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This Tiny Caribbean Island Isn’t For Everyone — And That’s What Makes It Cool. 

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Some Caribbean islands are shaped by beaches, resorts, and easy shorelines. Saba is shaped by edges — sharp cliffs, climbing roads, and an island silhouette that doesn’t resemble anywhere else in the region. It’s the sort of place travelers hear about long before they ever meet someone who’s actually been, a huge volcanic peak rising […]

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St Maarten’s New Airport Bar Makes a Mean Ti’ Punch 

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We love St Maarten’s new airport. It’s been quite the process rebuilding things since Irma, and Princess Juliana just put the finishing touches on the project at the end of last year.  The result is a sparkling new Caribbean airport with some terrific shopping options (and a lovely outpost of the Bacchus brand).  But what […]

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This Turks and Caicos Resort Has Its Own Floating Bar on a Deserted Island 

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It’s a pilgrimage just about every guest at the Ambergris Cay resort makes at least once on their stay. You take a short ride on an ultra-luxe powerboat to a floating bar set off the coast of the nearby deserted island of Little Ambergris Cay.  You come for an hour — or three — order […]

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There's a Hot New Mezcal Bar in San Juan, Puerto Rico 

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A new mezcal bar has opened up shop in the heart of the Santurce neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico.  It’s called Club Mezcal, and it’s the evolution of what began as a tasting club in San Juan.  The new bar is set in the heart of the Lote 23 gastronomic park in Santurce, a […]


This Turks and Caicos Resort Has Its Own Floating Bar on a Deserted Island 

You could always hear the music.  After a delicoius dinner at one of the celebrated eateries on Grand Case Boulevard, you’d take a stroll and you’d hear it, you’d feel the energy.  There was always something drawing you to the far end of the street, to the cocktails and the live bands and the impromptu […]

The Caribbean's Hottest Beach Bar Is in Bonaire

It’s not often that you find a beach bar attached to one of the world’s greatest restaurants.  But that’s precisely the case at Club Tropicana, the hottest beach bar in Bonaire and one of the region’s top toes-in-the-sand hotspots.  It’s called Club Tropicana, and it’s set at Bonaire’s ultra-cool Delfins Beach Resort, adjacent to (and […]

New York’s Bemelmans Bar Is Traveling to The Bahamas 

For the first time ever, New York’s iconic Bemelmans Bar is hitting the road.  The storied Madison Avenue hangout is “taking” its iconic murals by Ludwig Bemelmans (the creator of Madeline) and its famous cocktails and heading to the Rosewood Baha Mar resort in Nassau for a special event next week.  Inspired by the Jazz […]

Antigua’s Verandah All-Inclusive Resort Is Reopening Next Month

The all-inclusive Verandah Resort and Spa in Antigua is reopening next month, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The popular family-friendly property is set to welcome back guests on Sept. 1, parent company Elite Island Resorts confirmed.  The Green Globe-certified, recently-upgraded resort, which is set on 30 beachfront acres, has a total of 180 villa-style suites, with […]

A New-Look Lobby at the Marriott Cancun Resort

As travel heats up again this summer, the Marriott Cancun Resort is welcoming guests with a brand-new lobby. Designed by international architecture and interior design firm Rottet Studio, the new space is the latest in a series of lobby renovations at Marriott resorts across the wider Caribbean. “The lobby is one of the first and […]

Marriott Opens New Hotel in Tulum, Mexico

Marriott International has opened its first-ever hotel property in the hip beach town of Tulum on the Caribbean coast of Mexico.  The new Aloft Tulum, which is managed by Highgate, opened its doors this week in the heart of Tulum’s downtown district.  The newest hotel in Mexico has a total of 140 “loft-style” rooms and […]

L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon Is Coming to St Barth

One of the world’s most renowned French restaurants is finally making its way to the island of St Barth.  L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, the namesake eatery of the late chef who earned more Michelin stars than any other chef, will open in May 2021 in a setting overlooking the Port of Gustavia.  It will be […]

In St Thomas, the Rebirth of a Beach Bar

It was more than a bar.  For decades, Iggies Beach Bar was the spot on St Thomas, the place where the locals went and the guests stayed, where everyone of every stripe and spirit made pilgrimage.  And then came “Irmaria,” as they call it now, and the signature bar at the Bolongo Bay Beach Resort […]