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The Best Caribbean Resorts to Check Out Right Now

The Best Caribbean All-inclusive Resorts have always been about finding that perfect marriage between luxury and convenience; between excitement and relaxation; between comfort and personality. And the Best Caribbean All-Inclusive Resorts is a story you might see in other places, […]

Memories Resorts Expands in Cuba

Above: the Memories Holguin Resort By the Caribbean Journal staff Memories Resorts is expanding in Cuba. The company has acquired the former Riu Playa Turquesa in the area of Holguin, which will now be operated as Memories Holguin Resort. The […]

The Caribbean’s Best All-Inclusive Resorts For Families

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor It takes more than just a playground and a children’s menu to guarantee a good time at a family all-inclusive. Here are the Caribbean resorts where we’d vacay with our own kin – and […]

The Best Affordable All-Inclusive Resorts in the Caribbean

Going all-inclusive shouldn’t leave you out of pocket. We’ve found a week’s-worth of Caribbean all-inclusive resorts where all-you-can-everything comes at a price tag almost anyone can afford. (Note: rates are per person, double occupancy, unless otherwise noted). Our team of on-the-ground […]

Riu Opening New Property

Above: the Riu Palace Antillas By the Caribbean Journal staff A new resort will soon open its doors in Aruba. RIU Hotels and Resorts will debut its second hotel on the island, the Riu Palace Antillas, in October. The property, […]

Expedia: Dominican Republic, St Maarten Lead Growth in Caribbean Travel Demand

Above: the Dominican Republic (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell MONTEGO BAY – Demand for travel to the Caribbean region grew 20 percent in the first three quarters of 2013, according to a new report from Expedia. The fastest growing markets […]

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The 25 Best Caribbean Luxury Resorts

What is luxury? Luxury basically means one or two categories above what you’re used to. Luxury is about full service, full amenities and about having all your needs met — at any time of day. A luxury property has the […]

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A New 700-Room Caribbean Hotel Project Breaks Ground 

Riu Hotels and Resorts is building another new Caribbean resort, Caribbean Journal Invest has leaned.  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 […]

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The Best Travel Agent Incentives in the Caribbean Right Now 

In an effort to motivate its advisor partners, many top-notch Caribbean hotels are offering special perks for travel specialists who show initiative through bookings. To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from two tailored subscription options: Caribbean Journal Invest for comprehensive investment […]

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Another New Adults-Only All-Inclusive Just Debuted in the “New Cancun”

The strip of coastline north of Cancun and across the water from the island of Isla Mujeres has had many names. For some, it’s Playa Mujeres. For others, it’s Costa Mujeres. The most popular name might just be the “New […]

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Wyndham Has a New All-Inclusive Near Cancun 

It has been called the “New Cancun,” and the area of Costa Mujeres on the outskirts of Cancun has become one of the fastest-growing destinations in the wider region in recent years.  Now, Wyndham, which has been rapidly expanding its […]

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Discovering Another Side of Negril, Jamaica 

Between the cluster of all-inclusive resorts on Seven Mile Beach and the high-end boutique hotels on the West End cliffs of Negril is one of the last outposts of budget tourism left in the Caribbean, where it’s still possible to […]

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This Anguilla Luxury Resort Is Opening a New Spa 

If you’ve been to Maundays Bay in Anguilla, you know it’s one of the best beaches you’ll find anywhere in the Caribbean, with an almost blindingly white, ethereal kind of sand. It also just so happens to be home to […]

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Marriott to Reopen Top Dominican Republic All-Inclusive 

Marriott International has quietly been cultivating a broad portfolio of all-inclusive resorts across the Caribbean, from small boutiques in Barbados to large beach hotels in Antigua.  Last year, that included Marriott’s highly-anticipated addition of what is now the crown jewel […]

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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 […]

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The Caribbean Travel Awards 2022

It seems that every year in the Caribbean we say it’s been a year like no other — but in the age of the pandemic, that’s a guarantee. And if 2020 was defined by the ongoing question of the tourism […]

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Secrets St Martin Resort Now Planning April 1 Relaunch

The highly anticipated reopening of AMResorts’ first-ever resort in the French Caribbean is now set for April 1, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new Secrets St Martin, which had just debuted before the onset of the pandemic in March of […]

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The Caribbean Travel Awards 2021

That next trip.  Maybe it’s for a holiday, maybe it’s for a family reunion, maybe it’s an annual tradition.  That next trip, that vacation to plan for, to dream about; it’s one of the greatest antidotes to creeping monotony in […]

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The Bahamas Is Now Open for Tourism

The Bahamas is officially open for tourism.  The 700-island destination reopened its borders for international tourism on July 1, part of a phased reopening that began with a reopening for boaters and private aviation on June 15.  Most crucially, incoming […]

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Jamaica Is Now Open for Tourism — Here’s What to Expect

Some of Jamaica’s most prominent resorts reopened today as the country reopened its borders for international travel, and more hotel reopenings are on the near horizon along with steady increases in flights from the U.S. to Jamaica. Crucially, Jamaica will […]

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Melia Is Opening a New Paradisus Resort in Playa Mujeres

Spanish hotel giant Melia Hotels International is opening another new resort in Mexico, the company announced. The new Paradisus Playa Mujeres will open its doors in the summer of 2020, according to Melia.  The all-inclusive property will include a total […]

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The Caribbean Travel Awards 2020

It’s been a stellar year for Caribbean travel. Stayover tourist arrivals are booming almost universally across the region. It seems like a new hotel opens up every week (and if you read Caribbean Journal, you realize it’s even more often […]

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A “New” Cancun Rises in the Mexican Caribbean

It’s not Isla Mujeres. Nor Playa del Carmen. The hottest destination on Mexico’s Caribbean Coast is Playa Mujeres — a.k.a. Costa Mujeres — a booming new resort area about a half-hour north of Cancun’s Hotel Zone and 45 minutes from […]

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St Martin Is Getting a Major New All-Inclusive Resort

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean’s fastest-growing hotel brand is coming to the French side of St Martin. The highly-anticipated Secrets St Martin Resort and Spa will be making its debut on Feb. 1, 2020, Caribbean Journal has learned. […]

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An Iconic Caribbean Rosewood Resort Is Returning in 2020

By Alexander Britell One of the Caribbean’s most legendary resorts is making its long-awaited comeback in the first quarter of 2020, Caribbean Journal has learned. The historic Rosewood Little Dix Bay resort on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands […]

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New Dominican Republic Adults-Only Resort Breaks Ground

By the Caribbean Journal staff A new adults-only resort project has officially broken ground in the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina laid the first stone for construction of the new Hotel Pure Salt Orchidarium, which will be located […]

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Four Seasons Is Opening a New Caribbean Hotel in Cartagena

By the Caribbean Journal staff Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is adding a new hotel in the Caribbean. The luxury hotel brand is partnering with San Francisco Investments, a subsidiary of Valorem, to open a new luxury hotel and private […]

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Planet Hollywood Is Opening a New Caribbean All-Inclusive

By the Caribbean Journal staff The new Planet Hollywood brand is set to open a new all-inclusive in the Caribbean, this time in Cancun. Sunwing Travel Group’s Planet Hollywood Beach Resort Cancun is slated to make its debut in “late […]

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