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Mary J. Blige Signs on For Aruba Soul Beach Music Festival
Aruba’s Soul Beach Music Festival has added another big name: Mary J. Blige. The R&B superstar, fresh off her single “Thick of It”, joins a slate of performers including Usher and The Roots. “Offering a collaboration of authentic culture and […]
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 […]
10 Tiny Caribbean Beach Hotels
They’re small, they’re playful and they’re directly on the beach. What they may lack in amenities, they make up for with character. Because sometimes you just want to jump right into the water, without the long trek from your room. […]
This Is the Travel Gear You Need for a Caribbean Trip
Wherever you’re heading in the Caribbean, it’s likely you’re going to find sun, sand and sea. But that can mean many things for many people — whether you’re looking to lounge with some music on the beach, head for a snorkel or […]
How to Buy a Home in the Bahamas
If you’re looking to move to an island in the Caribbean, there is so much to think about, from the environment to the cost of living to the culture. And those are factors that can be vastly different from island […]
The Caribbean Capital of Lobster
It’s not quite clear why there are just so many lobsters in the waters of Anegada in the British Virgin Islands, waters teeming with large, juicy Caribbean spiny lobsters. Maybe it’s the warmth. Maybe it’s the reefs. Or maybe the […]
Caribbean Journal’s Jamaica Travel Awards – 2016
While CJ’s Caribbean Travel Awards have become a significant annual event in the wider region, we realized that it was important to honor not just those doing great work at the regional level, but at the local level, too, That’s […]
How to Take a Luxury Picnic to St John
A new way to experience St John By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor To celebrate this year’s centennial of the National Parks Service The Ritz-Carlton, St Thomas is encouraging its guests to explore their nearest national treasure, Virgin Islands National […]
How to Travel to Jamaica, For Less
Looking to head to Jamaica this summer? Jamaica is offering guests a variety of affordable getaway packages this summer. The destination is hosting myriad of budget accommodations and value-added stays at high-end properties for the solo traveler, romantic getaways and […]
How to Live on Pink Sands Beach
Want to live on Harbour Island? The Pink Sands Resort, one of the region’s top hotels, has announced its first-ever real estate offering, with a combination of new and existing luxury cottages for a limited number of buyers with prices […]
In Isla Mujeres, Marine Conservation Through Art
On a small island off the Caribbean coast of Mexico, a group of artists are working to promote marine conservation in a rather special way. It’s called Sea Walls: Murals for Oceans, and it consists of a series of ocean-themed […]
The Best Beaches You Can Stay on in the Caribbean
Think of your favorite beaches in the Caribbean, the show-stopping ones, like Prickly Pear or Sandy Spit in the British Virgin Islands, or Trunk Bay in St John. But what makes these beaches so spectacular is something of a flaw […]
Richard Branson’s Push to Save Caribbean Sharks
In recent years, there has been perhaps no better advocate for the Caribbean’s natural environment than one of its most famous residents: Sir Richard Branson. And while Branson’s biggest advocacy has come in favor of the green energy movement in […]
The Margaritaville Grand Cayman Resort Is Coming Soon
Jimmy Buffett’s newest Caribbean hotel is Margaritaville Grand Cayman By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Attention all Parrotheads! Here’s something to squawk about: Margaritaville Grand Cayman Beach Resort has just released the first renderings of the 285-room hotel, scheduled to […]
A New Nature Reserve in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has a new nature reserve. Playa Grande, El Paraiso is known to be the beach with the highest rate of leatherback turtle nesting activity throughout Puerto Rico in the past four years. Ad now Governor Alejandro García Padilla […]
The Best-Kept Secret in St Barth
Finding the best-kept secret in St Barth By Alexander Britell ST JEAN — St Barth is quiet in the summer. The winter crowds have left to the Cote d’Azur and the edges of Long Island, but the roofs are still red […]
The Caribbean’s Newest Tourism Officials
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association elected a new slate of Caribbean tourism officials at its Annual General Meeting held at the Hyatt Regency Miami this week. The officers will serve with CHTA President Karolin Troubetzkoy, owner and executive director of Lucia’s […]
Major New Hotel Coming to Statia
A major new hotel is coming to the Dutch Caribbean island of St Eustatius. The Oranje Bay Hotel and Restaurant has officially launched construction in its location on Oranjebaaiweg in Lower Town. It is the first new hotel development on […]
The Best Places to Shop in the Caribbean
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor People experience the Caribbean through several prisms: food, nature, rum, and beaches, to name a few. But my experience of a given destination revolves around its “shopportunities,” authentic local art, craft and design that […]
The 20 Best Hotels in Jamaica
The true value of an independent hotel is the sense of place. While Jamaica has one of the region’s best collections of everything-included resorts, a great way to explore and experience Jamaica is by staying at independent Jamaica hotels, which […]
The Best Caribbean Beaches to Move To
We’ve all had that feeling on one Caribbean trip or another — “what if we don’t go back?” But this is one step further — moving to the Caribbean and living right on the beach, living steps or a short distance […]
Where to Travel in 2016: 16 Places You Need to Visit in the Caribbean
Don’t just go on a great vacation to the Caribbean this year. Go on an interesting one. Explore the Caribbean in new ways — see parts of the region you may have never considered, or find new corners of the places […]
Arnold Palmer’s New Caribbean Project
Grand Cayman’s development boom continues, this time with help from golfing legend Arnold Palmer. The Cayman Islands’ Cabinet has approved terms for a development and concession agreement between the British Overseas Territory’s government and Ironwood Cayman on the Ironwood Village […]
The 50 Best Caribbean Beaches
We’ve always said that the best beach in the Caribbean is the one you’re on right now. But some beaches are that much more special — the ones that repay great journeys. But what makes a great beach? Is it the […]
How Do You Define Caribbean Luxury?
What does luxury mean in the Caribbean? Is it tranquility? Is it sheer beauty? Is it service? What does luxury mean in the new travel era? Is there such thing as “Caribbean” luxury? To find out, we talked to some of […]
The Best Caribbean Beaches for Weddings
It’s one of the great Caribbean fantasies — getting married on a Caribbean beach. But it’s much easier than you think. But when you think about planning a Caribbean beach wedding, why not start with the beach itself? We have you […]
A Secret Sandbar in the Abacos
Finding Tahiti in the Bahamas By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor We’re in the Bahamas. So why are we headed for Tahiti? I was perfectly happy on the beach at my hotel, Abaco Beach Resort, where a sandy sweep just […]
The Best Caribbean Hotels for Millennials
In June, the US Census Bureau announced that for the first time, Millennials, or people born between 1982 and 2000, now outnumber baby boomers, numbering 83.1 million in the US. That means a huge and booming travel population that will […]
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