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A Major New Caribbean Restaurant in Miami

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor A new restaurant is bringing the Caribbean to downtown Miami, no airfare required. Zest, the latest from chef Cindy Hutson and partner Delius Shirley of Coral Gables stalwart Ortanique on the Mile, opened on […]

Guyana Eyes Small Ship Cruise Market

Guyana is looking to attract small-ship cruises. The South American country that’s home to the Caribbean’s economic headquarters has been looking to ramp up its tourism sector in recent years, and now it has its sights set on small-ship cruises, […]

A Caribbean Map That Shows How Big the Region Really Is

The Caribbean Map covers a really big place. But how big is it really? And where are its “borders?” Where is Aruba? What’s the Caribbean country that’s closest to South America? These are the kind of questions we have gotten […]

Aruba Is the Caribbean’s Fastest-Growing Destination Right Now

By Alexander Britell Caribbean tourism is on the upswing, but no destination has had a better two years in a row than the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba. The island has had consistently strong growth in both 2014 and 2015, […]

Copa Launches Belize Flights

Panama-based air carrier Copa Airlines has officially begun service between Panama and Belize. The airline’s first flight from Panama to Belize arrived on Tuesday carrying 92 passengers. Belize becomes Copa’s seventh destination in Central America. “For COPA Airlines this is […]

Avianca Launching Barbados Flights

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Colombia-based Avianca is planning to introduce twice-weekly nonstop flights between Bogotá and Barbados. The new flights, which begin Dec. 2, will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays between El Dorado International Airport and the Grantley Adams […]

Aruba Readies for Film Festival

A major Caribbean event By the Caribbean Journal staff Aruba is getting set for the Aruba International Film Festival, which begins Oct. 7. The event, which is now in its fifth year, is sponsored by the Aruba Tourism Authority. In […]

Copa Launching Flights to Belize

A new destination for the rapidly-growing carrier Above: the Cayo Espanto resort in Belize By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Starting this December, Copa Airlines will be offering its first-ever service to Belize. The Panama-based carrier will be operating two weekly direct […]

Guyana, Brazil Talk Cooperation

Above: the talks in Guyana By Dana Niland CJ Contributor South American neighbors Guyana and Brazil are deepening their ties. Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana Lineu Popo de Paula recently met with First Vice President and Prime Minister of Guyana Moses […]

The Best Caribbean Airlines

Most major airlines fly to the Caribbean. But once you get there, if you want to go between islands, it’s a very different story. For island hoppers, businesspeople, family visitors or island explorers, there are all kinds of airlines servicing […]

Who Were the First Inhabitants of the Caribbean?

Above: off the coast of Belize (Photo: Sébastien Perrot-Minnot) By Sébastien Perrot-Minnot, PhD CJ Contributor It is in the course of the last glaciation, which affected the planet for more than 100,000 years, and finished about 11,000 years ago, that our […]

Trade and Caribbean Development

By Alberto Duran and Kariyma Baltimore Op-Ed Contributors Discussions surrounding the link between trade and development have been numerous. Economists; Development Practitioners; Academia; and Policy Makers have all made significant contributions to the trade and development discourse. The positive impact […]

Brazilian Airline GOL Is Expanding Caribbean Service to This Island

Above: Tobago By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s one of the most sought-after tourism source markets in the Caribbean — Brazil. And now one of Brazil’s major airlines is expanding its service in the Caribbean. Tobago’s Division of Tourism announced […]

This Caribbean Airline is Expanding

Above: an Insel Air plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Dutch Caribbean carrier Insel Air is on an expansion push. Beginning Dec. 15, the Curacao-based carrier will be returning Trinidad to its network, with new service between Curacao and Port […]

Guyana Marriott Pushes Back Opening Date to February 2015

Above: a rendering of the Guyana Marriott By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana’s first-ever Marriott hotel is delayed. The hotel, which had been planning a December 2014 opening, has pushed back its opening date to February 2015, according to the […]

LIAT Set to Increase Service to Guyana

Above: a LIAT plane By the Caribbean Journal staff LIAT is expanding its service between Barbados and Guyana’s Ogle International Airport. Beginning Dec. 1, 2014, LIAT will be adding three additional flights per week between Barbados and Ogle, for a […]

Radisson Expanding in Colombia

Above: the ar Hotel Salitre in Bogota By the Caribbean Journal staff The Radisson brand is expanding in Colombia. Parent company Carlton Rezidor Hotel Group announced that the brand would be opening its newest South American property in Bogota next […]

Colombia Ambassador Visits Puerto Rico

Above: Acting Governor David Bernier and Colombia’s Ambassador to the United States, Luis Carlos Villegas (Photo: OG Puerto Rico) By the Caribbean Journal staff Colombia’s Ambassador to the United States, Luis Carlos Villegas, visited Puerto Rico this week, the first-ever […]

Copa Airlines Adding New Cuba Market

Above: Copa’s hub in Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama-based Copa Airlines is adding a new flight to Cuba, the company announced. The company will be adding twice-weekly direct flight from Panama City to Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba. Cayo […]

This Caribbean City Is Booming

Above: Cartagena’s historic centre (Caribbean Journal photo: KU) By Alexander Britell Santo Domingo. Havana. Kingston. Port-au-Prince. San Juan. These are the cities that are typically mentioned in conversations about the largest Caribbean cities. But there’s another city on the Caribbean […]

New Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana

Above: New Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana Lineu Pupo de Paula and Guyana President Donald Ramotar By the Caribbean Journal staff Brazil has named its new Ambassador to Guyana, Lineu Pupo de Paula. The new Brazilian envoy recently presented his letters […]

The Problem of Caribbean Air Travel

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor The first issue of the lack of progress with intraregional trade and synergy in the Caribbean is obvious. The fact is that unless we are able to improve the ease of traveling throughout the region, […]

Guyana, Argentina to Strengthen Cooperation in Tourism

Above: Guyanese and Argentine officials in Georgetown By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana and Argentina are planning to strengthen their bilateral cooperation in the tourism sector. Guyana’s Tourism Minister Irfaan Ali and Argentina Ambassador to Guyana Luis Marino said the […]

Venezuela: OAS Secretary General Urges “Comprehensive Dialogue”

Above: Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza is urging a “comprehensive dialogue” between the government and the opposition in Venezuela. […]

Dominican Republic Sees Strong Growth in US Visitors

Above: Radames Martinez-Aponte, the Dominican Republic’s vice minister for tourism (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PUNTA CANA — The Dominican Republic saw 10 percent growth in visitors from the United States last year, according to Radames Martinez-Aponte, the country’s vice […]

Tourism on the Rise in Suriname

Above: Suriname By the Caribbean Journal staff Suriname saw a solid improvement in tourism arrival numbers in 2013, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The country welcomed 202,225 stopover visitors in the first 10 months of 2013, a […]

Venezuelan Unrest and the Caribbean

By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor THE BOOK that is to be written on post-Hugo Chavez Venezuela opened a new and dynamic chapter on Tuesday as thousands marched in the streets of Caracas, prompting opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez to turn […]

CARICOM “Concerned” By Violence, Confrontations in Venezuela

Above: CARICOM headquarters in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM is “concerned” by the recent violent developments in Venezuela, the regional body said in a statement issued on Tuesday. Student-led protests over social and economic conditions in the country […]

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