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These Caribbean Beach Bars Come With Their Own Hotels

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Some people book a hotel for the pool, others for the spa. But for a certain kind of traveler, it’s all about the bar — and not just any bar, but one that’s right on the sand, where the sound of the surf mixes with music and cocktails. These are the beach bars that became […]

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10 Under-the-Radar Beach Hotels in the Caribbean

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You didn’t want to spend 20 minutes walking from your room to get to the beach. That’s not why you’re here. You made the long journey so you could spend your vacation lazing on the sand, rum punch (or just rum) in hand, enjoying the most precious natural resource of the Caribbean. And time is […]

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Margaritaville Is Opening a New Hotel in Belize

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Jimmy Buffett’s fast-growing Margaritaville Holdings is planning another Caribbean hotel, this time on Belize’s popular Ambergris Caye. The new Margaritaville Resort Belize will be a condominium resort, with 71 waterfront residences in its first phase slated to debut in “early 2020,” according to a statement. The newest Margaritaville will be […]

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Martinique’s New Beach Pizzeria

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By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the Caribbean’s greatest beach bars has unveiled yet another creative expansion: a beachfront pizzeria. Martinique’s iconic Le Petibonum and its creative proprietor, Guy Ferdinand, have launched the new La Pizzeria du Petibonum in the beach town of Le Carbet. The pizzeria, adjacent to Le Petibonum, offers a full-fledged […]


Margaritaville Is Opening a New Hotel in Belize

By the Caribbean Journal staff The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Robert Workman, who sent in this lovely shot of a setting sun on the beach in Aruba. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last […]

A New Villa Resort Project in Turks and Caicos

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Beach Enclave, a collection of private villa resorts in Providenciales, has announced unveiled its second phase: The Club. The Club is the first project in the Turks & Caicos for architexts Jacobsen Arquitetura, which brings a modern, tropical design to the archipelago. “At its core, Beach Enclave is a collection […]

The Bahamas’ Cat Island Is Getting New Nonstop Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Long one of the Bahamas’ great undiscovered destinations, the island of Cat Island is putting itself on the travel map in a big way of late — and now it’s about to get a whole lot easier to get there. Fast-expanding regional carrier Silver Airways will soon debut the first-ever […]

Vidanta Plans Two New Luxury Mexico Resorts

By the Caribbean Journal staff Grupo Vidanta is planning to add a pair of high-profile boutique luxury resorts to its portfolio in Mexico. The company has announced the introduction of The Estates a new luxury development that will debut at the company’s Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta and Vidanta Riviera Maya. The Estates will be the company’s […]

How to Live on the Beach at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman

By the Caribbean Journal staff A beachfront residence at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman has hit the bustling real estate market in the Cayman Islands for $5.495 million, Caribbean Journal has learned. The second-floor beachfront unit is directly at the front of the Ritz-Carlton on Seven Mile Beach, with four bedrooms, an open-air beachfront terrace and […]

A New Hotel Brand Makes Its Debut in Turks and Caicos: Wymara

By the Caribbean Journal staff The former Gansevoort Turks + Caicos has officially relaunched with a new brand: Wymara. The new Wymara Resort and Villas gets its name from the original developers of the resort – Wymara Ltd. “Guests will enjoy a continuation of the warm hospitality, attentive service and amenities the resort is known […]

In St Martin, a Beloved Hotel Is Reborn

By Alexander Britell “To be able to spend several hours a day looking at this water, it starts to have an effect on you. You stop seeing it and you start to perceive it, to get a sense of its livingness and its fluid changes of color,” he says, looking out at the Creole Rock […]

Jamaica Has a Very Cool New Resort

By Alexander Britell There’s a new hotel in Montego Bay — and it’s rather unlike any of its neighbors. In the heart of the tourism capital’s “Hip Strip” the new S Hotel Jamaica has opened its doors, a trendy, design-forward retreat on the sands of the island’s north coast. It’s the second outpost in the country […]