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Building the Caribbean’s Best Tennis (And Pickleball) Courts

If you’ve played tennis at a top Caribbean resort, chances are it was built by one company: Agile Courts, which has been building courts around the United States and the Caribbean for what is now a half century. To access […]

St Barth’s Ultimate Rum Event Is Back Again for 2023

The world’s greatest rums. The Caribbean’s most glamorous island. The premier celebration of fine Caribbean rum is back again in 2023, with the sixth annual Caribbean Rum Awards St Barth. The festival has revealed its dates for 2023, running Oct. […]

The 25 Best Beach Bars in the Caribbean 2023

There are countless reasons to travel to the Caribbean. But on cold winter afternoons, one image manages to slide into our imaginations more frequently: a cold rum punch at the edge of the Caribbean Sea. Beach bars just call to […]

The 15 Best Punta Cana All-Inclusive Resorts to Visit in 2023

Punta Cana is the most popular all inclusive resort destination in the Caribbean, and it isn’t really much of a competition. What began with a handful of resorts on the sands of Bavaro Beach has turned into a small country […]

Beach Journal: Cockleshell Bay, St Kitts

Think of our newest feature, Beach Journal, as a guide to one of the Caribbean’s greatest treasures: its almost infinite collection of remarkable stretches of sand. We’ll be taking you on a trip across some of our favorite places to […]

The Dominican Republic Has a New Luxury Resort

There’s a new haven for luxury travelers in the Dominican Republic — and it just so happens that it’s set within the country’s greatest resort. The renowned Casa de Campo Resort and Villas has unveiled its new “Premier Club,” a luxury […]

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 […]

How to Move to Antigua and Barbuda, Explained

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from two tailored subscription options: Caribbean Journal Invest for comprehensive investment news or Caribbean Journal Travel Advisor for targeted content for travel agents and advisors. Subscribe […]

The 20 Best Plunge Pool Resorts in the Caribbean

More and more travelers are looking for it, and the more you travel the Caribbean the more you realize what a precious amenity it really is: the private plunge pool. There is just something special about having your own pool, […]

The Caribbean Travel Awards 2023

If 2021 in the Caribbean was a year of recovery, 2022 has been a year of unmistakable, unprecedented rebirth. The Caribbean has never been hotter, with just about every destination nearing (or now exceeding) its pre-pandemic travel totals, and the […]

the bahamas' junkanoo celebrations are back for the holidays

Junkanoo Is Back in The Bahamas

After two years off amid the pandemic, The Bahamas’ greatest art form is making its triumphant return for the holiday season. Junkanoo, The Bahamas’ national cultural festival, returns for its largest celebration in the heart of downtown Nassau on Boxing […]

St Croix’s Big Christmas Festival Is Back

It’s one of the Caribbean’s greatest Christmas celebrations: the St Croix Crucian Christmas Festival, now in its 70th year. This year’s event runs from Dec. 11 through Jan. 7, returning in person for the first time since the onset of […]

St Barth Festival Crowns Best Rums in the Caribbean

It began with a rooftop, oceanfront tasting of ultra-rare Martinique rum at St Barth’s magnificent Le Barthelemy Hotel and Spa. It concluded with a rum festival right at the water’s edge in Gustavia, bookended by superyachts. And in between, the […]

The Winners of the CJ Caribbean Travelers’ Choice Awards 2022

They are the world’s foremost experts on Caribbean travel: Caribbean Journal readers. They travel to the Caribbean multiple times each year, scouring the region for the newest and the greatest, searching out hotels, beaches, restaurants and experiences. And each year, […]

How to Escape to St Kitts This Winter, For Less

It’s one of the buzziest destinations in the Caribbean right now, and the island of St Kitts is capitalizing with a major new “winter escape” promotion. The program, the product of a partnership with seven high-end resorts and hotels on […]

This is the Coolest Boutique Hotel in Aruba

You wake up, slide your door open and peer out directly at the sand and the calm froth of Aruban blue. This is unlike any other place to stay in Aruba. In a sea of larger, mostly high-rise resorts, it’s […]

10 Caribbean Beach Resorts for Your Next Vacation

It’s one of the best times to visit the Caribbean: the so-called “shoulder season,” when the storms are typically behind us but the winter tourism season hasn’t yet begun. That means you can find great value — and smaller crowds —in […]

In St Barts, the Ultimate Caribbean Gourmet Month

It happens every November, when the season kicks off in St Barth, and the Caribbean’s most luxurious island kicks off the winter tourist season and celebrates the gourmet world. It starts the first of November, with the Caribbean Rum Awards […]

This Is the Best Beach Resort in St Martin

At the next table, one visitor bemoaned his situation to another. “I wanted to stay here but they were full,” he said. “So I had to stay at La Samanna.” There’s perhaps no better distillation of the allure — and […]

In St Barth, a Caribbean Rum Festival Like No Other

It begins at the edge of the beach in St Barth, with a rooftop oceanfront party at Le Barthelemy Hotel presented by the world’s most sought after rum distillery, Martinique’s Rhum Neisson. What follows is a full-fledged fantasy for rum […]

From The Bahamas, a New Fusion of Music and Cigars

It began a few years ago, when P La Cangri, one of the top DJs and Latin artists in New York, visited Davidoff of Geneva. It was there that she was first introduced to a boutique luxury cigar brand called […]

5 Secret Caribbean Beach Hotels to Try Right Now

There’s nothing like a Caribbean hotel that’s right on the sand. There’s nothing standing between you and a blissful morning bobbing in the ocean, lazing at the edge of the waves, listening to the Caribbean’s original album. Sure, you can […]

From Nassau to the Dominican Republic, 5 Places to Go in September

It’s not peak season, and that’s what makes it so wonderful. Because while September is the slowest time of year in the Caribbean, the region is very much open for travel — and thanks to relaxed travel protocols, right now is […]

How to Move to Turks and Caicos, Explained

Caribbean Hotelier: Gregor Nassief of Secret Bay in Dominica on Luxury

It wasn’t just the hotel that put Dominica on the map with luxury travelers — it was the one that helped turn Dominica into a luxury destination, period. When Secret Bay opened its doors back in 2011, it was the […]

The Caribbean’s Best Rum Festival Is Set for November

Rare artisanal rums, vibrant ti’ punch, fine cigars, sparkling yachts and rooftop cocktails. In other words, just another day at the Caribbean Rum Awards St Barth. Now in its fifth year, the Caribbean’s best rum festival is back again for […]

The Caribbean Island of St Barth Just Removed All Testing, Vaccination Rules

Traveling to the French Caribbean island of St Barth just got a whole lot easier. The tiny Caribbean paradise just removed all travel restrictions to the island, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. That means travelers no longer need to show proof […]

Caribbean Moment: A Hidden Beach in The Bahamas

Maybe you’ve been to Staniel Cay before, as a jumping off point for exploring the Exuma chain, or for a stay at the Staniel Cay Yacht Club. But this little island has its secrets, including the spectacular Pirate Beach. The […]

Cancun, Punta Cana and Now Antigua. Royalton CHIC Just Opened Its Newest Resort.