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A Big Milestone for a Legendary Grenadines Resort

By the Caribbean Journal staff The venerable Petit St Vincent private-island resort in the Grenadines is reopening its doors Nov. 1, set to mark its 50th season. It’s a major milestone for the 115-acre, 22-unit property, which is relaunching next […]

Silver Airways Extending Exuma, Eleuthera Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Silver Airways has added a pair of year-round destinations in The Bahamas. The carrier, whose recent acquisition of Puerto Rico-based Seaborne Airlines made it a new power player in the Caribbean aviation sector, has announced […]

Atlantis Paradise Island Taps Fergie for New Year’s Eve

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Atlantis Paradise Island resort has named another major headliner for its signature New Year’s Eve bash: eight-time Grammy Award-winning artist Fergie. Fergie, who rose to fame with her work with the Black Eyed Peas […]

Bahamas Tourism Is Having a Spectacular Year

By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s been a spectacular year so far for tourism in The Bahamas — and it’s gotten even better. The country just released its first-half stopover visitor numbers, and the result is a 15.2 percent growth […]

Rum Journal: Tortola’s Legendary Rum Distillery

By Alexander Britell The boiler is smoldering, the smell of sugarcane alchemy pungent in the air, steps across the road from the beach. There’s a reason, after all, why they call it Cane Garden Bay. Here, in an old stone […]

Rum Journal: Antigua’s English Harbour Reserve 10 Year Old Rum

Every island has a different taste. Sure, there are diverse rum offerings on every island (some more than others, for sure). But the more you travel the Caribbean through a glass of rum, the more each island’s peculiar taste profile […]

Turks and Caicos’ Rock House Reveals More Renderings

By the Caribbean Journal staff The highly-anticipated Rock House residential hotel project in Turks and Caicos has revealed a new look at the soon-to-break-ground property on the north shore of Providenciales. The project, which is slated to break ground at […]

Ascend Hotel Collection Adds Two Dominican Republic Properties

By the Caribbean Journal staff Choice Hotels International’s Ascend Hotel Collection has added its first-ever all-inclusive properties. The collection has added two Hodelpa properties, both in the Dominican Republic: the Emotions All-Inclusive by Hodelpa in Juan Dolio and the Playa […]

Carnival Legend Repositioning to Tampa

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Legend ship is repositioning to Port Tampa Bay next year, the company announced in a statement this week. The 2,124-passenger ship will head to Port Tampa Bay beginning in October 2019 […]

A Santo Domingo Legend, Reborn

By the Caribbean Journal staff When it opened its doors in 1956, it was the place to be in Santo Domingo, if not the Caribbean. El Embajador was the musical hotspot, the filming destination, the political meeting point. Indeed, its […]

CHIEF Hospitality Conference Returns for Fourth Year

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The fourth annual Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum is slated for June 22-24 at the Hyatt Regency in Miami. The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, which puts on the Miami-based conference, says unity and innovation will […]

More Than 30 Million People Visited the Caribbean Last Year

By Alexander Britell It was a record-breaking year for the Caribbean region last year, even in the face of a pair of historic hurricanes. The Caribbean welcomed more than 30 million travelers for the first time ever, according to the […]

Norwegian’s Big Year

By the Caribbean Journal staff European low-cost carrier Norwegian had another strong year in 2017, according to the company’s latest data report. Norwegian had its highest-ever passenger figures for a single calendar year, with 33 million worldwide and a load […]

Expedia: These Four Caribbean Destinations Are Trending Right Now

By the Caribbean Journal staff Four Caribbean destinations in the Caribbean are seeing particularly strong increases in interest for the holiday season, according to new data from the Expedia group. Punta Cana, San Juan, Montego Bay and Aruba have the […]

Bermuda Seeing Boom in Tourism Spending

By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of Bermuda is seeing a boom in tourism spending so far in 2017, according to the latest data from the Bermuda Tourism Authority. Bermuda, buoyed by its hosting of the America’s Cup sailing […]

Rum Journal: Flor de Caña 18 Years

The world of great rummaking has long had its epicenter in the islands of the Caribbean – but the love and passion for making great rum is something that extends across the wider Caribbean Basin. Nowhere is that more true […]

Rum Journal: A Legendary Rum From A Lost Trinidad Distillery

If you’re lucky, if you’re there at just the right moment before dusk takes its evening bow, you can see a glimmer of something wonderful. A flock of scarlet ibis birds flashes out of nowhere, a speckling of bright red […]

Rum Journal: A Rum Corner at the Bitter End Yacht Club

After a long day on the North Sound you need a good rum. But not just any rum will do. So you walk around the Windward Mark Bar and find the rum corner. This is the home of rum at […]

Interval, Oyster Bay Extend Agreement

Vacation services giant Interval International has extended its longstanding agreement with St. Maarten’s Oyster Bay Beach Resort. Under the terms of the exclusive, multi-year agreement, Interval will keep providing membership and vacation exchange services for the resort’s vacation ownership base. […]

Why You Need to Attend This Dominican Travel Conference

The Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange, the Dominican Republic’s most important tourism fair, will celebrate its eighteenth year at the Barceló Convention Center in Punta Cana, 3-5. Since 2000, DATE has been known as a prominent travel trade show for the […]

A Wellness Weekend in St. Barth

St. Barth luxury hotel Le Guanahani is hosting a wellness weekend from March 2-5, 2017. “Meditate ON…Sunshine at Le Guanahani” promises to offer guests a refreshing and immersive experience on the hotel’s own private peninsula. “Wellness is a growing travel […]

Five Events to Visit in St. Barth This Year

St. Barth is rolling out a lineup of events for this year featuring music, film, food, sailing and more. Guests will arrive to find a host of festivals, regattas and cultural adventures all year round. (See the rankings of the […]

How to Spend a “Familymoon” in Jamaica

In line with the growing trend for newlyweds with children to take them with them on a honeymoon or “familymoon,” Round Hill Hotel and Villas in Jamaica offers a mix of family and romantic experiences. The resort’s award-winning kids’ club program […]

How to Experience Cuba with Peggy Goldman’s Friendly Planet

When Peggy Goldman fell into a chance 36 years ago to organize a journey to Israel for 200 Holocaust survivors, her lack of experience in the industry didn’t deter her ambition to transform lives through the power of travel. That […]

Carnival Vista Begins Year-Round Caribbean Cruises From Miami

Carnival Vista has arrived in PortMiami to begin year-round Caribbean cruises. Carnival Cruise Line’s newest and largest ship, Carnival Vista, will be sailing a year-round schedule of six and eight-day cruises to the Caribbean. The new ship includes features like […]

The Cayman Islands’ Seven Mile Beach Has a Brand-New Resort