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A Landmark Solar Project Is Coming to St Lucia
A major installation By Dana NIland CJ Contributor In May 2016, Government House in St. Lucia will showcase the country’s renewable energy transition with the installation of a 10-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system, which could save the government thousands of dollars […]
Insider Travel Tips From This Top Puerto Rico Concierge
Your newest San Juan tips By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor His official title is Lead Concierge. But to me Nestor Colón is Mr Roarke. That’s because I can’t think of a better way to communicate the savvy, smarts and […]
JetBlue Launches Mexico City Flights
By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue has launched daily flights to Mexico City from both Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, the carrier announced. Mexico City is the New York City-based carrier’s 91st destination and 35th in the wider Latin America and […]
Why Aruba Tourism is Booming — And What’s Next
The Dutch Caribbean’s tourism hub is growing. Quickly. By the Caribbean Journal staff Plainly, tourism in Aruba is booming. The island saw a 16.2 percent increase in stayover visitor arrivals in the first half of 2015, making it the Caribbean’s […]
Jamaica Looks to Expand Community Tourism
A new push for niche tourism sector By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Jamaica is allocating funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) for the development of community tourism in North West Manchester. Member of Parliament for North West Manchester, Mikael […]
Nigel Spence: A Recipe for Crab Cakes, Jamaican Style
By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor There was great excitement in Jamaica last week as President Barack Obama paid a visit to our island paradise. He was the first sitting US President in over 30 years to have made an official […]
Transforming Caribbean Cocoa
Above: a cacao plantation (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The University of the West Indies’ Cocoa Research Centre has embarked on a major new project: to transform the region’s cocoa sector. The new project, dubbed the International Fine […]
10 Things You Never Knew About Concorde and the Caribbean
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Barbados is the only Caribbean destination (and one of only four countries) to have had regular Concorde service from London. Although the planes were decommissioned in 2003, one of the supersonic British Airways jets […]
The Caribbean in the Age of Exploration
By Steven Keats CJ Contributor Being in the shipping business and always curious about exploration, I developed a collection of rare maps that focused on the Americas. Several years ago part of the collection was presented at the University of […]
CJ Readers Channel Ernest Hemingway
By the Caribbean Journal staff At the end of 2014, Caribbean Journal and Papa’s Pilar Rum collaborated on a contest, aiming to find the best reader caption for a series of Ernest Hemingway photos. The catch? Readers had to write the […]
Bob Marley’s Land Rover is Back
Above: Bob Marley’s Land Rover By the Caribbean Journal staff In time for the 70th anniversary of the birth of Bob Marley, the Land Rover Defender the music superstar once owned has now been restored. The matte-blue 1977 Series III […]
The Caribbean’s 25 Most Interesting People For 2014
WHO WERE the Caribbean’s newsmakers this year? Who were the people within the Caribbean doing interesting things, or the people from the Caribbean doing great work around the world? Who were the people in the Caribbean conversation? Our Most Interesting […]
The New Caribbean in Condado
Above: The Condado neighbourhood of Puerto Rico (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell SAN JUAN — I didn’t plan on being here, with the Buddha and the duck croquetas. I’m having dinner joined by a small Buddha statue, eating duck croquettes […]
Haiti Planning to Develop 1,000 Hotel Rooms on Ile a Vache
Above: Ile a Vache By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s recently-revived tourism push has a major focus: developing the island of Ile a Vache. The government said this week that it’s projects on the island had already launched, with plans […]
14 Caribbean Art Galleries You Should Visit in 2014
Last week, we highlighted some of the ways to explore the Caribbean beyond the beach: namely, by visiting museums. But there are also scores of small, excellent art galleries across the region, from small boutiques to larger exhibition spaces. This […]
Vietnam Prime Minister Visits Haiti
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung By the Caribbean Journal staff Vietnam President Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Haiti on Friday for an official visit to the Caribbean country. The Vietnamese leader was received […]
In Charleston, the Spirit of Barbados
Above: a photo from the exhibition By the Caribbean Journal staff Charleston, South Carolina has long been among the most “Caribbean” cities in the United States. The similarities between Charleston and islands like Barbados in architecture, food, dialect and social […]
The Caribbean’s Best Cities For Art – 2013
People go to the Caribbean for all kinds of reasons — many of which we’ve written about. But there is another kind of traveler — the one who seeks adventure not just on the beach or in the water, but in […]
Seven Fun Things to Do in Jamaica
Jamaica has one of the most diverse tourism products in the Caribbean. You can hike in the Blue Mountains, sun in Negril, search for culinary nirvana in Kingston … the attractions are endless. So we thought we’d offer a short […]
Five Cultural Sites to Visit in Haiti
Haiti has one of the Caribbean’s most interesting cultures and centuries of fascinating history. While its leisure tourism industry is very much in the early stages, there are a great deal of cultural and historic sites ready to receive intrepid […]
Jamaica Planning $12 Million Upgrade Project For Resort Areas
Above: Montego Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is planning a “major rehabilitation and upgrading” project this year in the country’s resort areas, including Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Negril and Port Royal. The group of projects will come at […]
Remembering Hemingway in Cuba
Above: Ernest Hemingway on his boat, Pilar, off Cuba, around 1950 By the Caribbean Journal staff The 14th International Ernest Hemingway Colloquium began Thursday in Havana, aiming to promote the “exchange of information” about the noted writer and adventurer. This […]
Haiti, Transat Partner on Travel Packages For American Tourists
Above: Haiti (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and Canadian travel firm Transat are readying the launch of travel packages for American tourists. The new Haiti vacation packages, offered by Transat Holidays USA, will include a pair […]
In Trinidad, the Archaeology of Cricket
Above: the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PORT OF SPAIN — It is not so much a museum as an ongoing archaeological excavation. For decades, some of the world’s greatest cricketers have passed through the […]
Haiti Marks 210 Years Since Death of Toussaint Louverture
Above: the statue of Louverture in Port-au-Prince (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti took time Sunday to remember the 210th anniversary of the death of founding father Toussaint Louverture, who led the Haitian revolution. Louverture is currently […]
The Caribbean’s Top 10 Snorkeling Destinations for 2013
IT’S ONE OF THE Caribbean’s most popular pastimes – snorkeling. And, thankfully, there are more than enough terrific snorkeling destinations to go around. While these lists always lead to difficult choices, we present to you Caribbean Journal’s inaugural Snorkeling List […]
Transat Sends Next Wave of Canadian Tourists to Haiti
Above: the Transat flight on Wednesday (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff The next wave of Canadian tourists has arrived in Haiti as part of an agreement between Canada’s Transat and the Ministry of Tourism. The group of […]
A New Life for Bob Marley’s Land Rover
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Land Rover Defender once owned by Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley is getting a new lease on life, thanks to Sandals Resorts International. The 1877 Series III Land Rover Defender has been handed over […]
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