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San Juan Airport Traffic Continues to Climb in 2025

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San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is continuing its strong run of passenger growth in 2025, cementing its position as one of the busiest airports in the Caribbean. The airport handled 1,186,630 passengers in August, a 4.6 percent jump compared to the same month last year. The growth was broad-based, with both domestic and […]

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Caribbean Photo of the Week: On the Sand in Aruba

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The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Michelle Weitzman, who took this stunning shot on the sands of Palm Beach in Aruba. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of the photo. […]

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Aruba’s Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort Is Getting a New Look

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The Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort in Aruba is in the midst of a massive renovation project, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Eagle Beach-area resort is making changes across the property, from an expanded beach bar to new pool areas.  That’s along with a broad interior redesign of all studios and suites that will include new […]

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Aruba Waives Testing for Certain Vaccinated U.S. Travelers

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Aruba has updated its entry protocols, with new rules that waive pre-testing requirements for certain fully vaccinated American travelers.  But it’s not quite that simple. Crucially, the island is only waiving testing for U.S. residents who have been fully vaccinated and have a SMART Health Card vaccine record.  For now, that means a relatively small […]


Aruba’s Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort Is Getting a New Look

Golf may not be the first thing you think of when you consider Aruba — but one of the island’s most popular resorts has launched a new program precisely for lovers of the links.  The Divi & Tamarijn Aruba All-Inclusives has launched a new golf program that includes all-inclusive savings, golf discounts and professional lessons […]

Barbados Welcomes Back First Cruise Ship

The first cruise ship has called on Barbados since the beginning of the pandemic back in 2020.  Celebrity Millennium, the first ship to sail in the Western Hemisphere since March 2020, called on Barbados this week as part of a seven-night sailing from St Maarten.  Around 95 percent of its passengers — and all of its […]

Riu Completes Reopening of Caribbean Resorts

Riu Hotels and Resorts has now completed the reopening of all of its properties in the wider Caribbean-Mexico region. Luis Riu, CEO of Riu Hotels and Resorts, confirmed the move, with the relaunch of a total of four hotels in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama and Jamaica. That includes the adults-only Riu Palace Macao in […]

Caribbean Cruises Are Back: Celebrity Kicks Off 7-Night Sailing in St Maarten

The first Caribbean cruise in more than a year officially set sail this weekend in St Maarten.  Celebrity Millennium kicked off a seven-night sailing from the Port of St Maarten on Saturday, a return for the cruise industry in the Caribbean after 15 months — and the first cruise in North America in the same period. […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: High Above Aruba

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Greg Schulties, who sent in this stunning aerial photo of Baby Beach in Aruba. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of the photo. It […]

From The Bahamas to Aruba, Caribbean Vacation Demand Is Rising

Demand for Caribbean vacations is strengthening, according to a new report from travel firm Kayak.  Of the top 10 most-searched-for destinations on Kayak’s platforms open to U.S. tourists, five are in the Caribbean.  That includes Cancun, Punta Cana, Montego Bay, Aruba and The Bahamas.  In fact, in the last week, Caribbean travel search interest is […]

Winair Expands Aruba, Curacao Flights

Winair has expanded its service between St Maarten and the islands of Curacao and Aruba, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The St Maarten-based carrier will now be offering two weekly flights that operate between St Maarten, Curacao and Aruba.  The flights travel between St Maarten, Aruba and Curacao, timed to help customers connect to the islands […]

This Aruba Resort Has Its Own “Sunset Concierge”

Recent years have seen the arrival of all kinds of new, specialized concierges at Caribbean hotels, ranging from wellness concierges to health concierges to romance concierges. And now one Aruba resort has created another — one tailored for something that the island is rather famous for: sunsets. It’s called the Sunset Concierge, and it’s a […]