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Radisson Opens Barbados Resort

Above: the Radisson Aquatica Resort on Carlisle Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff Radisson has officially opened the Radisson Aquatica Resort on Barbados’ Carlisle Bay following an $8 million renovation. The 124-room property is located in a marine reserve, featuring […]

Royalton Punta Cana, Memories Splash Resorts Set for November Opening

Above: a rendering of the main pool at the Royalton By Alexander Britell PUNTA CANA — The Royalton Punta Cana Resort & Casino and Memories Splash resorts are set to open on Nov. 9, according to Todd Kirlik, director of […]

Guyana, Jamaica Lead CTO/TravelMole Sustainable Tourism Awards

Above: the Tryall Club and Villas in Jamaica By Alexander Britell PORT OF SPAIN — Tourism organizations and hotels from Guyana and Jamaica dominated the list of winners at this year’s CTO TravelMole Sustainable Tourism awards in Trinidad. The awards […]

Rosewood Little Dix Bay in Virgin Gorda Names New Executive Chef

Above: the Rosewood Little Dix Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff The Rosewood Little Dix Bay resort in Virgin Gorda has named Carlos Hannon its new executive chef. Hannon was most recently the executive chef at the Rosewood San Miguel […]

Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Conference Begins in Trinidad

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PORT OF SPAIN — Sustainable tourism is one of the region’s newest buzz words. But what does sustainable mean? Is it about making destinations eco-friendly? Does it involve solar-power hotels? Or […]

Canadian Travel Agents Head to Haiti

Above: Canadian travel agents in Haiti (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal tsaff A group of Canadian travel agencies arrived in Haiti on Wednesday for an exploratory trip, the Ministry of Tourism announced. The group includes 18 different Canadian […]

Haiti’s Hotel School Launches Tour Guide Training Curriculum

Above: Port-Salut (Photo: MH Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Developing Haiti’s nascent tourism sector will be a slow, gradual climb, but the country took a step forward this week with the launch of a new programme to train tour […]

Bahamas Plans New Tourism Push

Above: Paradise Island (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas’ tourism plans for 2013 will include a variety of strategies, including a new digital platform and a visit to Latin America. The digital platform, according to Tourism Minister […]

CHTA President Richard Doumeng Talks Caribbean Travel

Above: the Bolongo Bay Resort in St Thomas By Alexander Britell On Thursday, the long-awaited redesign of caribbeantravel.com officially launched. The new site, viewed as a new kind of portal for the Caribbean travel market, comes as the region faces […]

Caribbean Postcard: Finding Napoli, Beside the Sea, in Nassau

NASSAU — This isn’t Naples, although it might taste like it. Out of the state-of-the-art Italian pizza oven pictured above comes traditional, exceptional, authentic, thin-crust Neapolitan pizza. It’s Giotto Pizzeria, the latest development of the ever-expanding Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant […]

Developing Tourism in Haiti: An Interview With Minister Stephanie Villedrouin

Above: Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell In June 2012, Caribbean Journal spoke to Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin about her plans to grow Haiti’s largely undeveloped tourism sector into something far bigger. At the time, […]

Six Senses Developing Properties in Dominican Republic, St Lucia

Above: the Six Senses Spa in Puntacana By the Caribbean Journal staff Six Senses Hotel Resorts Spas will open two new properties in the Caribbean, it announced in a press release. The company is currently developing properties in St Lucia […]

Curacao’s Santa Barbara Resort, Formerly Hyatt, Officially Launches

Above: the former Hyatt resort in Curacao By the Caribbean Journal staff The former Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf Resort, Spa and Marina has officially launched as the Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort, the property announced in a release Wednesday. […]

Haiti’s Lamothe Arrives in Davos for World Economic Forum

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe arrived in Davos, Switzerland Thursday to participate in the World Economic Forum. Lamothe will address one of the conference sessions under […]

Talking Trinidad Tourism With the TDC’s Cornell Buckradee

Above: Cornell Buckradee (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PARADISE ISLAND — Trinidad began to see growth out of the downturn in 2011, with 2012 showing similar improvement. But the Caribbean tourism market faces challenges to return to its pre-2008 levels. […]

Growing the “Guadeloupe Islands” Brand

Above: Gosier, Guadeloupe (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell Despite its proximity to the United States, the French department of Guadeloupe remains under the radar for most American travelers. That’s starting to change, however. In November, Guadeloupe opened a […]

EFM Hospitality’s John Murphy on Tobago, Haiti and Caribbean Tourism

Above: the Magdalena Grand Beach Resort By Alexander Britell PARADISE ISLAND — The Caribbean tourism sector is starting to rebound — with improved hotel occupancy and arrivals, despite increased competition from markets around the world. EFM Hospitality Solutions has been […]

Caribbean Tourism Industry Gathers on Paradise Island in the Bahamas

Above: Paradise Island (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS — Many of the biggest players in the Caribbean tourism industry have gathered here for the annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace conference. It is the […]

Transat Unveils Haiti Travel Offerings

Above: Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian tour operator Transat has unveiled its new tourism packages for travel to Haiti. The company, which is based in Montreal, is the first major operator in the country to offer such packages […]

Couples Resorts Concludes Deal for Almond Casuarina Resort in Barbados

Above: Almond Casuarina Beach Resort in Barbados By the Caribbean Journal staff Couples Resorts has concluded negotiations for the lease of the 280-room Almond Casuarina Beach Resort in Barbados, CEO Glenn Lawrence announced Monday. The lease will become effective Feb. […]

Cuba Reports “Record Number” of Tourist Arrivals in 2012

Above: the Melia Cohiba hotel in Havana (Photo: Melia Hotels) By the Caribbean Journal staff Almost 2.84 million foreign tourists traveled to Cuba in 2012, according to a report in Cuba’s Granma government newspaper. That number reportedly represented growth of […]

Blue Hole Bay on Bahamas’ Long Island Listed for Sale

Above: Blue Hole Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff The 180-acre Blue Hole Bay parcel in the Bahamas has been put up for sale, according to Miami-based commercial brokerage Colliers International South Florida. The property, which is also known as […]

Haiti’s Royal Oasis Hotel Joins Occidental Vacation Club

Above: a restaurant at the Royal Oasis hotel in Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff Spain-based Occidental Hotels & Resorts, which recently opened the five-star Royal Oasis hotel in Haiti, will be placing the hotel into its Occidental Vacation Club, […]

Starwood Opens Second Westin in Panama

Above: Panama City (Photo: Panama Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff Starwood Hotels & Resorts has opened its second Westin hotel in Panama, the company announced today. The property in Panama City’s Costa del Este corporate and financial centre is […]

At Dominica’s Secret Bay, Finding the Hidden Caribbean

Above: Secret Bay in Dominica (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell DOMINICA — There’s mystery here. I arrive, not by airplane, which of course offers its own unique vantage points, but by ferry, from the neighbouring French department of […]

Spending Spring Break in Haiti

Above: the Wahoo Bay Beach resort in Haiti By Alexander Britell It’s one of the logical next steps as Haiti looks to reposition itself as a major Caribbean tourism destination: attracting spring breakers. A new partnership between US-based BrandHaiti and […]

Expedia: Puerto Rico Market Showing Strong Growth

Above: the Ritz-Carlton San Juan By the Caribbean Journal staff Expedia reported 40 percent growth in bookings in the Puerto Rico market during the third quarter, the Washington-based firm announced this week. According to the online travel company, a majority […]

Haiti: Digicel, Marriott Break Ground on Port-au-Prince Hotel Project

Above: a rendering of Marriott’s Haiti hotel project By Alexander Britell Marriott and Digicel broke ground on their new Haiti hotel project Wednesday morning. The 175-room hotel is a partnership between the hotel company and the telecom giant. “We saw […]

Delta Is Adding a New Route and More Flights to Turks and Caicos