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At St Lucia’s BodyHoliday Resort, Spinning Among the Tree Tops
Above: the BodyHoliday resort’s new TreeHouse spin studio By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia’s BodyHoliday Resort, which completed a $20 million renovation last year, will soon debut its Tree House spin studio, the property announced in a release. The […]
Puerto Rico: New Hyatt House Hotel Project Breaks Ground in San Juan
Above: San Juan By the Caribbean Journal staff A planned Hyatt House hotel project broke ground this week in San Juan, following an agreement between a Hyatt affiliate and Island Hospitality Partners. The project, which is expected to open in […]
Dominican Republic Complex Listed for Sale at $95.4 Million
Above: the Riu complex in the Dominican Republic By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of RIU hotel properties in the Dominican Republic area of Puerto Plata is being put on the market for $95.4 million. Miami-based real estate brokerage […]
Forbes: Jamaican Television — Moneymaking Versus the Public Interest
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Jamaica Jubilee Conversations To have participated in one of the five Jamaica Jubilee Conversations hosted as a part of this island’s celebration of its 50th anniversary as an Independent nation was an honour. “The […]
St Kitts and Nevis Hires a London Cab
Above: the St Kitts and Nevis-branded taxi in London By the Caribbean Journal staff One London taxi will have a Kittitian and Nevisian feel this summer, as part of a newly-launched campaign by the tourism authorities of St Kitts and […]
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, […]
Haiti and France to Strengthen Collaboration With New Initiative
Above: Haitian Interior Minister Thierry Mayard-Paul By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of Haitian delegates will soon head to France as part of a new initiative between the two countries’ Ministries of Interior. Following talks between Haitian Interior Minister […]
Jamaica Spending $36 Million to Boost Pharmaceutical Drug Supply
Above: Director of the National Health Fund’s (NHF) Pharmaceutical Division Marcia Chin See (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Jamaican government is spending approximately $35.5 million on a two-year supply of pharmaceutical drugs, including those required to treat […]
USVI Governor Accepts First Case of St Croix-Produced Captain Morgan Rum
Above: USVI Governor John de Jongh (right) and David Gosnell, Diageo’s president of Global Supply By the Caribbean Journal staff US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh accepted the first case of locally-produced Captain Morgan Rum, following Diageo’s decision to […]
The Caribbean Year in Review
For the Caribbean, it was the Year of the Vote. By year’s end, five countries, Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and Haiti and the British Virgin Islands, will have chosen new leadership, with Jamaicans headed to the polls on Thursday. It […]
Ron Daniels Talks Haiti
Above: the Sans Souci Palace in Haiti (UN Photo/Victoria Hazou) By Alexander Britell Dr Ron Daniels is the President of the Institute of the Black World and the Founder of the Haiti Support Project, an organization that has been working […]
Anguilla Chamber of Commerce President Keithley Lake Talks Business
Above: the Viceroy Anguilla By Alexander Britell While Anguilla saw a wave of luxury resort development during the economic boom in the middle of the decade, like the rest of the Caribbean it was hurt by the economic downturn. Some […]
OBMI’s Tim Peck Talks Scrub Island and Luxury Development
Tim Peck is the chairman of design firm OBMI and is the company’s former CEO for the Caribbean region. OBMI has long been a major player in the region, in master planning, resort design and development consulting. Peck, who makes […]
New Bahamas Airport Terminal Opens
By the Caribbean Journal Staff The first stage in a $409.5 million airport redevelopment at Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport has opened, with a new U.S. Departures Terminal arriving on time and at a cost of $198.1 million. The new […]
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