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One Night in Martinique

By Alexander Britell FORT-DE-FRANCE — When you hear old biguine music on a Thursday night in Fort de France, you find yourself in a place and time you never considered. The band had no name. Its mercurial, talented leader had none […]

JetBlue Adds New Seasonal Routes From Boston to Caribbean

Above: a JetBlue plane By the Caribbean Journal staff New York City-based carrier JetBlue has added several new seasonal routes from Boston to the Caribbean region. The carrier, which has been quickly expanding its service to the Caribbean, announced that […]

Delta Adds New Service to Bonaire

Above: Bonaire (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Delta Airlines is adding a new weekly flight from Atlanta to Bonaire, according to the Tourism Corporation Bonaire. The flight, which will be operated on Fridays, will launch on Aug. 22 […]

Delta Expanding Cancun Service

Above: a Delta plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Delta Airlines has announced the expansion of its seasonal service to Cancun. The new service is coming to 13 United States cities, following what the company called “an increased demand for […]

InterCaribbean Airways Launching Kingston-Montego Bay Flights

Above: an InterCaribbean Airways plane By the Caribbean Journal staff InterCaribbean Airways is launching new service between Kingston and Montego Bay, Jamaica. The service will include 16 weekly flights each way, with the Montego Bay-Kingston flights offering onward flights to […]

Martinique-Cuba Flights Resume

Above: Havana By the Caribbean Journal staff Havnana-based Cuban national airline Cubana has resumed flights between Havana and Fort-de-France, Martinique. The service, which made its first flight last Thursday, had not been operating since 2006. “This link between Fort-de-France and […]

Air Antilles Express Launches Guadeloupe-St Maarten Service

Above: an Air Antilles Express plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Air Antilles Express has launched its first-ever service between St Maarten and Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. The service could provide a boost for Guadeloupe’s bid to attract more tourists from the […]

Norwegian Getaway Begins First Voyage Out of Miami

Above: Norwegian Getaway (Photo: NCL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Norwegian Getaway, the largest ship to homeport year-round at PortMiami, has officially arrived in Miami and begun its first voyage. The ship began what will be a weekly schedule of […]

Caribbean Deals of the Week: Peter Island, Guadeloupe and Atlantis

The latest Caribbean Deals of the Week offers you our weekly picks for great deals on travel to the Caribbean, from a beachfront retreat in the Guadeloupe Islands to an extended stay in the BVI. An extra night on Peter […]

Copa Airlines Launching Guyana Service

Above: a Boeing Next Generation plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama-based Copa Airlines will be launching service to Guyana, the carrier announced this week. The airline will begin twice-weekly flights between Panama City and Georgetown beginning July 11, it […]

Guadeloupe Islands Sees Big Jump in Visitors From United States

Above: the island of Terre de Haut in the Guadeloupe Islands (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell The Guadeloupe Islands saw a significant jump in arrivals from the United States last year, with a 23 percent year-over-year increase, according to data […]

New Air Service From Kingston to Santo Domingo, San Juan

Above: an InterCaribbean Airways plane By the Caribbean Journal staff InterCaribbean Airways is launching new service from Kingston to Santo Domingo and from Kingston to San Juan, the company announced. InterCaribbean, which recently changed its name from Air Turks & […]

Frontier Airlines Begins Nonstop Service From Denver to Montego Bay

Above: Frontier Airlines planes By the Caribbean Journal staff US-based Frontier Airlines has officially launched nonstop service from Denver to Montego Bay, Jamaica. The seasonal service will operate once every Sunday during the winter tourist season. The new flights are […]

Air Antilles Express Begins Service From Guadeloupe to Antigua

Above: an Air Antilles Express plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Air Antilles Express has begun its new bi-weekly service between Guadeloupe and Antigua. The service will operate every Monday and Thursday out of Pointe-a-Pitre. The 20-minute flight departs Guadeloupe […]

Thomas Cook Begins New Service From Manchester to Antigua

Above: a Thomas Cook plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Thomas Cook Airlines has officially inaugurated its new non-stop weekly service from Manchester to Antigua. The service, which began last week, will fly from Manchester International Airport to VC Bird […]

Guadeloupe Sees Surge in Hotel Bookings

Above: Guadeloupe By the Caribbean Journal staff The Guadeloupe Islands are seeing a surge in hotel room night bookings, according to a report by Kuoni Global Travel Service. Room night bookings are up 26 percent for the year, compared to […]

New Flights From Madrid to San Juan

Above: San Juan (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Air Europa will be launching service from Madrid to San Juan, Puerto Rico beginning in May, Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced. The service will include two weekly flights […]

Thomas Cook Makes First St Lucia Flight

Above: the inaugural flight from Manchester By the Caribbean Journal staff The first Thomas Cook flight from Manchester touched down in St Lucia on Sunday afternoon, the first of the charter carrier’s new nonstop flights to the island. Fly Thomas […]

Grenada Readies For Cruise Season

Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff The first cruise ship of the season is set to arrive in Grenada on Oct. 30, and the country’s government is making sure the island is ready to receive it. The country recently […]

Martinique Eyes 1 Million Visitors By 2020

Above: Martinique Tourism Commissioner Karine Roy-Camille By Alexander Britell It’s now been a year since Martinique Tourism Commissioner Karine Roy-Camille addressed the media at the CTO’s State of the Industry Conference in St Kitts. At the time, she was a […]

Bahamasair Launching Service From West Palm Beach to Nassau

Above: a Bahamasair flight By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamian national carrier Bahamasair is launching service from West Palm Beach to Nassau, according to the company. The thrice-weekly flights will operate on Monday, Thursday and Sunday, beginning Nov. 10, the […]

Haiti’s Sunrise Airways to Launch Service to Cuba

Above: a Sunrise airways plane (Courtesy Sunrise Airways/SBPR) By the Caribbean Journal staff New air carrier Sunrise Airways says it has received permission to operate flights between Cuba and Haiti. The twice-weekly private service will operate between Port-au-Prince and Holguin. […]

Guyana, Venezuela Eye Air Link

Above: a CONVIASA plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana and Venezuela are mulling the establishment of an air link between the two countries on the CONVIASA carrier. Venezuela-based CONVIASA has the capacity to transport 70 passengers twice weekly, the […]

A New Vision For St Maarten Tourism?

Above: St Maarten By the Caribbean Journal staff Is it time for a St Maarten to reinvent its tourism strategy? That was the call made by Edward Dest, acting director of tourism for St Maarten at the recent Annual Overseas […]

Turks and Caicos Extends Attorney General’s Term Through 2016

Above: the TCI House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff The contract of Turks and Caicos Islands Attorney General Huw Shepheard is being extended by 36 months, the Governor’s office announced Monday. Shepheard will remain in office until September […]

Social Media and Caribbean Politics

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Counting Facebook “Likes” & Twitter Followers I’m preparing to participate in a workshop hosted by a commercial broadcaster in Jamaica. The focus is on social media and their roles in today’s broadcast media organizations. […]

American Airlines to Expand Service From New York to Antigua

Above: an American Airlines plane By the Caribbean Journal staff American Airlines will be increasing its service from New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport to Antigua and Barbuda this fall. The carrier will be operating daily flights to Antigua […]

The Cove, Eleuthera Begins Offering Charter Flights From Florida

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cove, Eleuthera hotel property in the Bahamas is launching charter air service for travelers from Florida. The property says it has booked 30 flights for the next two months from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport […]

The Caribbean’s Best Airport Lounge Is in Montego Bay, Jamaica