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Marriott’s New All-Inclusive Resort-Within-a-Resort in the Riviera Maya Has 10 Ocean-View Suites With Private Pools

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They have lots of names. Preferred clubs. Diamond clubs. Hotels-within-hotels. But one thing is constant — they’re worth the splurge. There’s just something about that extra level of service, the privacy, the amenities — the rooms themselves. And now the Caribbean has a brand new one, at one of its most legendary resorts — and the […]

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The 25 Best Beaches in The Bahamas

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People sometimes forget the sheer vastness of The Bahamas. You may know there are 700 islands and cays, but you may not realize that The Bahamas covers an expanse of almost 655,000 square kilometers. It is not just a country — it is a turquoise-hued universe, and across its shimmering waters you will find every […]

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Silver Airways Postpones Cat Island Flights Until May 1

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Silver Airways has postponed the launch of its new service to the Bahamian island of Cat Island. The new service will begin May 1, according to the company’s Web site. On May 1, the service will operate twice each week between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Cat Island’s New Bight […]

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Afternoon Tea in Nassau

By Alexander Britell You’re just a few blocks from the Queen’s Staircase, tucked away at a table in a corner of a colonial mansion in Old Nassau, when the spread arrives. Cookies and pastries, house-made bonbons; trays of miniature sandwiches, cucumber; salmon; a box of refined Mighty Leaf teas, from tropical green to Earl Grey. […]


Silver Airways Postpones Cat Island Flights Until May 1

By Alexander Britell and Guy Britton It’s early in the afternoon and we need a stop at the local market. We pull up to a small building in Chester’s without a sign. “Why isn’t there a sign?” I ask Papa Chis. “Because everybody knows where it is,” he says. “There’s only one.” Chester’s is a […]

A New Miami-Bahamas Ferry

By the Caribbean Journal staff There’s another new way to get to the Bahamas from Miami. Ferry company FRS Caribbean has expanded its route network with the launch of new ferry service between Miami and Freeport, Grand Bahama. The new Grand Bahama ferry offers seating for 427 passengers, with a duration of about 3 hours, […]

Grand Bahama, Tech Hub?

By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of the Bahamas is looking to chart a new course for the future of Grand Bahama as a technology hub. “A new day is on the horizon for Grand Bahama,” Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told attendees at last week’s first-ever Grand Bahama Tech Summit. The summit, held […]

SLS Baha Mar Set to Open This Month

By the Caribbean Journal staff SLS Hotels’ first Caribbean project is slated to open this month: SLS Baha Mar. The next major resort brand to debut at Nassau’s megaresort complex, SLS Baha Mar is a project by sbe [sic] slated to make its formal debut Nov. 14, according to a press release from the resort. […]

Resorts World Bimini to Reopen Sept. 27

By the Caribbean Journal staff Resorts World Bimini “fared well” during Hurricane Irma and is slated to reopen on Sept. 27, the Bahamian property announced this week. There was no structural damage to the property, officials said, but heavy storm surge will mean additional repair work for the resort’s marina. “Clean up efforts are currently […]

American Airlines Launches New Nonstop Exuma Flights

American Airlines has launched new weekly service to the Bahamian island of Great Exuma. The new flight operates weekly on Saturdays between Charlotte’s Douglas International Airport and Exuma International Airport in George Town. The flight departs Charlotte around 8:15 AM, arriving in Great Exuma around 10:45 AM. American Airlines is operating the service on Canadair […]

How Atlantis Is Helping Bahamian Coral

Last week the Atlantis hotel completed a successful two-day harvesting and out planting of corals to three coral reefs off New Providence that were destroyed by 2016’s Hurricane Matthew. The ongoing project – an initiative of the nonprofit, Atlantis Blue Project Foundation – helps rehabilitate damaged coral reefs by growing small coral fragments to repopulate reefs […]

You Need To Try This Cooking Class in Nassau

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Can you learn to cook a three-course Bahamian meal in three-and-half hours? One Nassau company thinks so. Tru Bahamian Food Tours, which has been offering culinary walking tours in the Caribbean capital since 2013, has just launched their latest foodie temptation: a cooking class and “lunch experience.” Led by […]