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Barbados Is the Caribbean Island for People Who Love to Explore, With Rum Shops, Fish Cakes and Atlantic Coast Road Trips

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Barbados rewards the Caribbean traveler who wants to get out and explore, with three very different hotel bases, a remarkable food scene, centuries of rum history and an island made for getting in the car and seeing what you find. Sandals Barbados gives you the full-service all-inclusive experience on the South Coast; The Rockley puts […]

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This Mexican Caribbean Resort Just Added Overwater Villas

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One of the leading resorts in the Mexican Caribbean has added a collection of new overwater villas.  They’re called “Over-the-water pool villas,” and they’re set on the lagoon at the Banyan Tree Mayakoba resort.  It’s part of a broader expansion project recently completed by Banyan Tree Mayakoba, Caribbean Journal has learned.  That includes the addition […]

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Banyan Tree to Open Resort With Overwater Bungalows in The Bahamas

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Luxury resort brand Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts is coming to The Bahamas.  The Singapore-based company is partnering with Island Developers on the new Banyan Tree illa Bahamas on the island of Bimini.  The new project, designed by renowned architect Chad Oppenheim, will be the first-ever resort in The Bahamas to feature overwater bungalows.  The […]

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This Company Is Adding Two New Cuba Resorts

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By the Caribbean Journal staff A leading Asian resort company is in the midst of a major expansion in Cuba. Archipelago International, the largest independent hotel company in Southeast Asia, is adding two resorts in Cuba, the company said. Archipelago has already signed a management contract for the rebranded Grand Aston Cayo Las Brujas Beach […]


Banyan Tree to Open Resort With Overwater Bungalows in The Bahamas

By the Caribbean Journal staff Fast-expanding hotel giant Accor has named a new CEO to lead its North America and Central America regions, the company announced this week. The company has tapped Heather McCrory for the role, in which she will have “strategic oversight” over 115 hotels and more than 28,000 employees in the two […]