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Antigua and Barbuda Just Lifted All of Its Travel Restrictions

The newest Caribbean destination to waive all of its travel health restrictions? Antigua and Barbuda, one of the Caribbean’s booming tourism destinations. The twin-island hotspot just announced that travelers no longer needed to show proof of vaccination or a negative […]

The Caribbean Island of Martinique Just Lifted All Travel Rules

Another Caribbean island has officially lifted all of its travel health requirements for visitors, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. Thanks to this week’s decision by the French government, visitors to Martinique no longer have to proof of a negative test or […]

CDC Ends Return Test Requirement, in Major Boost for Caribbean Tourism

In a move celebrated across the wider travel industry, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lifted its requirement for travelers to test negative for Covid-19 before returning home to the United States from abroad. It’s the culmination […]

A Big Caribbean Presence at Miami’s Seatrade Cruise Conference

There was no bigger presence at this past week’s Seatrade cruise industry conference in Miami than that of the Caribbean. The collection of Caribbean cruise ports was the liveliest, most energetic center of the show, which is the leading global […]

Frontier Airlines Launching Flights to Antigua, Turks and Caicos

Frontier Airlines is launching another major Caribbean expansion that will include several high-profile travel destinations. This winter, the carrier will kick off its first-ever service to destinations including Antigua and Barbuda, Turks and Caicos and Belize. On Dec. 4, Frontier […]

Caribbean Airlines Launches Kingston-Cayman Flights

Caribbean Airlines has launched its new service between Kingston, Jamaica and Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. The twice-weekly nonstop flight will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays until March 28, 2020, according to the company. “Caribbean Airlines has a clear […]

Airbnb Experiences Coming to Bermuda

By the Caribbean Journal staff Airbnb is bringing its experiential travel offering to the island of Bermuda The company’s Airbnb Experiences is set to launch in Bermuda next spring, the Bermuda Tourism Authority confirmed this week. Bermuda will be the […]

Curaçao Tourism Development Foundation Names New CEO

By the Caribbean Journal staff Curaçao is looking to Jamaica for its new tourism vision. The Dutch Caribbean island’s Tourism Development Foundation has announced the appointment of former Jamaica Tourism Director Paul Pennicook as its new managing director and chief […]

Saint Lucia to Chair Caribbean Tourism Organization

By Alexander Britell NASSAU — Saint Lucia is the new chair of the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The island’s Minister of Tourism, Dominic Fedee, was voted in as the new chair of the regional tourism organization during this week’s State of […]

Vacation Express Adding More Montego Bay Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Vacation Express is adding more flights to Jamaica, the company announced this week. The new flights will operate nonstop from Detroit Metropolitan Airport to Montego Bay from January 21, 2019 through April 22. That will […]

A New Air Traffic Control Tower in Montego Bay

By the Caribbean Journal staff The new air traffic control tower at Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport will become fully operational next month, according to the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority. “Our team in Montego Bay is ready to move over. […]

The Caribbean Travel Awards – 2017

This year was not without its challenges in the Caribbean. But in the face of overwhelming adversity, the Caribbean showed its toughness and resilience. It’s something that’s eminently clear, as hard-hit islands quickly recover, with most already welcoming back travelers, […]

Tourism Luminaries Headed to CHIEF Event in Miami

An accomplished roster of speakers, including a top executive from Virgin Atlantic, a leading authority on tourism intelligence and a host of respected hoteliers, will address delegates attending the annual Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum, slated to take place from […]

The Caribbean’s Most Romantic Islands: Readers’ Choice 2017

What’s the most romantic island in the Caribbean? Well, we put the question to the best authority on all matters Caribbean: Caribbean Journal readers, the world’s top concentration of Caribbean travel aficionados, with thousands of readers chiming in on their […]

The Caribbean Travel Awards 2016

It was another action-packed year for Caribbean travel, from a spate of new hotels and resorts to a regional challenges like Zika. But the Caribbean continues to grow, with increased investment and development, new air routes and a continued expansion […]

The FAA Has a New Caribbean Initiative

Aviation is a global enterprise that brings the world together. U.S. civil aviation has a $2.4 trillion dollar impact on the global economy, and accounts for more than 58 million jobs. Growth in travel, new routes, increasing trade and investment, […]

Haiti’s Sunrise Airways Launching More Caribbean Flights

Haiti-based Sunrise Airways is planning to launch a host of new flights around the Caribbean from Jamaica. The company’s proposed flights will connect all three of Jamaica’s international airports with destinations in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. “We see […]

The Voice of Caribbean Cricket

By David P. Rowe CJ Contributor The news this week that Tony Cozier had died was shattering and tragic for many cricket fans internationally and fans of West Indian cricket especially. For those of us who were children and cricket […]

Four Fun Things to Do in St Kitts

New and old ways to see the island By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Wanna know what to do in St. Kitts? Who better to ask than the CEO of the island’s tourism authority, Racquel Brown? Brown, a Jamaican, has […]

The Caribbean’s Big New Canal Project

Above: Lake NIcaragua By George Nicholson and Rachael Robinson Op-Ed Contributors On Dec. 22, 2014, the Government of Nicaragua and the international infrastructure development firm, Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. Ltd. (HKND), publicly announced the commencement of the […]

Natural Resources and Economic Policy in the Greater Caribbean

By Alberto Duran and Noemi Areli Sanchez Op-Ed Contributors As part of the regulatory function, the State, through its economic policy, directly influences the economic growth of a country. The discussion on the effects of that policy focuses generally on […]

What a Major Telecom Merger Means for the Caribbean

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Mergers the new Mantra Implications of the merger between Cable & Wireless and Columbus Communications are fraught with many nuances that only the most astute and those with a keen understanding of where the […]

Growing Trinidad’s Internet Economy

By Gerard Best CJ Contributor The recent establishment of an Internet exchange point (IXP) in Trinidad and Tobago is a necessary step in strengthening the country’s local Internet economy. But it is not enough, says Bevil Wooding, Internet Strategist with […]

Personal Responsibility and Development in the Caribbean

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor THE RECENT Global Competitiveness report has shown that Jamaica is seeing some international competitiveness return from the current set of policies being instituted. It has been a while since our competitiveness has improved, and this […]

Remembering the West Indians Who Built the Panama Canal

Above: the new plaque memorializing West Indian workers at the canal By the Caribbean Journal staff The Panama Canal turns 100 on Saturday, and Panama is being joined by countries around the world in celebrating its centennial. But the dream […]

A Venture Capital Fund in Dominica?

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Invest Dominica Authority is exploring the possibility of establishing a national venture capital fund in the country. The IDA’s proposed project would augment the government’s current structural reform programme. The […]

Interview With Grenada Tourism Minister Alexandra Otway-Noel

Above: Grenada Tourism Minister Alexandra Otway-Noel (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell MONTEGO BAY — Grenada is continuing its push to promote tourism, with a brand-new marketing campaign and a focus on positioning the country as a kind of high-end, eco-tourism […]

Political Independence and Economic Development in the Caribbean

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor In 2003, Alvin G. Wint – former head of the Department of Management Studies at the University of West Indies, Mona Campus – noted in his book, “Competitiveness in Small Developing Economies: Insights from the […]

At Nassau’s Baha Mar Resort, The Art of Everything