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Caribbean Airlines Adding Barbados-Saint Lucia Flights

Caribbean Airlines is launching new service between Barbados and Saint Lucia next month, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new route between Barbados’ Grantley Adams International Airport and Saint Lucia’s George FL Charles Airport in Castries will be operating four times […]

Royal Caribbean’s Newest Ship Will Have a Different Focus: Short Getaways

Royal Caribbean’s new Utopia of the Seas cruise ship is set to make its debut is planning to set sail in July 2024. Like its sister ships in the company’s Oasis class, Utopia will have resort-style pools, copious bars and […]

Winair Is Relaunching St Maarten-Bonaire Flights

Winair is returning Bonaire to its Caribbean flight network next month, Caribbean Journal has learned. The St Maarten-based carrier is once again including Bonaire in its portfolio of destinations, with the relaunch of flights between St Maarten and Bonaire with […]

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The Newest Luxury Resort in the Dominican Republic Is Now Open

The Dominican Republic is now home to its most anticipated new luxury resort in years: the new wellness-focused Premier Club at Casa de Campo in La Romana. The new resort-within-a-resort is the first phase of a $90 million expansion for […]

From The Bahamas to Punta Cana, Hotels Where You Can Cool Down This Summer

The Caribbean is even cooler in the summer. It’s not just the freedom of smaller crowds, or that little bit of extra space on the sand. It’s the breezy comfort of the trade winds, of summer nights on the beach. […]

Antigua’s Cruise Port Is Booming

Antigua and Barbuda is breaking records for stay over visitors, but the country is also seeing surging cruise passenger arrivals. The destination welcomed more than 500,000 cruise passengers during the 2022-2023 winter season, according to new data from the Antigua […]

Karisma Hotels Is Launching a Travel Agent Advisory Board

Karisma Hotels and Resorts is launching a new travel agent advisory board, Caribbean Travel Advisor has learned. It’s called the Compass Committee, and it will “receive first-hand looks at new product development and innovation across the portfolio and participate in quarterly […]

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Silver Airways Expands Flights to Dominica

Regional carrier Silver Airways has expanded its capacity fo the Eastern Caribbean island of Dominica. The airline has upgraded its flight service to Dominica from a 34-seat Saab 340 to a 48-seat ATR aircraft. The upgrade applies to the airline’s […]

Cayman Islands Tourism Is Sizzling

The Cayman Islands is well on track to surpassing the successful tourism numbers it annually received before 2019 when COVID knocked the global travel industry on its back. The Cayman Islands welcomed 1,027,668 visitors in 2022 with 743,394 cruise passengers […]

What’s Next for Nevis Tourism in 2023?

Tiny Nevis has long been beloved by Caribbean aficionados, drawn to the island for its historic charm, beautiful natural environment and enviable collection of boutique hotels and inns. As the island’s tourism sector emerges from the pandemic, Caribbean Journal caught […]

Curacao Just Set Its All-Time Tourism Record

Curacao has set an all-time record for tourist arrivals, Caribbean Journal has learned. The island welcomed just under 490,000 visitors in 2022, a new record for annual visitation. It was a remarkable turnaround for an island that saw a slow […]

Cayman Islands Tourism Is Heating Up

Tourism in the Cayman Islands is in the midst of a strong recovery – and surpassing tourism officials’ own initial targets for 2022. The island had been forecasting a 40 percent recovery of its pre-pandemic tourism totals from 2019, but the […]

The Club Med Punta Cana Is Getting a New Look

All-inclusive brand Club Med is planning a major renovation of its signature resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Club Med Punta Cana will see a renovation and new additions to the resort set to be unveiled next summer. The […]

Antigua and Barbuda: “Unprecedented” Tourism Numbers

Antigua and Barbuda continues to see record-breaking tourism numbers, officials told Caribbean Journal. “After a difficult two years, the tourism industry is seeing the pent-up demand for travel, and we’re delighted to say that Antigua and Barbuda is at the […]

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 […]

Another Positive Month for Curacao Tourism

It was another positive month in what has been a very strong summer for tourism in Curacao. The month of July saw hotel occupancy of 73.7 percent, a 9 percentage-point jump compared to July 2019, before the pandemic, according to […]

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Antigua and Barbuda Is Breaking Records, Leading Caribbean Tourism Recovery

Tourism in Antigua and Barbuda is breaking all-time records, buoyed by a surge in visits from the United States, Caribbean Journal has learned. The surge has made the country one of the hottest destinations in the Caribbean, particularly in the […]

$55 Million Project to Transform St Croix’s Hotel on the Cay

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, […]

New CEO for Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board

Longtime Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board CEO Fred Lounsberry is retiring. Lounsberry has announced his planned retirement from the position he has held for the last 17 years. He is being succeeded by Joy Jibrilu, former Director General of the […]

The Dominican Republic Just Set an All-Time Tourism Record

Tourism in the Dominican Republic is growing at a dazzling pace in 2022, and the country just set another record. The month of July saw the most visitors to the Dominican Republic in a single month in the country’s history, […]

Cancun Is Eclipsing Pre-Pandemic Traffic Numbers

Tourism is sizzling in Cancun, and the trend is being borne out in the traffic numbers at Cancun International Airport. Cancun’s air hub reported passenger traffic of 2.876 million in July, representing a 19.9 percent jump over the same month […]

St Kitts-Nevis Restaurant Week Begins

One of the Caribbean’s most popular culinary events is back: St Kitts-Nevis Restaurant Week, the annual celebration of the twin-island destination’s gastronomic excellence. This year’s event, which runs through July 24, is putting the spotlight on local farmers in St […]

At the Four Seasons Nevis, Saving Caribbean Sea Turtles

Mojito, an adult hawksbill sea turtle, was just spotted off the southeastern coast of Martinique. Hawksbills are classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; they’re a marvelous, mysterious species notable for often returning to the […]

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Sandals Launches Reservations for New Jamaica All-Inclusive

Fresh off its celebrated debut in Curacao, Sandals has launched reservations for its next all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean:: Sandals Dunn’s River. The new all-inclusive resort is slated to open its doors on May 24, 2023, according to Sandals Resorts […]

Nevis’ Culturama Festival Is Back

The island of Nevis’ greatest cultural festival has made its long-awaited comeback. Culturama, the two-week cultural event, begins July 21, running through August 7. Culturama made its debut in 1974 as a celebration of Nevisian heritage and indigenous customs. Today, […]

Turks and Caicos’ Newest Resort Is Opening in November, With Its Own Private Lagoon