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Puerto Rico’s Wyndham Palmas Names New VP, Executive Chef

The newly-rebranded Wyndham Palms Beach and Golf Resort has named a pair of new hires, Caribbean Journal has learned. That includes the addition of Ruben Rodriguez as Vice President of sales and marketing and Yia Medina as the property’s new […]

Martinique Named UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

The French Caribbean island of Martinique has joined UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Program. It’s the second major UNESCO recognition for Martinique, whose. Yole Sailboat also was added to the organization’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List. “We are thrilled and very […]

Highgate Names New CEO as Company Continues Caribbean Growth

Leading real estate and hospitality management company Highgate has announced a new chief executive officer, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The company, which has been rapidly expanding in the Caribbean, has tapped Arash Azarbarzin as its new CEO. The move […]

Hyatt Names New Managing Director for Caribbean Resort

Hyatt has named a new managing director for its newest resort in the Caribbean: the Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico. The company has tapped Mark Frances to the role; he had most recently served as the managing director at […]

American Airlines Launches Miami-Suriname Flights

American Airlines has officially launched flights to its newest Caribbean destination: Suriname. The carrier is the first and only U.S. carrier to offer nonstop service to the CARICOM Member State, with five flights each week from Miami to Paramaribo. American […]

Tiger Woods’ Bahamas Golf Tournament Is Back

Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge is back again in The Bahamas this year. The tournament, set at the Albany resort community in New Providence, will be held from Nov. 29-Dec. 5. The event, which draws a select field of some […]

Marriott Names New General Manager for Aruba Resorts

The Aruba Marriott complex has a new general manager: Raoul Lemmerling, who will oversee the daily operations, staff development and financial planning at the Aruba Marriott Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, Marriott Aruba Surf Club, and Marriott Aruba Ocean Club. Lemmerling was most recently the cluster general […]

Bahamas’ Baha Mar to Host NCAA Basketball Tournament

The Bahamas will play host this year to the largest early-season event in all of college basketball. The new Baha Mar Hoops event is a weeklong slate of events headlined on the men’s side by Louisville and Maryland and on […]

Southwest Airlines Names Next CEO

Southwest Airlines has announced its next chief executive officer. The company’s current CEO, Gary Kelly, has announced plans to relinquish his title as CEO in early 2022. When that happens, current Executive Vice President of Corporate Services Bob Jordan will […]

Cabot Saint Lucia Names Director of Golf

The Cabot Saint Lucia golf resort project in Saint Lucia has named its new Director of Golf: Jason McCarty. The resort community in northern Saint Lucia, which will be headlined by the first-ever Caribbean golf course by Coore & Crenshaw, […]

Atlantis Paradise Island Names New SVP for Food and Beverage

Atlantis Paradise Island has named a new senior Vice President for food and beverage operations, Caribbean Journal has learned. The renowned Bahamas resort has tapped Tamir Shanel to the role, following posts at resorts including Marina Bay Sands in Singapore […]

Anguilla’s CuisinArt Names New Director of Marketing

Anguilla’s Resorts and Residences by CuisinArt has named an expanded team headlined by the addition of a new director of marketing and communications: Portia Holt. Holt joins new hires including Stephanie Henzel as spa director and Brent Brady as director […]

Grenada Tourism Authority Names New CEO

The Grenada Tourism Authority has named a new Chief Executive Officer, with industry veteran Petra Roach tapped for the role. Roach had spent the last 27 years with Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, most recently as global head of markets and […]

Anguilla’s Zemi Beach House Names New Director of Sales and Marketing

Anguilla’s Zemi Beach House has named a new director of sales and marketing, Caribbean Journal has learned. The luxe retreat, one of the hottest hotels in Anguilla, has appointed Antoine Alsayah to the role, in which he will lead sales […]

American Airlines Names New VP of International Operations

American Airlines has named a new Vice President of international operations, Caribbean Journal has learned. The carrier has taped Jose Freig for the role; Freig had most recently been serving as managing director for Latin America and the Caribbean. “It […]

Bermuda Tourism Authority Names New CEO

The Bermuda Tourism Authority has a new chief executive officer, Caribbean Journal has learned. The island’s top tourism agency has appointed Bermudian Charles Jeffers II to the post. Jeffers was hired through a global search to fill the office left […]

Anguilla Names New Deputy Director of Tourism

The Anguilla Tourist Board has appointed a new Deputy Director of Tourism, Caribbean Journal has learned. The ATB has promoted Shellya Rogers-Webster to the role, in which she will manage the board’s internal and external relationships and communications. “I am […]

Marriott Names New Global Development Officer

Marriott International has named a new global development officer, the company announced this week. The company has tapped Carlton Ervin to the role, in which he will oversee development around the world, including in the Caribbean and Latin America, focusing […]

Anguilla Names New Destination Experience Manager

Anguilla’s Tourist Board has named a new Destination Experience manager, the ATB said in a statement. The organization has promoted Jameel Rochester to the role, in which he will be responsible for “engaging with Tourism stakeholders to develop and manage […]

Marriott Names New CEO

Marriott International has named its new chief executive officer following the passing of former CEO Arne Sorenson. The company has tapped Anthony “Tony” Capuano to the role effective immediately. Capuano, who has joined the company’s board of directors, had previously […]

American Airlines Launching First-Ever Flights to Suriname

American Airlines is launching its newest flights to the Caribbean Community: Suriname. The CARICOM member state becomes the ninth country American Airlines serves in South America. The new flights are operating five times per week from Miami to Suriname’s capital, […]

Barbados Tourism Names New Chairman

There’s a new chairman of the board of directors of Barbados Tourism Marketing and the Barbados Tourism Product Authority, Caribbean Journal has learned. Roseanne Myers has been taped for the role, according to Tourism Minister Lisa Cummins. “This is a […]

Aimbridge Hospitality Names New VP for Development

Hotel management company Aimbridge Hospitality has named a new Vice President of development, the company announced this week. The company has tapped Marco Roca Jr to the role, in which he will support the luxury and resorts vertical, focusing on […]

Bermuda Tourism Authority Names New Chief Marketing Officer

The Bermuda Tourism Authority has tapped former Nassau Paradise Island executive Douglas Trueblood as its new chief sales and marketing officer. Trueblood had most recently served as senior Vice President of marketing for the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board in […]

Adam Stewart Named Executive Chairman of Sandals

Adam Stewart has been appointed executive chairman of Sandals Resorts International, succeeding his late father Gordon “Butch” Stewart in the role, Caribbean Journal has learned. Adam Stewart becomes just the second chairman of the company in its 40-year history. “We […]

Anguilla Names New Director of Tourism

Anguilla has named a new director of tourism, the island’s tourist board announced. The destination has tapped tourism veteran Stacy Liburd to the role, in a move that took effect Jan. 4. “We have put together a very strong Board […]

BVI’s Scrub Island Resort Names New Leadership Team

The Scrub Island Resort in the British Virgin Islands has named a new leadership team, Caribbean Journal has learned. The property, which is reopening this week in time for the British Virgin Islands’ tourism relaunch, has named a new general […]

Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Names New President

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association has elected a new president, the regional tourism body announced this week. The CHTA has elected Pablo Jose Torres Sojo as its next president, succeeding Barbados hotelier Patricia Affonso-Dass. Torres is currently the general manager of […]

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