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15 Caribbean Beaches Where You Can Go Snorkeling Straight From the Sand

The Baths in Virgin Gorda.

You don’t always need a boat to find the Caribbean you dream about. Some of the region’s clearest water and most colorful reefs sit just beyond the shoreline, close enough that all you have to do is step off the sand, lower your mask and let the sea take over. These are the beaches where […]

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This Airline Is Now Flying Three Times Per Week to Barbuda 

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From Princess Diana Beach to Nobu to the Barbuda Ocean Club, Barbuda is heating up.  And now it’s even easier to fly there, with Antigua-based Caribbean carrier LIAT now flying three times every week to the island, Caribbean Journal has confirmed.  The 20-minute-long flight is running on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, working as a full-fledged […]

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Antigua and Barbuda’s Culinary Month Is Back — With Harbor Dinners, Chef Demos and a Local Food Journey 

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You can smell it before you see it — a curl of spice in the air, the sizzle of fresh seafood on the grill, the sound of laughter echoing down a cobblestone lane. Culinary Month has begun in Antigua and Barbuda, and the islands are alive with the flavors, rhythms, and stories of the twin-island […]

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These Are the Best Overwater Bungalows in the Caribbean Right Now

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Overwater bungalows are relatively new to the Caribbean. But in the last decade, they have started to proliferate, both in islands like Jamaica and Antigua and their traditional stronghold in the Bocas del Toro archipelago on the Caribbean coast of Panama. (And there are more on the way, including the highly-anticipated new Four Seasons on […]


Antigua and Barbuda’s Culinary Month Is Back — With Harbor Dinners, Chef Demos and a Local Food Journey 

There’s something about Antigua. The softness of the sand. Those tucked-away little coves. The uncrowded beaches. A single day in Antigua can change the way you think about the world, about life. And the island’s newest music hit is rooted in that feeling.  It’s called “Sunny Day,” and it’s the newest release by music legend […]

There’s a New Way to Arrive on This Caribbean Island, Famous For Its Beaches, Honeymoons and History 

It’s already one of our favorite airports in the Caribbean: the sparkling VC Bird International Airport, the primary hub for the increasingly-popular hotspot of Antigua and Barbuda, a Caribbean island famous for its beaches (365 of them, to be exact), its place as a honeymoon destination and its UNESCO World Heritage site. And now it’s […]

Why the Tourism Industry Is Meeting Up in Antigua, and What’s Ahead for Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2025

Buyers. Suppliers. Tourism directors. Government ministers. It’s a who’s who of the travel industry, and the most important gathering of its kind for the Caribbean — a region where tourism is part of the fabric of just about everything. This year’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace, the annual event organized by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, […]

From a Secret Corner of Saint Martin to an Uncrowded Jewel in The Bahamas, 10 Off-the-Beaten-Path Caribbean Beaches to Discover Right Now 

The Caribbean has no shortage of headline-making beaches — Seven Mile, Grace Bay, Eagle Beach — and they deserve the spotlight, too. But tucked away across the region are lesser-known gems, quiet strands with local charm, raw beauty, and the feeling that, when you arrive, you’ve made your own personal discovery.  These are the kinds […]

The Caribbean Direct Booking Summit Is Coming to Antigua 

It’s what every Caribbean hotel wants more of: direct business. That means when consumers forego larger online travel agent options like Expedia and go right to the hotel website. It means a deeper relationship between customer and hotel, and, more importantly, commission-free revenue for the property. But how do you do it? That’s the focus […]

Caribbean Airline LIAT 20 Is Now Flying Every Day of the Week 

Antigua. Barbuda. Dominica. Barbados. Grenada. Jamaica. They’re just some of the Caribbean islands upstart carrier LIAT 20 is now serving, and the carrier just upped its frequency.  LIAT 20 is now flying around the Caribbean seven days of the week, the company confirmed, a big step for the company’s intra-regional growth.  That now means flights […]

Why Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Dominica, Guyana, Saint-Martin, and Turks and Caicos Tourism Officials Are Heading to Brazil 

It’s an increasingly important market for the Caribbean: South America, the continent on the southern coastline of the Caribbean Sea, and one that continues to send more travelers to its destinations.  In recent years, countries like Colombia, Brazil and Argentina have contributed an increasingly large share of the tourism pie in the region. Now, the […]

Antigua and Barbuda’s Sizzling Food Scene Has Another Must-Visit Event: Culinary Month  

Antigua and Barbuda’s food scene is sizzling right now, and the destination’s already-popular culinary series just got bigger, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The destination has unveiled a new festival called Antigua and Barbuda Culinary Month, which will run throughout the month of May.  There’s a bit of everything, from the popular Eat Like a Local […]