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Caribbean Hotels Continue Summer Struggle

Caribbean hotel occupancy continues to plummet this summer. The latest report from analytics firm STR showed the region’s hotel occupancy sliding to 70.8 percent in July, a 5.4 percent drop from the same month in 2015. That came after a […]

Doing Business in the Caribbean 2016

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency is the 13th in the long-standing series of co-publications by the World Bank and International Financial Corporation (IFC). This annual report on the ease in doing business […]

Ultra-Fast Internet Could Be Coming to Jamaica

Will Jamaica soon to be home to ultra-fast Internet? That’s the plan by Digicel Group and Huawei Technologies, which recently tested a new technology known as XG-PON on their new fiber network which delivers speeds up to 10,000 Mbps. XG-PON, […]

Exploring The Cliff in Jamaica

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Sometimes you just know. Within moments of entering a hotel lobby, you know whether your stay is going to be just so-so or really spectacular. And the second I stepped into the open-air lobby […]

The Ultimate All-Inclusive Resort

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Back in 2010 I visited Grand Velas Riviera Maya and was blown away. In a landscape of three-star hotels posing as five, the Mexican all-inclusive resort near Playa Del Carmen proved to be the […]

Thinking Beyond Caribbean Climate

By Ryan Peterson CJ Contributor No, we are not talking about climate change and the disruptive effects of increased temperatures, sea level rise, coastal erosion, ocean pollution and acidification, nor the loss of biodiversity, water scarcity, and the increased frequency […]

Why Ronda Rousey Went to This Caribbean Island

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, CJ Travel Editor Sports Illustrated’s annual swimsuit issue is currently on the newsstands, and eagle-eyed Caribbean fans will no doubt spot a familiar backdrop for the mesmerizing models. That’s because St Vincent and the Grenadines private island-resort […]

Grenada Is Developing Climate-Smart Agriculture

As the Caribbean deals with the impact of climate change, adaptation is a major priority. That’s why one island is launching a new project to make its agriculture more robust against the ramifications of climate change. Grenada has partnered with […]

A Sluggish Month for Caribbean Hotel Occupancy

Caribbean hotels reported a weak November 2015, according to the latest report from STR. The region’s hotel occupancy fell in November to 67.1 percent, a 1.6 percent drop compared to occupancy in November 2014. For the year, regional hotel occupancy […]

The Caribbean’s Best Chef – 2015

With the increasing culinary might of the Caribbean region, this was not an easy choice. From Anguilla to Puerto Rico, Grand Cayman to St Martin, there are culinary hubs around the Caribbean, places that put a premium on food, where […]

The Caribbean’s Hippest New Fashion Shop Is At This Airport

A new high-fashion outpost in Antigua By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor You’ve probably heard that Antigua’s V.C. Bird International Airport got a huge makeover this summer, with a fancy new terminal featuring 14 departure gates, and four jet bridges. […]

Op-Ed: Debt Relief for Climate Action

By Kamalesh Sharma Op-Ed Contributor Global warming is emerging as one of the greatest injustices of our time. Small island states in the Pacific, for example, have done little to cause climate change, yet may soon disappear into a rising […]

At Jamaica’s River Bumpkin Farm, A World Beyond the Beach

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Caribbean beaches get all the love. And really, who doesn’t adore sugary sands, Windex-blue water and palm-fringed coastlines? But in destinations such as Jamaica, where rushing rivers wind their way through the landscape, to […]

Helping Haitian Futures

A focus on health By Kenny Moise Op-Ed Contributor Across the globe, the number of migrants has risen in the recent years. This phenomenon is exacerbated by the growing poverty in regions like Sub-Saharan Africa and wars in others like […]

Caribbean Hotel Occupancy Shows Slight Drop

Slight drop after 15 months By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean hotel occupancy dropped last month for the first time since April 2014. The region’s hotel industry ended a streak of 15 months of consecutive positive year-over-year increases in hotel […]

Royal Caribbean’s New Tech Hire

A new CIO By the Caribbean Journal staff Royal Caribbean has named Michael Giresi its new senior vice president and chief information officer. Giresi comes to the company after 20 years of implementing technology initiatives for companies like Tory Burch, […]

Nigel Spence: A Vegetarian-Friendly Caribbean Grilling Recipe

Caribbean, vegetarian, delicious By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor As the saying goes, “there’s no place like home”. In my case, I am not too sure just exactly where that is. Yes, I am a true, 100% Yardie but having lived […]

Caribbean Hotel Occupancy, Revenues Continue to Climb

Numbers keep rising By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean hotel sector is continuing a very solid 2015, according to the latest report from STR Inc. The region’s hotel occupancy was 75.7 percent in July, a 3.6 percent year-over-year increase […]

The Best Resorts in the Caribbean

The best Caribbean resorts are more than just rooms, pools and sand. They use the art of luxury to create something more. Something meaningful. While the term “resort” certainly has its share of definitions in the Caribbean (and we address […]

Protecting a Rare Caribbean Songbird

By Dave Ewert CJ Contributor The Kirtland’s warbler, one of North America’s rarest songbirds, is very picky about where it calls home. It migrates a long distance to winter in The Bahamas every year after breeding each summer in young […]

The Best Hotel (And the Best Table) in Saba

Exploring the Queen’s Gardens By Alexander Britell SABA — I don’t eat lobster very often. Sure, I like it. But when I go to a restaurant that seems good, I always feel that the way to see what the restaurant […]

A Major Caribbean Media Merger

Two media giants come together By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor #RJRGleaner Media Merger Here we were on the day before Jamaica’s August 6th celebration of it 53rd Independence Day, learning about the proposed merger of two of Jamaica’s oldest […]

Sunwing Adding Another Cuba Flight

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Sunwing Vacations has announced the addition of a new direct flight from Sudbury, Ontario to Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba beginning on Dec. 24. The weekly Thursday flight will operate from December 24, 2015 to March […]

The Best Caribbean Beach Destinations

It’s a question we get asked very often. “Which Caribbean island has the best beaches?” Well, it’s a bit more complicated than that. That’s because it’s hard to go to any island in the Caribbean and not find a world-class beach. But […]

Beyond Climate Change in the Caribbean

Jamaica’s Big Cable Clash

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Cable TV on Fast-track to Where? Sometimes things move at amazing speed in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. At other times the snail-like pace is excruciating. Take the matter of cable TV and signal […]

Caribbean Art: Trinidad, From the Streets

Above: Fass, Paul Kain By David Cave CJ Contributor Paul Kain’s From the Streets (2015) : The Absence of Pretense The 27 pieces of Paul Kain’s latest exhibition at Soft Box Gallery hit you; like someone smacking you to the […]

Jamaica Eyes Expanded Trade With Cuba, Costa Rica

Above: Jamaica Industry Minister Anthony Hylton during a media briefing at Jamaica Promotions Corporation’s offices in New Kingston (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is looking to expand and strengthen its trade ties in the wider Caribbean Basin. […]

American Airlines Will Soon Fly Nonstop to the Dominican Republic’s Top Resort