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Sun Country Launches First-Ever St Kitts Flights
By the Caribbean Journal staff Sun Country Airlines touched down in St Kitts for the first time this week — helping to set a single-day record for the destination in the process. The first-ever flights from Minneapolis to St Kitts arrived […]
Condor, LIAT Sign Interline Agreement for Winter Season
By the Caribbean Journal staff There’s a new way for travelers to get from Germany around the Caribbean. Germany’s Condor airline has signed an interline agreement with regional Caribbean air carrier LIAT. Beginning in 2019, travelers can take advantage of […]
Why Barbados Tourism Is Booming: A Conversation With William Griffith
By Guy Britton Few destinations have seen stronger growth over the last four years than Barbados, an island that has long been one of the Caribbean’s Meccas of elegance, luxury and charm. Much of that growth has been thanks to […]
Antigua to Star on Bravo’s Married to Medicine
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Antigua and Barbuda is set for a star turn as the destination in a three-episode run of the BRAVO television series “Married to Medicine.” The show chronicles the lives of seven women in the Atlanta […]
Bermuda Lays Out Tourism Goals
By the Caribbean Journal staff Bermuda has completed its new National Tourism Plan, laying out its goals through the year 2025. The plan has set an acronym, AGILITY, to cover what Bermuda calls seven pillars: awareness and relevance; “greener”; infrastructure; […]
Jamaica Signing Air Services Agreements With Morocco, South Africa
By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s cabinet has approved the signing of new air services agreements with four countries, the government said this week. The prospective air services agreements would be signed with Slovenia, Morocco, The Bahamas and South Africa, […]
More Nonstop Flights Coming to Grenada
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Air Canada and American Airlines are adding more flights in December to bring travelers to Grenada for the winter season, according to a statement from the Grenada Tourism Authority. From Dec. 22 through March 30, […]
More Jamaica Vacations Are Being Booked on Mobile: Report
By the Caribbean Journal staff More and more Jamaica vacations are being booked on mobile devices, according to a new report from global travel giant Expedia Group. Jamaica saw a spike in mobile demand from January to June of 2018, […]
Sun Country Launching Nonstop St Kitts Flights
By the Caribbean Journal staff Sun Country Airlines is at it again, this time with plans to launch new nonstop flights to St Kitts. The new seasonal flights will be the first ever service between Minneapolis/St Paul and St Kitts. […]
American Airlines Is Adding Another Daily Flight to Saint Lucia
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Pitons, the rum, the drive-in volcano, the three-walled rooms at Ladera. There’s a reason Saint Lucia has always been one of the Caribbean’s most romantic, sought-after destinations. And now it’s getting even easier to […]
United Expanding St Kitts Flights
By the Caribbean Journal staff United Airlines is expanding its flight service to the island of St Kitts. The carrier will be adding a second weekly nonstop flights between Newark Liberty International Airport and St Kitts for the peak season. […]
Barbados Is Seeing a Surge in U.S. Visitors
By Dana Niland and Alexander Britell Americans are flocking to Barbados. That’s the news from the island’s tourism industry, with the destination’s big marketing push in North America seeming to pay off. Barbados reported 8.8 percent growth in stayover visitors […]
Antigua Tourism Is Booming
By Alexander Britell After a resilient 2017, Antigua and Barbuda is at it again, with tourism numbers that continue to climb. The destination is reporting significant growth so far in 2018, with a more than 7 percent increase compared to […]
Air China, Caribbean Airlines Hold Talks
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Is this the beginning of a major partnership? The Chairman of Caribbean Airlines, Ronnie Mohammed, visited China this week to meet with officials from the NHA Group and Air China. The delegation, which is led […]
American Airlines Adding More Daily Flights to Saint Lucia
By the Caribbean Journal staff American Airlines is expanding its flight service to the island of Saint Lucia this winter. The carrier will be launching an additional daily nonstop flight between Miami and Saint Lucia beginning Dec. 20. “The Saint […]
Grenada Is Getting More Nonstop Flights
By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s about to get a whole lot easier to get to the island of Grenada. A number of airlines are set to launch expanded or new routes to the Spice Isle, beginning with new daily […]
Dominican Republic Tourism Continues Steady Growth in 2018
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean’s most popular tourism destination has continued its solid growth so far into 2018, according to new data released by the country’s Central Bank. Tourist arrivals to the Dominican Republic grew by 4 percent […]
Barbados Tourism Continues Rapid Growth
By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados tourism continues to surge, as the destination posted another record-setting year in 2017, according to the country’s Ministry of Tourism. Barbados reported 663,441 stayover visitor arrivals, a record five percent increase compared to 2016, […]
Antigua Tourism Off to Surging Start in 2018
By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda tourism is off to a surging start so far in 2018, according to new data from the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority. Stayover visitor arrivals to the destination are up by 9 […]
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 […]
WestJet Returning to St Maarten
By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian air carrier WestJet is returning to St Maarten, according to the country’s Ministry of Tourism. The carrier will begin weekly scheduled service between Toronto and St Maarten as of April 23, and every Saturday […]
Cayman Islands Tourism Is Surging
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands is seeing a significant increase in air arrivals, according to the latest data from the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism. Air arrivals into the Cayman Islands surpassed all previously recorded statistics last […]
Belize Tourism Continues 2017 Surge
By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize is continuing to show seriously strong growth in its tourism sector so far in 2017, according to the latest data from the country’s tourist board. Stayover visitors to Belize totaled 319,119 through the end […]
Delta’s New St Kitts Flights
By the Caribbean Journal staff Delta Airlines is readying to launch the newest nonstop flight service to the island of St Kitts. The carrier will be operating a new weekly flight out of New York’s John F Kennedy Airport on […]
Jamaica Tourism is Surging in 2017
By Alexander Britell After several years of middling stayover arrival numbers, Jamaica is showing strong growth so far in 2017, according to the latest numbers released by the Jamaica Tourist Board. Jamaica has reported 1.183 million stayover tourists in the […]
Delta Launching New York-St. Kitts Flights
Delta Airlines has announced plans to launch new nonstop flights to St. Kitts, including a new route. The highlight is the carrier’s planned launch of a new weekly Saturday flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to St. Kitts, […]
It’s Time for New Thinking on Caribbean Airlift
BY KAREEM YARDE CJ Contributor As a relatively unexplored topic, I recently wrote a research proposal concerning airline route development in the Caribbean region. This overarching review suggests that this is certainly a topic which the Caribbean region stands to […]
Barbados Tourism Is Surging
Barbados posted very strong tourism growth in 2016, according to the latest numbers from Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. The island reported 631,513 stayover visitors in 2016, a 6.7 percent increase compared to 2015 and a new record for air arrivals […]
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