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Royal Caribbean Returning to Barbados
Above: the Jewel of the Seas By the Caribbean Journal staff Royal Caribbean will be returning to Barbados after removing all of its ships from the Southern Caribbean route last year. The news was announced by Barbados Tourism Minister Richard […]
Haiti Inaugurates Canada-Funded Maritime Base in Les Cayes
Above: the new base (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has officially inaugurated a new naval base in Les Cayes. The project, which was funded by the government of Canada, is primarily aimed at intercepting drug traffickers. […]
Interview with Hyatt Regency Trinidad General Manager Russell George
Above: the Hyatt Regency Trinidad (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell It was not a coincidence that United States Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping both visited Port of Spain within a seven-day period at the end of […]
Interview With Howard Spittle, GM of Tobago’s Magdalena Grand Resort
Above: the Magdalena Grand Resort in Tobago By Alexander Britell Just near the southernmost end of the Caribbean island chain, Tobago has long been something of a secret destination for travelers to the Caribbean. While much of the region sources […]
Five Cultural Sites to Visit in Haiti
Haiti has one of the Caribbean’s most interesting cultures and centuries of fascinating history. While its leisure tourism industry is very much in the early stages, there are a great deal of cultural and historic sites ready to receive intrepid […]
10 Secret Beaches in the Caribbean
The Caribbean has some very famous beaches: Grand Anse in Grenada, Seven Mile Beach in Cayman, Isla Verde in San Juan — and they’re all deserving of the fame. But the Caribbean is also full of beautiful lesser-known beaches, the […]
Dominican Republic Eyes 10 Million Annual Visitors By 2023
Above: Punta Palmera (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PUNTA CANA — The Dominican Republic has big ambitions for its tourism sector, hoping to attract 10 million annual visitors by 2023. That would represent a drastic jump from its current totals […]
Haiti Continues Hotel Training in Cap-Haitien Ahead of National Carnival
Above: participants in the latest hotel training session in Cap-Haitien (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Tourism Ministry continued its push to improve the quality of hotel service in the country with a 10-day training session for […]
Haiti Lays First Stone on Expansion of Airport in Les Cayes
Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe laying the first stone on the project (Photo: OPM Haiti) By Alexander Britell Haiti has laid the first stone on the expansion of the Antoine-Simon Airport project in Les Cayes. The project to […]
Chef Jose Andres to Highlight the Gastronomy of Haiti in New Project
Above: Jose Andres talks gastronomy in Haiti with Michel Gehy in Marigot (Photo: MT Haiti) By Alexander Britell World-renowned chef Jose Andres has arrived in Haiti to begin filming a project that will highlight the country’s gastronomy. The project […]
Turks and Caicos’ Molasses Reef Set to Resume Development
Above: Molasses Reef By the Caribbean Journal staff The Molasses Reef development on West Caicos will recommence development following the signing of a development agreement with the Turks and Caicos government. The agreement was signed Dec. 6. The remaining arrangements […]
Grenada Readies for Sailing Season
Above: sailing in Grenada (Photos by Grenada Board of Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada is readying for yachting and sailing season with a full calendar of races on the waters of the tri-island state in 2013. There are […]
Branding Haiti’s Jacmel
Above: Jacmel By the Caribbean Journal staff In June, Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin unveiled a new logo for Haiti, featuring a hibiscus, the country’s national flower, and a sun. That was the beginning of what Haiti hopes is a […]
R Allen Stanford Gets 110-Year Sentence for Antigua-Based Fraud Scheme
Above: Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston By the Caribbean Journal staff Financier R Allen Stanford has received a 110-year prison sentence for orchestrating a 20-year investment fraud scheme in which he misappropriated $7 billion from his Stanford International Bank. The […]
Puerto Rico Governor Fortuño Visits Ritz-Carlton Project in Dorado
Above: the site of the Ritz-Carlton Reserve project in Dorado By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño visited the construction site of the Dorado Beach Ritz-Carlton Reserve and Spa Thursday, a project with a total investment of […]
Cuba’s Forgotten Art Schools
This article originally appeared in Untapped Cities. By Albert José-Antonio López Twelve years have passed since Princeton Architectural Press first published John Loomis’s Revolution of Forms: Cuba’s Forgotten Art Schools. In the time that has passed since its humble introduction to the […]
A Stone’s Throw from the Old Caribbean
At the far end of New Providence in the Bahamas sits an homage to the old Caribbean — the 10-room boutique hotel called A Stone’s Throw Away. Run by German native Chris Illing, the hotel is one of a small […]
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