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St Lucia’s Ladera Resort Opens New Paradise Ridge Villa and Suites

Above: the Ladera resort By the Caribbean Journal staff The Ladera resort in St Lucia has opened its new Paradise Ridge Villa and Suites, the property announced. The ridge includes four suites and one villa on a previously undeveloped parcel […]

Cuba to Expand Internet, Email Access

Above: Havana By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba’s government is planning to open 118 new public Internet access points, it announced Tuesday. The decision to open the access points, which will open on June 4, was published in the Official […]

CJ Pick: La Zafra, Vieques, Puerto Rico

TINY ESPERANZA is the better-known seaside destination in Vieques, full of beach bars and restaurants along its famous Malecon. Isabel Segunda, on the other hand, is the island’s administrative and commercial capital — with a little more bustle and grit. […]

CJ Pick: St Kitts’ Ballahoo Restaurant

Above: the view from Ballahoo (CJ Photo) THERE’S NO BETTER PLACE to watch the bustle of St Kitts’ capital, Basseterre, than the Ballahoo Restaurant. The eatery, which was founded in 1982, one year before St Kitts and Nevis became an […]

Making Caribbean Hotels Sustainable: An Interview With Aruba’s Ewald Biemans

Above: the Bucuti & Tara Beach Resorts in Aruba By Alexander Britell PORT OF SPAIN — This week’s Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Conference has focused on how the region’s leading does business. But what does sustainability mean for hotels in a […]

Caribbean Postcard: Finding Napoli, Beside the Sea, in Nassau

NASSAU — This isn’t Naples, although it might taste like it. Out of the state-of-the-art Italian pizza oven pictured above comes traditional, exceptional, authentic, thin-crust Neapolitan pizza. It’s Giotto Pizzeria, the latest development of the ever-expanding Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant […]

Finding Puerto Rico’s Mofongo in Miami

Above: Chef Jimmy Carey at work (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell MIAMI — A rich mash featuring plantains and seafood, meat or vegetables, mofongo is Puerto Rico’s unofficial national dish. And in Miami, Chef Jimmy Carey brings a taste of […]

Rihanna’s New Barbados Campaign

Above: Rihanna in Barbados By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the release of her first Barbados Tourism video last month, the Bajan-born singer is now starring in a new multimedia campaign. The campaign is part of a three-year partnership agreement […]

Growing the “Guadeloupe Islands” Brand

Above: Gosier, Guadeloupe (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell Despite its proximity to the United States, the French department of Guadeloupe remains under the radar for most American travelers. That’s starting to change, however. In November, Guadeloupe opened a […]

Grenada Planning Yachting Push

Above: yachting in Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada is planning to strengthen the country’s yachting sector with a new $375,000 investment. The grant, which came from the Caribbean Development Bank-administered CARTfund, will go toward expanding the marine and […]

Hyatt Aruba Continues With Renovations

Above: The Hyatt in Aruba By the Caribbean Journal staff The Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Casino & Spa will open its new Mexicado eatery as part of a series of ongoing renovations, the company announced. Mexicado, billed as Aruba’s first […]

The Caribbean’s Best Beach Bar 2012 – Martinique’s Le Petibonum

Above: Le Petibonum in Martinique (All photos by CJ) THERE ARE more amazing beach bars in the Caribbean than CJ can count. But with our inaugural Best Caribbean Beach Bar award for 2012, we wanted to highlight something different — […]

Canada’s Transat to Begin Offering Vacation Packages to Haiti

Above: Cocoye Anglade in Haiti (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian travel company Transat will begin offering vacation packages to Haiti out of Montreal starting Jan. 23, the company announced Thursday. The packages will combine stays in […]

St Martin’s La Samanna Resort Reopens After Completing Renovations

Above: La Samanna (Photos by Orient Express) By Alexander Britell The La Samanna resort property in St Martin has reopened following extensive renovations, according to Orient-Express. The property recently completed the second phase of renovations, which brought two new restaurants, […]

Nigel Spence: Making the Trip to Jamaica’s Hellshire Beach

Above: Hellshire Beach By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor Firstly, I want to send love and good vibes to my fellow New Yorkers and all those who suffered greatly especially in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and […]

Spence: Ackee, Saltfish and Coconut Oil

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor Ackee and saltfish. These are the words that every Jamaican, from before they could walk until they can’t walk anymore, knows and loves. For most, it was and is our comfort food; our breakfast, lunch […]

In Brooklyn, Finding the Best-Kept Secret of the Caribbean

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor Fall. September. Yes, it’s here — the beautiful time of the year when the leaves change their colors, summer changes to fall and the sun is still warm — but not so intense that you […]

From Jamaica to Trinidad, Finding the World of Caribbean Food in New York

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor Food has been a part of my life since I can remember, and New York City has contributed an amazing amount to my learning process, my experiences and my knowledge of it. It has intensified […]

Experiencing the World of the Caribbean, Beyond Luxury Vacations

Beyond Luxury Vacations has premiered a fresh, authentic way to experience all that the Caribbean has to offer. Select your island paradise of choice — popular destinations include Grenada, Antigua, Barbados, the Grenadines, Jamaica and St Lucia — and this […]

Montserrat Police Commissioner Urges Public to Be Vigilant on Security

By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat Police Commissioner Steve Foster is urging the public to be vigilant about their security, following a series of burglaries in the Brades area. Foster said there had been several incidents of burglaries, with thieves […]

Jamaica Looking to Court Investors During London Olympic Games

Above: Dr Dana Morris Dixon in London By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s JAMPRO investment promotion agency will be making a big push to court investment during the London Olympics during with its “Jamaica House” 2012 progarmme at the O2 […]

Bahamas’ Graycliff Continues Expansion

Above: a roller at the company’s new Nassau factory (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell NASSAU — The Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant in Nassau is continuing its expansion, highlighted by a new 4,000-square-foot cigar factory. The new, 21-roller facility is part […]

St Lucia’s Ladera Resort to Introduce a New Kind of Room With a View

Above: a guest room at the Ladera Resort in St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff The Ladera Resort in St Lucia, which is marking its 20th anniversary this year, is set to unveil five new “Hilltop Dream” suites on […]

Ahead of Bahamas Election, OAS and CARICOM Observers Arrive in Nassau

Above: The OAS mission is headed by Ambassador Alfonso Quiñónez (third from left) (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell NASSAU — Electoral observers from CARICOM and the Organization of American States have arrived in Nassau to watch the electoral process and […]

Op-Ed: The Bahamian Election and the Importance of Small Business

By Mark A Turnquest Op-Ed Contributor Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) owners must carefully review all political parties’ platforms for the upcoming May 7, 2012 general election in the Bahamas. SME owners must determine which political party best articulates […]

Op-Ed: Dance and Jamaican Politics

By Lorenzo Smith Op-Ed Contributor Dance as an expression and practice of relations of power and protest, resistance and complexity, has been the subject of a number of historical and ethnographic analyses in recent years. These analyses complicate issues of […]

Marcia Forbes: Branding Cuba

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor A Country in Transition I first visited Havana, Cuba at the end of the 1980s. It was a country in transition, with the “Cold War’” beginning to thaw. That “war,” driven by mighty rhetoric, […]

Dominican Republic Concludes Feasibility Studies on Santo Domingo-Cibao Train

Above: Engineer Diandino Peña By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of the Dominican Republic has completed technical and economic feasibility studies of a proposed rail link between the capital Santo Domingo and the northern Cibao region. The announcement was […]

Mary J. Blige Just Joined the Lineup for the St Kitts Music Festival