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The 11 Best Hotels in Anguilla, From Iconic Luxury to Hidden Beachfront Gems

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These 20 Laid-Back Beach Resorts Deliver a Caribbean Vacation Right on the Sand

You wake up, you head for the sand. Then you do it again. Some Caribbean vacation aren’t about striking statements or grand gestures. They’re not always about luxury — or, that is to say, they’re about another kind of luxury: the perfect beach day. It’s that feeling of stepping onto warm sand with nothing on […]

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Aruba, Boutique Style: Five Off-the-Beaten Path Small Hotels on the Dutch Caribbean Island Oozing With Personality

Aruba may be best known for its big-name beachfront resorts (which include some wonderful new addiitons like the St. Regis and the new Iberostar), but it’s also home to a strong collection of small hotels that deliver a more personal way to experience the island. From waterfront hideaways to garden-filled retreats, these hotels offer an […]

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The Increasingly Hip South Coast of Barbados Has a Very Cool New Boutique Hotel

Barbados’ South Coast, often hailed as the island’s “capital of cool,” has welcomed an exciting new addition to its hospitality scene: The Rockley. This vibrant boutique hotel, a reimagining of the former South Beach Hotel, offers travelers an immersive experience into Bajan culture and the lively local community. The Rockley+8Caribbean Journal+8The Rockley+8 Located in the […]

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Puerto Rico Has a Colorful New Boutique Hotel

the colors on the wall at the new boutique hotel in puerto rico

The Condado neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico is one of the most vibrant urban areas in the Caribbean, from luxury shopping to high-end eateries to resorts and casinos. Now it’s home to another new boutique hotel, and it’s one of the most colorful hotels on the San Juan hotel scene. Choice Hotels’ Ascend Hotel […]

The Increasingly Hip South Coast of Barbados Has a Very Cool New Boutique Hotel

They call it “luxury with no footprint.” You understand it the moment you walk into Sunset Reef in St Kitts, the island’s newest hotel and arguably the most exciting new hotel in the Caribbean. There’s no front desk: check-in means taking you straight to your room, eliminating the typically arduous arrival experience that you find […]

This is the Coolest Boutique Hotel in Aruba

You wake up, slide your door open and peer out directly at the sand and the calm froth of Aruban blue. This is unlike any other place to stay in Aruba. In a sea of larger, mostly high-rise resorts, it’s a sleek, crisply-designed boutique hotel, breezy and hip, unpretentious and endlessly chic. This is the […]

Grenada’s Top Boutique Hotel Has New-Look Suites

For years, it’s been something of a well-guarded secret: the eminently luxurious Calabash hotel in Grenada. And while the 30-room boutique retreat has been around for nearly four decades, it’s constantly reinventing itself. That includes a recently-completed renovation to the resort’s Deluxe Suites. The 700-square-foot rooms, which include separate living and bedroom areas and indulgent […]

Margaritaville Is Opening a Boutique Beach Resort in Belize

Jimmy Buffett’s fast-expanding resort empire is adding another Caribbean resort, this time in Belize. And the new Margaritaville Beach Resort Ambergris Caye is officially taking reservations, Caribbean Journal has learned. It’s a different kind of Margaritaville, a decidedly boutique-style resort that is opening its doors in “early 2023,” according to Margaritaville, with 55 suites, three […]

The 15 Best Luxury Boutique Hotels in the Caribbean 2022

Being a boutique hotel isn’t just about size. Sure, the hotels on this list, all of which have 40 rooms or less, are not big. But boutique is about more than that. It’s about character, about personality; about identity. It should be fashionable and stylish, cool and unique. The first “boutique” hotels originated in urban, […]

There’s a New Adults-Only “Inn” in the British Virgin Islands

It’s always been one of the most sought-after little islands in the Caribbean: pristine Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. And while the island is best known for developments like Oil Nut Bay and the new iteration of the Bitter End Yacht Club, there’s another new addition to the island: an inn. It’s called […]

A New Boutique Resort Just Opened in Saint Lucia

There’s a new boutique resort on the island of Saint Lucia, Caribbean Journal has learned. It’s called Sol Sanctum Wellness Hotel and Studio, and it’s all about wellness. The property is home to eight guest rooms, with a decor and aesthetic inspired by Vedic architecture, according to the resort. Each of the rooms comes with […]

In Antigua, a 17th Century Mansion Becomes a Boutique Hotel

One of Antigua’s oldest properties is set to become the island’s newest hotel early next year. It’s called the Weatherills Hotel, and the family-owned boutique hotel is set in an historic, restored 17th-century colonial mansion. The property, tucked amid 40 acres of gardens in northern Antigua, has a total of seven bedrooms. That’s along with […]