The new resort, the first Kimpton-branded property in the Western Caribbean and the second Kimpton in the region (joining the Kimpton Seafire […]

Visitors Keep Flocking to the Island of Jamaica

Visitors just keep flocking to the island of Jamaica, with the destination reporting its 10th consecutive quarter of positive tourism growth. In the third quarter, Jamaica reported just under 683,000 stopover visitors, a 5.5 percent increase compared to the third […]

From Anguilla to Aruba, the Best Caribbean Beaches to Visit This Summer