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CJI Conversation: Best Western CEO Larry Cuculic on the Caribbean Market

The Caribbean’s Hottest Residential Real Estate Projects

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Residential real estate in the Caribbean is, in a word, booming. And that’s been accompanied by a wave of new residential real estate projects, from private islands to branded residential resorts to full-fledged …

The 10 Best Adventure Hotels in the Caribbean

A journey through the rainforest to a Mayan temple. A rugged hike to a 200-foot-wide boiling lake. A dive into the heart of a blue hole. Far beyond the beach, there’s another side of the Caribbean, of mountains and rainforests …

Belize Requiring All Visitors to Purchase Travel Insurance

Belize has announced new entry requirements for travelers, set to take effect Feb. 15, Caribbean Journal has learned. The centerpiece is a requirement for an application for Belize Travel Health Insurance, a mandatory health insurance that “helps protect travelers against …

10 New Hotels Coming to the Caribbean in 2022

Tiny eco resorts. Grand luxury hotels. Rarefied retreats. The Caribbean’s newest hotels for 2022 are a melange of styles and sensibilities, from all-inclusive to boutique and everywhere in between. Even amid the pandemic, the Caribbean hotel pipeline keeps growing, and …

Four Seasons’ First Caribbean Private Island Begins Construction

Construction is officially underway on one of the Caribbean’s most anticipated new projects. Major construction has begun on the new Four Seasons, Caye Chapel in Belize, the first-ever private-island Four Seasons resort in the Americas. This story is part …

American Airlines Launches New Belize Flights

American Airlines has kicked off its newest service to Belize, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. The world’s largest airline is now operating weekly nonstop service between Los Angeles and Belize City. The service is operating once weekly on Saturdays; the …

From Belize to Roatan, Six Tiny Private Island Resorts to Try

The perception of private island resorts in the Caribbean is one of seclusion, of exclusivity; of, more often than nought, some degree of pretense. But that’s not always the case. And at a handful of private-island resorts in the …

American Airlines Launches New Route to Chetumal, Mexico

It’s now easier than ever to reach one of the Mexican Caribbean’s burgeoning destinations: Chetumal. American Airlines has launched its first-ever service to Chetumal International Airport, set set in the southern corner of Quintana Roo, just near the border …

Alaska Airlines Launches First-Ever Belize Flights

Alaska Airlines has launched its first-ever flights to the Caribbean destination of Belize. The new service is operating four times each week from both Seattle and Los Angeles to Belize City. The Los Angeles-Belize service operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, …

CJI Conversation: Viceroy’s Stephanie Yesenofski

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI With the recent reopening of Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort in St. Lucia and a grand opening slated in the next few years in Panama, Viceroy Hotels & Resorts is doing its …

The Best Overwater Bungalow Resorts in the Caribbean

There are so many reasons you should want to stay in an overwater bungalow in the Caribbean. The accommodations are unique, with standout features like glass floors to watch the fishies swim below. Stairs leading directly from your room …

What’s Next for Four Seasons in the Caribbean?

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is no stranger to the residential resort market, having operated in the space for more than 25 years. This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the …

Belize Has New Rules for Vaccinated Travelers

Belize was the first Caribbean destination to waive pre-testing requirements for fully vaccinated visitors. But following similar moves by a number of Caribbean destinations, Belize will now require all travelers, vaccinated and unvaccinated to prevent a negative PCR test. …

Frontier Airlines Launching Flights to Antigua, Turks and Caicos

Frontier Airlines is launching another major Caribbean expansion that will include several high-profile travel destinations. This winter, the carrier will kick off its first-ever service to destinations including Antigua and Barbuda, Turks and Caicos and Belize. On Dec. 4, …

American Airlines Adding New Caribbean Destination in Mexico

American Airlines is adding a new destination on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, Caribbean Journal has learned. This winter, the world’s largest airline will launch new nonstop flights to Chetumal, set on the eastern Yucatan peninsula on the bay …

Rum Journal: Copalli, An Outstanding New Rum from Belize

There are jaguars in the cane fields. In the heart of a rainforest in southern Belize, one of the Caribbean’s newest rum companies is doing something very special. It’s a sustainable rum, a sugarcane rum and — and most importantly, …

WestJet to Resume Belize Flights This Winter

Canadian leisure carrier WestJet is relaunching its service to Belize this winter, Caribbean Journal has learned. WestJet will be offering nonstop seasonal flights from both Toronto and Calgary to Belize beginning in November. “WestJet’s return to Belize will allow …

From Antigua to Belize, 9 Tiny All-Inclusive Hotels to Try

Let’s call them “small inclusives” — these pint-sized Caribbean resorts deliver all-inclusive amenities alongside a boutique hotel experience where guests get personalized service and the serenity of a vacation where it often feels like you have the whole place …