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8 Black-Sand Beaches in the Caribbean With Volcano Views, Hidden Coves, and Beach Bars

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A trail drops through thick tropical vegetation in Dominica and ends at a beach moviegoers have already seen on a cinema screen. In Martinique, tables at a legendary beach bar stand just beyond dark volcanic sand, with ti’ punch and grilled fish coming out of the kitchen. On another part of the island, steep cliffs rise behind a […]

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These Are the 10 Best Luxury Resorts in the Caribbean For Families

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You know the feeling. The flight’s behind you. The ocean’s ahead. And for once, everyone’s smiling. No tantrums, no teen eye-rolls—just wide Caribbean skies, warm trade winds, and the sound of waves syncing with your own exhale. This is the family vacation you’ve been chasing. And these are the places that know how to deliver […]

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How Do You Define Caribbean Luxury?

What does luxury mean in the Caribbean? Is it tranquility? Is it sheer beauty? Is it service? What does luxury mean in the new travel era? Is there such  thing as “Caribbean” luxury? To find out, we talked to some of the Caribbean’s top experts on hospitality, from Sandals Chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart to longtime Round […]

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Puerto Plata's Oasis of Chic

Rediscovering cool at the Dominican Republic’s Casa Colonial By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, CJ Travel Editor It’s the last place you’d expect to find a posh boutique hotel. Hidden in plain sight in the Playa Dorada compound, where big-box all-inclusive resorts view to be better, bolder and … well … bigger than their neighbors, Casa Colonial Beach […]


How Do You Define Caribbean Luxury?

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 here EP resorts, not all-inclusive resorts), a great one should, at its core, offer completeness. […]

Is This the Caribbean’s Next Big Luxury Real Estate Market?

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Is Puerto Rico the Caribbean’s next big luxury real estate market? A study by Christie’s International Real Estate has identified Puerto Rico as one of the world’s top emerging luxury real estate markets. The country’s first appearance in the company’s report, Luxury Defined, follows a 105 percent luxury sales growth […]

New Luxury Hotel Coming to Puerto Rico

A New luxury brand on the island By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Costa Rican luxury hotel company Nayara has launched construction on its newest location in Puerto Rico’s Toro Verde mountain country. The Tourism Company of Puerto Rico (PRTC) is estimating that it will directly lead to the creation of 100  jobs during the construction and […]

A New $40 Million Luxury Residences Project in Nassau

By the Caribbean Journal staff A new $40 million luxury residences project has broken ground in Nassau. The ONE Cable Beach project is the brainchild of developer ARISTO Development. The 69-unit project has a 20-24 month timeframe for completion once construction begins, according to the developers. “We are grateful for the efforts and dedication of […]

VIDEO: Go Behind the Scenes at a Luxury Caribbean Hotel

Above: the Grand Residences Riviera Cancun It’s not something you ever get to see: how a Caribbean hotel really works. Caribbean Journal Travel Editor Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon got an inside look at the Grand Residences Riviera Cancun, one of the Caribbean’s leading luxury resorts, with help from Director of Rooms Watch the latest CJ video below.

St Barth Has a New Luxury Caribbean Boutique

Above: the new Coat of Arms boutique in Gustavia By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s one of the Caribbean’s high-fashion homes: St Barth. But now the tony French Caribbean island has its first true Caribbean boutique, the brainchild of entrepreneur Laurent Gerville-Reache. It’s called Coat of Arms, and it’s a fashion house specializing in the […]

Luxury Hotels Leading Caribbean-Mexico Hotel Pipeline

By the Caribbean Journal staff Luxury hotels are dominating the number of hotels in construction in the Caribbean and Mexico, according to the latest STR Construction Pipeline Report. There were 171 hotels and 29,846 rooms under contract in the wider region in April, according to the report, up 11.4 percent from the number of rooms […]

10 Luxury Caribbean Boutique Hotels to Visit Right Now

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Go big or go home? Not us! While we appreciate all the bells and whistles a large resort can offer, sometimes we just want to escape to somewhere less “mega” and more “mini.” Here are 10 of our favorite Caribbean hotels right now – none larger than 60 rooms […]