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This Caribbean Hotel Was a Favorite of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack. Now It’s For Sale.

In its day, it was one of the true jet-set destinations in the Caribbean: owned by billionaire Howard Hughes, a favored haunt of the Rat Pack’s Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from […]

Caribbean Makes Cruise Push at Seatrade

Destinations from around the Caribbean gathered this week for the Seatrade Cruise Global conference, the world’s leading cruise industry event. Officials from Antigua and Barbuda to the U.S. Virgin Islands were on hand to promote their ports of call. Most […]

LIAT Expands Fleet With New ATR

Caribbean carrier LIAT has expanded its flight with another new ATR-72 aircraft. The plane, which is the 10th ATR for LIAT, recently arrived at Antigua’s VC Bird International Airport. The 68-seater plane will go into commercial service in the middle […]

LIAT Takes Delivery of New ATR-42 Plane

Above: a LIAT ATR-42 plane By the Caribbean Journal staff LIAT has taken delivery of its sixth new ATR-42 plane, part of a major refleeting for the Caribbean air carrier. The plane was flown across the Atlantic from Toulouse, France, […]

LIAT Returns ATR Plane to Service Following Technical Issues

Above: a LIAT ATR By the Caribbean Journal staff LIAT has returned one of its new ATR planes to service after grounding it for technical issues. The ATR 72 had been grounded in Barbados for about a week due to […]

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Caribbean Airlines Adding More Flights to St Maarten

Regional carrier Caribbean Airlines is expanding its capacity to the island of St Maarten beginning this month, Caribbean Journal has learned. Beginning Aug. 21, the company will be launching an additional service each Friday between Port of Spain, Trinidad and […]

Silver Airways Is Launching New Planes in the Caribbean

Silver Airways is set to launch its newest aircraft in the Caribbean, the company said this week. The Fort Lauderdale-based carrier, which has a vast network of flights both to The Bahamas and the wider Caribbean (the latter out of […]

LIAT to Operate Trinidad-Tobago Flights

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor LIAT has reached an agreement with Caribbean Airlines to operate flights on the Trinidad and Tobago air bridge. The airline will operate an ATR 72 aircraft to provide assistance in moving passengers on the air […]

LIAT Adding More Grenada Flights

LIAT is adding new flights between Grenada and Barbados. The carrier has restored its daily early-morning service from Grenada to Barbados, which had been withdrawn late last year. The service will relaunch on June 15; LIAT will also be adding […]

New Martinique-St. Lucia Flights

Two Eastern Caribbean neighbors are getting even closer. Guadeloupe-based air carrier Air Caraibes has added a new ATR 72 to its fleet to operate thrice-weekly flights between Martinique and St. Lucia. The new 74-seat plane is the first ATR in the […]

A New Way to Fly From Paris to Barbados

Air France is adding a new destination in the Caribbean: Barbados. The carrier will be offering up to two flights per week to Barbados from Paris-Orly, with a connection in either Pointe-a-Pitre or Fort-de-France. The flights will be operated on […]

Bahamasair Launching New Orlando Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamian national carrier Bahamasair has officially announced the launch of its new service to and from Florida. Beginning June 19, Bahamasair will be launching new nonstop service between Grand Bahama and Orlando. The service will […]

Bahamasair to Add $100M in New Planes

Above: a Bahamasair plane By Dana Niland CJ Contributor After a long period of negotiations, the government of The Bahamas has signed a $100 million contract with aviation firm ATR for the purchase of five ATR 600 model aircraft for […]

Avianca Continues Fleet Expansion

Above: an Avianca plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Avianca is continuing its fleet expansion plan. The Colombia-based carrier took delivery of 10 new planes in the July-September quarter, the company announced. The refleeting included the phasing out of two […]

Avianca Takes Delivery of New Plane For Guatemala, Honduras Routes

Above: a new ATR By the Caribbean Journal staff Avianca has taken delivery of a new ATR 72-600 plane for service in Central America. The turboprop plane is the first to enter the Central American region, and will begin operations […]

LIAT Adds Another New Plane to Fleet

Above: Captain Chris Cameron and Captain Phil Gunsam in the new ATR (Photo: LIAT) By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean air carrier LIAT has added another new ATR-72 aircraft to its fleet, the company announced. The latest ATR-72 was delivered […]

Working to Build “The New LIAT”

Above: a new LIAT ATR-72 By the Caribbean Journal staff LIAT’s new Acting CEO Julie Reifer-Jones made her first public statement this week with a letter to staff vowing to build a “new LIAT.” “At the new LIAT, we are […]

LIAT Takes Delivery of First of Eight New Planes For Fleet

Above: an ATR 72-600 By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean air carrier LIAT has taken delivery of the first of a series of eight new aircraft it will be introducing into its fleet, the company announced. The company began the […]

American Eagle Takes Final Flight from British Virgin Islands

Above: the last American Eagle flight By the Caribbean Journal staff American Eagle launched its last flight from the British Virgin Islands on Sunday, after almost 27 years of service. The move is part of the carrier’s gradual phaseout from […]

Aruba’s Airport Is Booming

Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport set new records for passenger traffic last year, Caribbean Journal has learned. The airport saw a 13 percent increase in traffic compared to 2022 — and an 8 percent improvement over its numbers in 2019, before […]

Legendary Dominica All-Inclusive Resort to Reopen in November

It’s the heartbeat of historic Roseau, the endlessly charming and romantic capital of the Eastern Caribbean hotspot of Dominica. Now, the legendary Fort Young Hotel and Dive Resort is reopening its doors following a dramatic $18 million re-imagination and expansion. […]

The Caribbean’s Premier Film Festival Is Back in St Barth

The Caribbean’s premier film festival is back once again on the French Caribbean island of St Barth. The 26th edition of the St Barth Film Festival runs this week from May 3-6 in Gustavia. Since 1996, the event has become […]

A New Way of Building in the Caribbean

By Guy Britton From the Dominican Republic to Florida, BioLime has been reinventing the way people build in the Caribbean, centered around the company’s unique architectural finishes made of limestone. To learn more about the company, Caribbean Journal caught up […]

The Bahamas Has a New Luxury Beach Resort on Cable Beach

It was one of the original tourist destinations in The Bahamas: the sugar-white sands of Cable Beach, a jet-set getaway in the 1950s and a hotspot that has lived a multitude of lives in the last century. That ranges from […]

US Virgin Islands Tourism Is Booming

It’s been one of the biggest success stories in Caribbean tourism since the onset of the pandemic: the US Virgin Islands, which expertly navigated the uncertain waters of the pandemic and came out with record-breaking numbers. Indeed, from June 2021 […]

The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean – 2022

They’re the kinds of meals you savor. Not just when you’re finishing dessert, but months and years in advance. This is the experience diners are seeking when they come to any strong culinary destination, and, thankfully, the Caribbean is full […]

Southwest Airlines Just Relaunched Another Route to Aruba

Southwest Airlines has relaunched another nonstop route to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. The low-cost carrier has officially resumed nonstop service between Orlando International Airport and Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport. The relaunched service is […]

The Best Beach Bars in the Caribbean 2022

For most travelers, it’s the number one destination-within-a-destination: the beach bar. As travel trends ebb and flow, it’s a constant, somehow managing to survive as the manifestation of our most romantic Caribbean travel fantasies. Because there’s just something about a cocktail […]

Marriott Just Opened Its New All-Inclusive Concept in Cancun