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Hilton Just Opened a New Hotel in Mexico City’s Buzziest Neighborhood

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Polanco has long been one of Mexico City’s most stylish neighborhoods — a cosmopolitan enclave where leafy avenues meet luxury boutiques, world-class museums, and some of the capital’s best dining. It’s where art galleries share corners with buzzing rooftop bars, and where visitors can explore the city’s cultural heart while staying steps from its most […]

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5 Small Caribbean Islands You Should Visit Now

It’s something all Caribbean Journal readers have in common (other than loving to travel to the Caribbean): you love small islands. Sure, bigger destinations have a lot to offer — but there’s something endearing about the less-traveled places, the ones with small populations and big hearts. Here are five “small” islands to check out right now, from […]

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The Caribbean’s Fastest-Growing Hotel Company

By Guy Britton No Caribbean hotel company is growing faster right now than this one: AMResorts. The Apple Leisure Group subsidiary signed 17 new resort management contracts in 2015, easily the most of any company in the region. And now the company is primed for even more aggressive growth, with plans to open nine new […]

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A New All-Inclusive in Samaná

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One of the most beautiful places in the Dominican Republic has a new hotel. The Samaná peninsula is now home to a new all-inclusive resort, the Viva Wyndham V Samaná. The resort, which faces the Bahía de Cosón in the beach town of Las Terrenas, is a significant new offering for a region that is […]


The Caribbean’s Fastest-Growing Hotel Company

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Back in 2010 I visited Grand Velas Riviera Maya and was blown away. In a landscape of three-star hotels posing as five, the Mexican all-inclusive resort near Playa Del Carmen proved to be the real deal, offering luxurious features and services that transcended anything I’d previously encountered in the […]

Royalton Opening More New Caribbean Resorts

One of the Caribbean’s fastest growing luxury brands is expanding again. Royalton Luxury Resorts has announced plans to open four new all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean. The company will open Royalton and Hideaway at Royalton resorts on both Seven Mile Beach in Negril, Jamaica and in St Lucia, as of Feb. 1, 2017. The expansion […]

Velas Resorts Is Expanding

By the Caribbean Journal staff Mexico’s Velas Resorts is adding another new all inclusive Mexico retreat. The Grand Velas Los Cabos will debut in Mexico’s Baja Peninsula in November 2016, the company announced this week. The $150 million resort project is the fifth property of the company. It will include 306 ocean-view suites, all with […]

Palace Resorts' New $450 Million Project

Palace Resorts is expanding in Cancun. The all-inclusive company is planning a new resort-within-a-resort at its Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Cancun. The property will be launching a new resort called Moon Grand. The resort already consists of three distinct sections: Moon Grand, Sunrise and Nizuc. Moon Grand will be seeing a $450 […]

A New All-Inclusive Is Coming to Nassau

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Warwick Paradise Island Bahamas, a $28 million investment project by Warwick International Hotels, is set to welcome guests this summer. The 12-floor, 244-room Bahamas all inclusive has been designed to provide adult guests with a “modern, all-inclusive vacation experience.” All-inclusive rates for the resort include all meals and snacks; alcoholic and […]

The 10 Best Getaways to Try in Mexico

All inclusive Mexico: it’s a different part of the country, and often a very comfortable and luxurious one. We’ve always said that there’s no shortage of top All Inclusive Mexico resorts, particularly the eastern coast of Mexico. Indeed, the 81-mile stretch between Puerto Morelos and Tulum is full of top-level resorts, each with its own kind of “it […]

Royalton to Open New Jamaica Resort

Royalton Luxury Resorts is planning to open a new resort in Jamaica. The all-inclusive Royalton Blue Waters is slated to open on White Bay near Montego Bay in November. The 228-room hotel will include amenities like Dream Beds, in-suite double-headed rain showers and the choice of balcony views or swim out pools, among others. “It’s […]

Grand Bahama’s Grand Lucayan Resort Heads to Auction

The Grand Lucayan resort complex in Grand Bahama is for sale. The 409-acre resort, the largest on Grand Bahama, is being sold in a sealed bid auction by its owner, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Property Holdings Limited. The company has engaged HVS Capital to act as advisor in the sale. According to […]