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This Caribbean Island’s Most Talked-About New Hotel Just Opened With 177 Suites, a Sky-High Infinity Pool — and It’s Now Part of Hilton

There are plenty of places to stay in Grand Cayman. Beach resorts along Seven Mile Beach. Villas tucked into quieter corners of the island. Condos facing the water. What Grand Cayman hasn’t really had until now is a true city hotel in the center of George Town itself. That’s what makes the opening of ONE | GT one of the most […]

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British Virgin Islands Spring Regatta Gets Underway With Scrub Island Invitational, as Week of Racing Begins

It's one of the biggest Caribbean sailing events of the year.

The 53rd edition of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival is now underway, with racing beginning this week in Tortola and a full schedule set to carry through several days of competition and events on and off the water. The week opened with the Scrub Island Invitational, an 11-nautical-mile race from Tortola to Scrub Island Resort, Spa […]

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A $29.5M Estate Parcel Hits the Market in the Caribbean’s Billionaires’ Playground

A rare piece of land has come to market in one of the Caribbean’s most exclusive private resort communities, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. It’s in the heart of what’s considered the Caribbean’s “Billionaire’s Playground,” home to private islands like a pair by Sir Richard Branson, among others. Estate Homesite 12 at Oil Nut Bay in Virgin […]

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The British Virgin Islands Just Launched a Late-Night Ferry for Dinner, Rum, and Live Music

Most people leave Jost before the sun sets, after the last painkiller at Soggy, the final Firewater at Foxy’s. But there’s actually a way you can stay longer — without having to actually spend the night. If you’ve ever wanted to do Jost Van Dyke properly — dinner, live music, a late drink, the full […]

A $29.5M Estate Parcel Hits the Market in the Caribbean’s Billionaires’ Playground

The first thing you notice is how small it is. You come in by boat across the North Sound, with the low green shapes of Virgin Gorda and the reef line in the distance, and then Saba Rock appears ahead as a single, compact island with buildings on top of it. No roads. No cars. […]

This British Virgin Islands Villa Company Just Launched a Black Friday Special

Early mornings in Virgin Gorda carry a kind of stillness you don’t forget—the sound of the water curling onto the sand at Mahoe Bay, the light stretching across the hills above The Baths, the quiet that settles over the island before the day begins. It’s the backdrop that has made Virgin Gorda one of the […]

American Airlines Just Added a New Late-Night Flight to the British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands is getting a meaningful boost in air access just as the heart of the winter season begins, with American Airlines launching its first late-night arrival into the Territory alongside a new early-morning departure. The new schedule began Dec. 18, with an American Airlines flight arriving from Miami at Terrance B. Lettsome […]

Pyper Yachts Is Making Scrub Island Its New BVI Homeport

One of the Caribbean’s fastest-growing luxury yacht charter companies is expanding again. PYPER Yachts will establish a new homeport at Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina in the British Virgin Islands, beginning in November 2025. The move adds one of the region’s top private-island resorts to PYPER’s network of bases, which already includes Yacht Haven […]

British Virgin Islands Is the "Sailing Capital of the World," According to Its New Trademark Filing

The British Virgin Islands is taking ownership of its identity on the high seas. The territory has formally trademarked three sailing slogans, a move officials say will help anchor its brand as one of the world’s premier yachting destinations The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board & Film Commission has registered new trademarks aimed at reinforcing […]

These Caribbean Resorts Are Perfect for Snorkeling Lovers, From Antigua to Bonaire to The Bahamas

It’s one of the most popular activities in the Caribbean — snorkeling. There’s nothing quite like slipping on a mask and fins and diving into another world just offshore. Coral gardens, schools of tropical fish, sea turtles drifting by — snorkeling calls to the adventurer in all of us. Yes, you can snorkel at just about […]

Why This is One of the Best Times of Year to Visit the British Virgin Islands

A table for two at a beach bar without a wait. Trade winds filling the sails as you glide across open water with no one else in sight. This is the British Virgin Islands in the shoulder season — slower, softer, and surprisingly inviting. From September through early November, when much of the Caribbean is […]

I Took a Moorings Yacht Charter in the British Virgin Islands — And It Was the Ultimate Caribbean Adventure

The British Virgin Islands are made for sailing. You feel it the moment you step on board — the breeze, the turquoise water, the sight of islands lined up in the distance like stepping stones across the Caribbean. When I set out on a Moorings yacht charter, I wasn’t just booking a trip. I was […]

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