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Barbados Is Getting a New Marriott All-Inclusive With a Rooftop Pool, Swim-Up Rooms, and an Open-Air Art Studio

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The west coast of Barbados has never lacked for high-end resorts. What it hasn’t really had is the kind of energy-forward, design-led property that feels tuned to how younger, adult travelers actually are moving through vacations right now now. The Platinum Coast has long leaned classic and composed. The “Platinum Coast” has always been the […]

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Grenada’s Real Estate Market Is Booming

The small real estate market in Grenada is booming, according to a new report from Century 21 Grenada Grenadines. The country’s real estate sector saw a 71 percent increase in sales volume last year compared to 2014. Overall real estate sales in Grenada totaled $40.753 million last year, up from $23.8 million in 2014, with […]

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Bahamas' Island House is Booming

A booming boutique By Alexander Britell NASSAU — It’s a boutique property, off the beach, a kind of private hideaway in Nassau. But the tiny Island House, which debuted last year on the far west of New Providence, is off to a blazing start. The five-star property, which has 30 rooms along with a cinema, […]

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Caribbean Tourism is Booming

By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean tourism is booming, according to a new report from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The region’s tourism sector posted a six percent increase in arrivals in the first quarter of 2015, the 17th straight quarter of positive growth. That represented a total of nearly 8 million visits to the region […]


Bahamas' Island House is Booming

Above: Cartagena By Alexander Britell JetBlue has officially launched its new service from Fort Lauderdale to Cartagena on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. The first JetBlue flight from Fort Lauderdale to Cartagena touched down in the Caribbean city just before 7 PM. “JetBlue is pleased to offer our U.S. customers even more travel options by adding the […]

This Caribbean City Is Booming

Above: Cartagena’s historic centre (Caribbean Journal photo: KU) By Alexander Britell Santo Domingo. Havana. Kingston. Port-au-Prince. San Juan. These are the cities that are typically mentioned in conversations about the largest Caribbean cities. But there’s another city on the Caribbean Sea that’s among the biggest in the region, one that has heretofore remained under the […]

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