This short film is a quick look into the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River, shot on location this weekend. Ocho Rios has a new electricity this week, the kind that signals a turning point for the island of Jamaica. After weeks of preparation and tight coordination across communities and tourism partners, the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River has officially […]
Bonaire welcomed 16,752 stayover visitors in November 2025, a 2.8 percent increase over the same month last year, according to preliminary data released by Tourism Corporation Bonaire. The Netherlands remained the island’s strongest market, contributing 46.3 percent of all arrivals with 7,761 visitors. Travelers from the United States were the second-largest group, accounting for 27.1 percent of arrivals and 4,541 visitors. Among US travelers, most […]
Royalton Hotels and Resorts is expanding its newest brand with the debut of Royalton Vessence Cancun, an adults-oriented all-inclusive set to open in Fall/Winter 2026 on the shores of the Mexican Caribbean. The announcement follows what the company said was a strong initial reception to Royalton Vessence Barbados, which introduced the company’s next-generation approach to […]
For years, the Riviera Maya resort set along Mayakoba’s mangroves operated as Andaz Mayakoba, one of the enclave’s most visible properties. In 2026, it will enter a new chapter as Hyatt rebrands and redesigns the site into Alila Mayakoba, the first Alila hotel in Latin America and the Caribbean. The property is now accepting reservations […]
KSL Capital and Rodina’s Tortuga Resorts launched its Caribbean push in June with its $2 billion purchase of Playa’s real estate portfolio in the Caribbean and Mexico. Now, it seems to be aiming higher, with a new CEO to lead the charge. Tortuga Resorts has appointed seasoned hospitality and private-equity executive Leo Schlesinger as its […]
The Caribbean hotel industry is entering a new phase. New airport projects are reshaping airlift patterns, development pipelines continue to expand across the region, and investors are watching closely as construction costs, insurance dynamics, and demand trends evolve heading into 2026. To better understand how industry leaders are thinking about the next cycle, Caribbean Journal […]
2025 seems to be the year that experiential travel has fully recovered — and now demand is surging as travelers want to get out and explore. Many hospitality representatives are seeing a comeback in several niche markets, from all-inclusive to family travel. And Petra Roach, the new director of sales and marketing at the Wyndham Grand Barbados Sam […]
Lindsay Taylor’s day-to-day Caribbean planning happens from the Phoenix area, where she works closely with luxury clients seeking elevated, highly customized travel.
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