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This Tiny Caribbean Island Has a Colorful Bungalow Hotel, Electric-Blue Water, and Swimming Pigs Nearby

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You leave your bungalow and walk a few steps to the dock. The harbor water is already glowing a deep turquoise. A small skiff (one that came with your room) idles beside the marina, ready to push out into the channel. Within minutes the shoreline slips behind you. The engine hums across water so clear […]

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The ASTA Just Named The Bahamas Its Top International Partner. Again.

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For the second year in a row, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism has been named the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) International Destination Partner of the Year, reaffirming the destination’s continued partnership with the global travel trade. The award was announced during the ASTA Travel Advisor Conference held May 21, 2025, at the Salt […]

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Bahamas, St Maarten, Belize Top Fastest-Growing Caribbean Destinations for Canadian Travelers 

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Where Canadians Are Flocking in Surging Numbers, From the Bahamas to Belize Canadian travel to the Caribbean is back — and in some places, booming. New data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization shows a major rebound in Canadian visitor arrivals last year, with several destinations posting double-digit gains, Caribbean Journal has found. From island classics […]

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Atlantis Paradise Island Just Added a Beach Bar, Mini Golf, and Escape Rooms 

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There’s something new happening at Atlantis—and it’s not just a new restaurant or another infinity pool. The iconic resort has added a handful of creative, imaginative experiences that might just change how you spend your days on Paradise Island. The biggest news? A quiet little stretch of sand that’s become the resort’s new exclusive spot […]


Bahamas, St Maarten, Belize Top Fastest-Growing Caribbean Destinations for Canadian Travelers 

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 […]

One of the Best Beaches in The Bahamas Comes With a World-Famous Blue Hole

It doesn’t look real at first. You step out from the pines and palms onto a curve of soft, white sand, and there it is—this perfect, impossible circle in the sea. A portal. The blue gets darker the longer you stare. Dean’s Blue Hole isn’t just a geological wonder. It’s something deeper. I got there […]

Concord Wilshire Buys The Bahamas’ Grand Lucayan Resort 

The Concord Wilshire company is buying the Grand Lucayan resort in The Bahamas, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The international real estate development firm has signed an $827 million deal with the government of The Bahamas to buy the resort.  The actual consideration for the property was $120 million.  The company has a “very ambitious” […]

The Bahamas Is Launching a Dive Week Just for Women

Drifting alongside reef sharks near Nassau, or exploring a sunken wreck from a James Bond film—all in one trip. This summer, The Bahamas is inviting women from around the world to do exactly that. A new event in The Bahamas is making waves—this time, beneath the surface. The country is launching its first-ever Bahamas Women […]

Royal Caribbean Just Revealed the First Look at Its New Perfect Day Destination in Mexico, Including the World's Longest Lazy River

Royal Caribbean International has revealed new details about its forthcoming private destination, Perfect Day at Mexico. The project is currently under development in the coastal town of Mahahual, located on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Set to debut in 2027, the destination will be exclusive to guests sailing on Royal Caribbean cruises departing from Florida and Texas. […]

Royal Caribbean’s Newest Ship Will Feature “Back to the Future,” a 1930s Chicago Supper Club and 40 Places to Eat and Drink

A Broadway musical. A jazz-infused supper club. And a towering curtain of water in the sky. That’s just a taste of what’s coming to Star of the Seas, Royal Caribbean’s newest Icon Class ship, debuting in August 2025 from Port Canaveral in Florida. The ship will be the second in the Icon Class — the […]

Atlantis Paradise Island Just Unveiled a Wave of New Eateries, Including a Thai Pop-Up by a Global Star Chef

It’s already home to more restaurants by Michelin-starred chefs than anywhere else in the whole Caribbean. Now Atlantis Paradise Island is upping its culinary game yet again, fresh off the third edition of its Nassau Paradise Island Wine and Food Festival.  Paradise Island’s signature resort  is expanding its culinary offerings with a slate of new […]

5 Breezy Beaches Where You Can Cool Down This Summer, From Puerto Rico to Aruba

They’re not the calmest beaches in the Caribbean. And that’s the whole point. Because when the summer heat sets in — when the sun is high and the air gets heavy — you don’t want still water and no breeze. You want movement. You want wind in your face and salt in the air. You […]

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