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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 […]

Flights

Traveling from Canada to Cancun? There’s a New Way to Get There. 

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There’s a new way to get from Canada to Cancun in the Mexican Caribbean. Porter Airlines is expanding its network into sun destinations for the first time, with new flights to Cancun from Toronto, Ottawa, and Hamilton set to launch this winter. The new Cancun service is part of a broader expansion announced by the […]

News

Bahamas, St Maarten, Belize Top Fastest-Growing Caribbean Destinations for Canadian Travelers 

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Where Canadians Are Flocking in Surging Numbers, From the Bahamas to Belize Canadian travel to the Caribbean is back — and in some places, booming. New data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization shows a major rebound in Canadian visitor arrivals last year, with several destinations posting double-digit gains, Caribbean Journal has found. From island classics […]

News

Canadian Travelers Are Flocking to The Bahamas Right Now 

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It’s the fastest-growing tourism destination for Canadian travelers right now, and it’s not really a competition: The Bahamas is seeing bigger growth from Canada than anywhere else in the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The country welcomed 121,263 Canadian travelers in 2024, a whopping 50.3 percent increase compared to 2023, according to data provided by […]


Bahamas, St Maarten, Belize Top Fastest-Growing Caribbean Destinations for Canadian Travelers 

The Dominican Republic has been making regional aviation a priority in the last few years, actively encouraging the creation of new local airlines through tax breaks and other incentives.  That includes fast-growing Arajet, which launched operations in in 2022 (as we first reported) and continues to grow its Caribbean footprint. Until now, its operations have […]

Canadian Airlines Add More Seats to Jamaica 

Jamaica has secured commitments for a record number of seats from Canada this winter, according to Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.  The island is projecting 283,000 seats out of Canada this winter, a record for the destination.  That represents 26,000 more seats than in the winter of 2019, Bartlett said.  The seats are from travel […]

The Dominican Republic’s Samana Is Getting a Boost From Canada

It’s arguably the fastest-growing destination in the Dominican Republic: the peninsula of Samana on the country’s northeastern coast, known for uncrowded beaches, lush forests and charming beach towns.  Now, Samana is getting a major new push from Canadian travel giant Transat Tours, which is planing to launch new flights directly to Samana.  Dominican Republic tourism […]

Canadian Travelers Are Flocking to Grenada

Canadian travelers are flocking to the Eastern Caribbean hotspot of Grenada, with the return and expansion of service from a number of carriers.  That includes the recent resumption of nonstop service from Toronto to Grenada on Air Canada, a route that is operating twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays.  Travel giant Sunwing also restarted its […]

More Flights from Canada to the Dominican Republic 

The Dominican Republic has approved a new route from Canada to the popular tourism destination of Puerto Plata.  The country’s Civil Aviation Board has given the nod to a new Sunwing flight that will operate from now through Oct. 18, 2022, tourism officials announced this week. The flight will be operating once weekly on Tuesdays, […]

Canadian Tourism Returns to Jamaica

Canadian tourism has officially returned to Jamaica.  The island welcomed back the first Air Canada flight following a six-month hiatus, with Air Canada’s first Dreamliner flight to the country.  “Canada is the second-largest source market for Jamaica and the return of Canadian tourism in Jamaica is welcome news for our country’s hotel partners, attractions, transportation […]

Antigua and Barbuda Makes Big Tourism Push in Canada

Antigua and Barbuda is redoubling its efforts to court travelers from Canada.  The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority led a major tourism push in Canada this week, with a delegation led by ABTA Chief Executive Officer Colin C. James and ABTA Canada Director of Tourism (Ag) Tameka Wharton. That included a series of meetings with […]

More Flights from Canada to the Caribbean This Winter

Sunwing is set to relaunch a wave of flights to the Caribbean out of the Atlantic coast of Canada this winter, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Canadian travel giant will resume service from Halifax to eight different destinations in January 2022, from Cancun and Montego Bay to Punta Cana and Varadero.  All of the flights […]

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