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How the British Virgin Islands Is Moving Towards Green Energy

A new approach By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The British Virgin Islands is looking to move the territory’s direction toward green energy. Government officials met with renewable energy leaders in the British Virgin Islands last week to discuss energy issues […]

Searching for Pink Sand in Barbuda

Thinking pink By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor The sun is putting on its most shiny show, and a cool breeze kisses my shoulders. Wispy clouds skid silently across a turquoise sky, presiding over a stretch of tawny sand that […]

A Great Idea in Terre de Haut

A great afternoon By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor It seemed like a good idea at the time. Our ship, Windstar Cruises’ Windsurf, had dropped anchor just offshore from Terre De Haut, one of the islands in Guadeloupe’s archipelago. Passengers […]

Norwegian Cruise Line Takes Delivery of Its Largest Ship

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Norwegian Cruise Line has taken delivery of the line’s largest-ever ship, the 164,000-ton Norwegian Escape, after a construction period of 17 months. The ship is the first in the company’s new Breakaway Plus Class. “We are […]

New Luxury Hotel Brand Coming to Jamaica

A major new entry By the Caribbean Journal staff A top luxury brand is coming to Jamaica. Apple Leisure Group’s AMResorts announced this week that it was planning to open a new Zoëtry Wellness & Spa Resort to Montego Bay. […]

St Croix, St Thomas Seaplane Terminals Getting Free Wi-Fi

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Wi-Fi is coming to the US Virgin Islands’ seaplane terminals. The Virgin Islands Next Generation Network (viNGN) and Seaborne Airlines have announced a new partnership to bring Wi-Fi to travelers in the USVI. All Seaborne […]

Building a Caribbean Fashion Brand

From Tortola to the world By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Kristin Frazer is the founder and lead designer of Trèfle Inc., located in the British Virgin Islands. She launched the company, which specializes in swimwear and resort wear for women […]

How the Red Cross Failed Haiti

Above: The Red Cross promised to build hundreds of new homes in Campeche but none have been built. Many residents still live in crude shacks. (Marie Arago, special to ProPublica) By Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Laura Sullivan, NPR THE NEIGHBORHOOD […]

British Virgin Islands Election Results: Ruling NDP Wins Reelection

Above: the British Virgin Islands (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The ruling National Democratic Party has won the British Virgin Islands’ national elections, according to results released by the BVI’s Office of the Supervisor of Election. Premier Orlando […]

Grenada Courts Tourists in Trinidad

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff In a bid to expand tourism, Grenada is looking close to home. The country is hosting a series of promotional activities in Trinidad and Tobago this week, including two travel agent […]

The Caribbean in the Age of Exploration

By Steven Keats CJ Contributor Being in the shipping business and always curious about exploration, I developed a collection of rare maps that focused on the Americas. Several years ago part of the collection was presented at the University of […]

Five Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do In the Caribbean

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Beyond all those white-sand beaches, rummy cocktails and duty-free shopping is a side of the Caribbean you probably didn’t know exists. Browse these unexpected island activities then tear yourself away from the sand for […]

CJ Readers Channel Ernest Hemingway

By the Caribbean Journal staff At the end of 2014, Caribbean Journal and Papa’s Pilar Rum collaborated on a contest, aiming to find the best reader caption for a series of Ernest Hemingway photos. The catch? Readers had to write the […]

Slight Cabinet Reshuffle in Cayman

Above: Cayman By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands’ government has undergone a slight Cabinet reshuffle. The moves, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2015, include the additional assumption by Premier Alden McLaughlin of the role of Minister of […]

Avianca Continues Fleet Expansion

Above: an Avianca plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Avianca is continuing its fleet expansion plan. The Colombia-based carrier took delivery of 10 new planes in the July-September quarter, the company announced. The refleeting included the phasing out of two […]

Medical Tourism in the Caribbean

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor The fifth “Global Ministerial Summit” was held in Washington, DC on Sept. 21. Ministers of health, tourism and economic development, trade commissioners, and health attachés from 25 nations gathered to discuss medical tourism challenges and […]

New $60 Million Road Project Coming to Grand Cayman

Above: a portion of the project By the Caribbean Journal staff Grand Cayman will soon be home to a major new road project. Financing is now in place for a public-private partnership with the Cayman Islands government for a $60 […]

Baha Mar’s Coral Reef Project

Above: coral antlers at the property’s artificial reef By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean’s largest resort project is expanding — into the ocean. But now how you might think. The Nassau project has an ongoing initiative in the shores of Cable […]

“Visible Progress” in Haiti: World Bank Managing Director

Above: Sri Mulyani Indrawati (World Bank Photo/Dominic Chavez) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is seeing “visible progress,” according to World Bank Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who recently concluded a three-day visit to the country. […]

A New Look at Haiti’s Kinam Hotel

Above: the Kinam Hotel in Port-au-Prince By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s hotel boom hasn’t left the existing hotels behind. Port-au-Prince’s Kinam Hotel has a new look, thanks to an ongoing expansion project that includes the addition of 85 rooms. […]

Jamaica Names New Tourism Director

Above: New Jamaica Tourist Board Director Paul Pennicook By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has a new Director of Tourism, industry veteran Paul Pennicook. Pennicook, who had been serving as chairman of Jamaica Vacations, succeeds John Lynch, a decades-long regional […]

Op-Ed: The UK-Caribbean Relationship

By Mark Simmonds, MP Op-Ed Contributor GOOD FRIENDS know the importance of communication – it brings us together, allows us to understand one another and resolves problems when they arise. It’s no different between countries. In an age where we […]

Puerto Rico Hosts Tech Summit

Above: Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla at Tech Summit 2014 in Puerto Rico on Wednesday (Photo: OG Puerto Rico) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Puerto Rico Convention Centre hosted the second-ever edition of the Puerto Rico Tech Summit […]

As Baha Mar Courts Retailers, an Emphasis on Local

Above: a product from My Ocean By the Caribbean Journal staff Baha Mar may be the Caribbean’s largest resort project, but as it courts potential retailers, it’s using a decidedly local focus. The project announced Tuesday that it had tapped […]

Norwegian Escape Launches Construction

Above: a rendering of Norwegian Escape By the Caribbean Journal staff The first piece of steel has been cut on the planned Norwegian Escape cruise ship, Norwegian Cruise Line announced Thursday. The ship, which will be the first of two […]

Caribbean Design: Steve Fox on Outdoor Living in the Caribbean

By Steve Fox CJ Contributor ONE OF the first questions we ask a new client when embarking on the design process is: do you want to use air conditioning in your new home? For some, there’s no debate; the house […]

Haiti, Montreal Sign Agreement on Tourism Development

Above: the signing ceremony on Thursday (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Tourism Ministry and the city of Montreal, Canada have signed an agreement aimed at developing tourism in the Caribbean country. The memorandum of understanding, which […]

13 Potential Caribbean Tech Hubs

COULD a Caribbean city develop into a Silicon Beach? As the Caribbean seeks to develop, it will need to be creative — and part of that means both attracting creative people and companies to its shores and supporting creative people […]

In Grenada, the Caribbean’s Best New Luxury Resort