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How Top Caribbean Resorts Are Building Padel Courts

It’s one of the fastest-growing sports, if not the fastest in the world: Padel, a sport similar to the similarly-sizzling pickle ball. Played on a walled-up court with a playing style a bit like a combination of squash and tennis. […]

Atlantis Is Building The Bahamas’ First “Coral Gene Bank”

It’s a growing problem for coral reefs in the Caribbean: stony coral tissue loss disease, which continues to decimate coral populations in The Bahamas and the Caribbean. More than half of the 45 reef-building coral species in the wider region […]

A New Way of Building in the Caribbean

By Guy Britton From the Dominican Republic to Florida, BioLime has been reinventing the way people build in the Caribbean, centered around the company’s unique architectural finishes made of limestone. To learn more about the company, Caribbean Journal caught up […]

Dart Is Building a New Cayman Islands Hotel

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on Caribbean hotel, real estate and tourism business news. Join to access this and other great features, including our biweekly newsletter. Subscribe to […]

Building the Caribbean’s Best Tennis (And Pickleball) Courts

If you’ve played tennis at a top Caribbean resort, chances are it was built by one company: Agile Courts, which has been building courts around the United States and the Caribbean for what is now a half century. This story […]

Building the New British Virgin Islands

By Alexander Britell It’s been a “wild ride” for the British Virgin Islands in the last half decade, first with a storm and then a pandemic. But one company has been at the forefront of the British Overseas Territory’s reconstruction […]

Princess Cruises Is Building Its Biggest Ship Ever

Princess Cruises has unveiled the plans for what will be the brand’s biggest ship ever. The new Sun Princess, which will accommodate more than 4,000 guests, is currently under construction at Fincantieri’s shipyard, with plans to begin sailing in early […]

From Turks and Caicos to Puerto Rico, More Buyers Are Building Their Own Homes

By Joe Pike This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on Caribbean hotel, real estate and tourism business news. Join to access this and other great features, including our biweekly newsletter. Subscribe to Read More.

Grupo Puntacana Is Building a New Resort in the Dominican Republic

Grupo Puntacana, arguably the most significant developer in the Dominican Republic, is expanding to a new destination in the country. This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on Caribbean hotel, real estate and tourism business news. Join […]

Building the Caribbean’s Greatest Pools

It’s one of the centerpieces of any resort in the Caribbean: the pool. It’s often the town square, the meeting point, the place to be at every resort in region. And that means that it’s an essential part of the […]

St Kitts and Nevis Is Building the Caribbean’s Largest Solar Plant

St Kitts and Nevis has broken ground on what is expected to be the largest solar plant in the Caribbean region. This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on Caribbean hotel, real estate and tourism business news. […]

The Bequia Beach Resort Is Building a New Villa Component

A new villa resort is coming to the island of Bequia in The Grenadines, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The multi-stage residential resort development, called Friendship Bay Estate, will make its initial debut Nov. 1. The homes, which will overlook […]

Turks and Caicos Is Building a New Airport in South Caicos

After years of deliberation, the island of South Caicos in Turks and Caicos is finally on track to get a brand-new airport terminal. Turks and Caicos Premier Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson said the airport and combined service building has gotten the green […]

Royal Caribbean Is Building Another New Ship

By the Caribbean Journal staff Royal Caribbean has launched construction on yet another new Oasis-class cruise ship, the company announced this week. The as-yet-unnamed ship officially celebrated the cutting of the first steel at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in […]

Princess Cruises Is Building Two New Ships

By the Caribbean Journal staff Princess Cruises is adding two new cruise ships to its fleet, the company announced Wednesday. The cruise line has signed contracts with shipbuilder Fincantieri for two “next-generation” 175,000-ton cruise ships, with deliveries scheduled for late […]

Spanish Chain Best Hotels Building Punta Cana Resort

By the Caribbean Journal staff Spanish hotel chain Best Hotels is building a new hotel in the Dominican Republic’s tourism hub of Punta Cana. Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina was on hand to lay the first stone on the project, […]

MSC Cruises Is Building a New Terminal in Miami

By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the lead of Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line, cruise giant MSC has announced plans to build a new terminal of its own at PortMiami. MSC Cruises and Miami-Dade County have signed an agreement […]

Grenada Opens New Parliament Building

By the Caribbean Journal staff “This is history.” Those were the words of Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell this week, when Grenada debuted its historic new parliament building in the heart of St George’s. The new building is a […]

Building an Internet Economy in the Caribbean

By Gerard Best CJ Contributor PORT OF SPAIN — A group of global and regional technology organizations are partnering to help Caribbean professionals get more out of the Internet economy. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) spearheaded the […]

Carnival Building Major New Port in Grand Bahama

A major new cruise port is coming to the island of Grand Bahama. The government of the Bahamas has signed a heads of agreement with Carnival Cruise Lines for the new East Grand Bahama Cruise Port Development. “The Government of […]

Building the Caribbean Internet Economy

In the Caribbean, change is in the air. In fact, it’s in the cloud. By Gerard Best CJ Contributor There’s a new conversation among the community of technology experts who spearhead Caribbean Internet development, and the buzz is no longer […]

Grand Bahama Tourism Begins Rebuilding After Hurricane

Grand Bahama, particularly the island’s western end, was one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew earlier this month. Now, the process of rebuilding has begun, as an assessment continues of the state of the island’s hotel infrastructure. “We […]

Puerto Rico Building New “Duty Free” Pier

Puerto Rico is expanding its cruise port in San Juan with a new “Duty Free” complex. The $8 million project will be what officials are calling the “most modern and secure building for passengers on a dock in the Caribbean.” […]

Sandals Is Building More Caribbean Overwater Bungalows

Sandals hasn’t even opened its new planned overwater bungalows in Montego Bay — and now it’s building even more. The company has announced an additional 12 Caribbean Overwater Bungalows at its Sandals Royal Caribbean resort in Jamaica. The new Over-the-Water Private […]

Royal Caribbean Building Three New Ships

By the Caribbean Journal staff Royal Caribbean is expanding again. The cruise giant has signed a memorandum of understanding with shipbuilder STX France to build a fifth Oasis-class ship for delivery in the spring of 2021. The company also signed […]

Bahamas’ San Salvador, Crooked Island Begin Rebuilding

The National Emergency Management Agency and the National Repairs and Reconstruction Unit have issued contracts for the rebuilding of homes on Crooked Island, San Salvador and Long Island, the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015. On Thursday […]

Aruba’s Premier is Building an Electric Jeep

Eman’s latest green push in Aruba By the Caribbean Journal staff Aruba has been on a major green push in recent years, with a high-profile plan for 100 percent green energy by 2020, by far the most ambitious public-sector project […]

Building a Caribbean Fashion Brand

From Tortola to the world By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Kristin Frazer is the founder and lead designer of Trèfle Inc., located in the British Virgin Islands. She launched the company, which specializes in swimwear and resort wear for women […]

Curacao’s Newest All-Inclusive Resort Reinvents the Beach Bungalow