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Grand Bahama’s Big Restaurant Festival Is Back
Grand Bahama’s Island Restaurant Fest is back for its second edition this year, bringing together the island’s hottest restaurants for a month of culinary exploration. More than 10 eateries on Grand Bahama will be participating in the Grand Bahama Island […]
10 Small Hotels to Visit in The Bahamas This Summer
Sailing the turquoise splendor of the Exumas. Diving blue holes in Andros. Finding new levels of chill in San Salvador. Achieving seclusion in Cat Island. Tasting new flavors in Nassau. The Bahamas is an equally vibrant destination in the summer, […]
Hilton’s New Resort-Within-a-Resort in the Riviera Maya
Hilton’s first Conrad resort in the Caribbean is adding a new resort-within-a-resort concept to its Riviera Maya retreat, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Conrad Tulum Riviera Maya is adding a new collection of rooms called the Ceiba Club, featuring exclusive […]
Antigua, Aruba Top Caribbean Islands for Millennials Right Now
Before successful Caribbean advisor Amanda Bisack, owner of Travelista Travels, entered the travel industry, she worked as a hip-hop dancer, commercial print model and actress. Bisack has had spreads in Women’s Health Magazine, People’s, Forbes, Model Airplane, White House Black […]
The Bahamas’ Undiscovered Island
“At two o’clock in the morning the land was discovered, at two leagues’ distance; they took in sail and remained under the square-sail lying to till day, which was Friday, when they found themselves near a small island, one of […]
A New Way of Building in the Caribbean
By Guy Britton From the Dominican Republic to Florida, BioLime has been reinventing the way people build in the Caribbean, centered around the company’s unique architectural finishes made of limestone. To learn more about the company, Caribbean Journal caught up […]
Caribbean Moment: A Walk on the Beach in The Bahamas
It’s still one of the great secrets of The Bahamas: the tiny island of San Salvador. This tropical getaway, most famous as the site of Columbus’ first landing in the New World, is almost impossibly pristine, home to some of […]
From Aruba to St Thomas, 12 Caribbean “Water’s Edge” Hotels
You know the sound. You open the door to your balcony or patio and it’s there, the maritime metronome, the gentle roll or vigorous froth of the waves right near your room. But it’s not always so easy to find. […]
After Setting New Record, Turks and Caicos Real Estate Keeps Surging
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI To access this content, subscribe now. Caribbean Journal Invest is the leading authority on hotel, real estate and investment news in the Caribbean. Subscribe today to unlock this article and receive our newsletter, […]
20 Cheap Caribbean Hotels for an Affordable Vacation
Since the onset of the pandemic, driven by tremendous travel demand, hotels around the world have gotten far more expensive. Some, significantly more expensive. Even a Caribbean hotel whose rack rate might have started at $150 per night three years […]
Caribbean Moment: Sunset in San Salvador, The Bahamas
It’s the most relaxing, beautiful island you’ve never heard of. This is San Salvador, the island made famous by Columbus’ first landfall in the New World, today a remarkably beautiful, endlessly serene, impossibly laid back island at the far eastern […]
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 […]
The Ultimate Caribbean Scuba Diving Destination
First there was Christopher Columbus, met by the waters of Guanahani in 1492. And then, 530 years later, there was SpongeBob. SpongeBob is a 25-pound Nassau Grouper that calls Long Bay home, the most famous current resident of a bay […]
This is the Hottest New Brunch in Nassau, The Bahamas
Star Chef Marcus Samuelsson has quickly won plaudits for his eponymous eatery at the Baha Mar Resort in Nassau. And now Samuelsson is making another popular addition to the Bahamian food scene: a buzzy new brunch at the beachfront hotspot. […]
The Best All-Inclusive Hotels in The Bahamas
The Bahamas doesn’t have an overwhelming number of all-inclusive hotel options, but what the archipelago nation lacks in quantity it more than makes up in variety. Basic to high-end, intimate to extravagant, the Bahamas has an all-inclusive to match almost […]
The 10 Best Luxury All-Inclusive Resorts to Visit in 2022
A few decades ago, the term “luxury all-inclusive” might have seemed like an oxymoron. But that’s how much the all-inclusive space has changed, particularly in the Caribbean — where all-inclusive has become far more of a technical term than a […]
Chef Nigel Spence’s Recipe for a No-Fail Holiday Turkey
Rather than bore you with only the latest recipe for this year’s turkey, I will simply pull back the curtains and guide you with all the tips and tricks that I have used over the years in the restaurant to […]
Martinique Has a New Tourism Commissioner
The French Caribbean island of Martinique has named a new Tourism Commissioner, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Martinique Tourism Authority has tapped Benedicte de Geronimo to the role. Di Geronimo, a graduate of the Sorbonne in Paris, is working […]
St Kitts and Nevis Lifting UK Travel Ban
St Kitts and Nevis is set to lift its ban on travel from the United Kingdom. The ban on incoming travelers from the United Kingdom will be lifted on Sept. 1. The country had imposed the UK ban on July […]
Celebrity Equinox Relaunches Caribbean Cruises
Celebrity Cruises has relaunched another ship in the Caribbean. The brand’s Celebrity Equinox ship officially restarted Caribbean cruises this week with a sailing out of Fort Lauderdale. Equinox is visiting ports including St Maarten, St Thomas and Nassau, The Bahamas, […]
Nigel Spence: A Recipe for Roasted Cho Cho
With Spring in the air, we tend to lighten up on the heavy winter meals to shed those pounds in anticipation of the great unveiling of the summer fashion and the body that fits in them. I start leaning heavily […]
From The Bahamas to Jamaica, The Talking Heads’ Caribbean Love Story
Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz’s new book, Remain in Love, is a billet-doux to his bandmate and wife of more than 40 years, bassist Tina Weymouth, as well as documenting the couple’s musical journey together — first, as part of […]
Antigua Resumes Construction on Port Transformation Project in St John’s
Construction Antigua’s new pier at Heritage Quay in St John’s is moving “full speed ahead,” officials told Caribbean Journal Invest. The new pier, which is being built by Meridian Construction, is about 60 percent complete, according to David Corbella, principal […]
The Outlook for the Hotel Business in the Dominican Republic
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor Lucien Echavarria, Northeast director of the Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism, is both optimistic and cautious when predicting just how and when her country’s hotels will reopen to the world following the coronavirus. Echavarria, who […]
Turks and Caicos’ Wymara Has a New GM
Turks and Caicos’ Wymara Resort and Villas has named a new general manager. The property has promoted its director of sales and marketing, Jorge Collazo, to the role of general manager. Longtime Caribbean hospitality veteran Collazo will oversee “all aspects […]
In St Barth, Finding The Rhythm of Caribbean Rum
My journey started with the thrill of the prop plane nosing down for a “bombs away” landing at the Gustaf III airport runway, one of the shortest in the world, as the landing gear of the Tradewind Aviation plane hammered […]
Caribbean Hotel Industry Could Set New Highs
With one month of data remaining to process, the Caribbean’s hotel industry has a shot to reach its highest levels ever in average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR). Year to date through November, the region […]
The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean 2020
The number of world-class Caribbean restaurants continues to multiply, making this landmark selection, which first launched back in 2013, more and more difficult each year. The Caribbean food sector continues to send a strong message to the world that this […]
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