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How Tobago Is Using Solar Power for Natural Disaster Warnings

Above: Tobago (CJ Photo) By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Tobago has just commissioned four new solar powered Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems. These devices will be used to alert the public of disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes. At a […]

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There’s a New Way to Book a Last Minute Caribbean Hotel

By the Caribbean Journal staff There’s a new way to book a Caribbean hotel. And you can even book a room tonight. HotelTonight, the global last-minute hotel booking app, has officially expanded to the Caribbean. The app has added the […]

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Caribbean Room With A View: Curacao’s Sleek Papagayo Hotel

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor The Caribbean offers such stunning natural beauty that the smartest hotel designers leave all the heavy lifting to Mother Nature, creating rooms that compliment the natural environment rather than compete with it. Such is […]

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This Caribbean Country’s Clever Plan to Deal With Sea Turtle Poachers

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Dominica is the permanent habitat of  the Hawksbill and Greenback species of sea turtle, and the seasonal habitat of the Leatherback species. According to conservationist Errol Harris, the population of these […]


Hyatt’s New Caribbean Resort

Above: the Grand Hyatt Playa Del Carmen By the Caribbean Journal staff Hyatt’s Caribbean expansion continues this week with the debut of its newest resort in the region, the Grand Hyatt Playa del Carmen. The resort will officially open on […]


Delta Airlines Adding 60 New Planes

Above: a Delta 737 plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Delta is adding 60 new planes, following an aircraft acquisition deal with Boeing. The company has approved a tentative agreement for 20 Embraer E190 aircraft and 40 new 737-900ERs. The […]

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American Airlines: Continued Decline in Latin America, Caribbean Traffic

Above: an American Airlines plane By the Caribbean Journal staff American Airlines Group’s Latin America and Caribbean traffic continues to slide. The carrier saw a 7.9 percent reduction in Revenue Passenger Miles to the region in May, reporting just under […]


A New Departures Lounge at St Maarten's Princess Juliana Airport

Above: the new lounge By the Caribbean Journal staff The facelifted departures lounge at St Maarten’s airport is now open, with a grand opening slated for this week. It is the result of a significant renovation project to the departures area […]


Caribbean Home: This Is Your New $14.5 Million Beach House

Above: The Beach House on Meads Bay By the Caribbean Journal staff Your own beach house in Anguilla. It has a ring to it, no? Well, this is the beach house to end all beach houses. It’s called, naturally, The […]

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Grenada Tourism Up 4.7 Percent in First Quarter of 2015

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Tourism is on the rise in the Spice Isle. Tourist arrivals to Grenada were up 4.7 percent in the first three months of 2015, according to new data from the Caribbean […]


Airbnb’s Top Caribbean Markets

Above: Guadeloupe (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff AirBnb recently made a high-profile move into Cuba, but the shared-economy travel giant has actually maintained a large presence in the Caribbean for some time. But what are the company’s largest […]


Luxury Hotels Leading Caribbean-Mexico Hotel Pipeline

By the Caribbean Journal staff Luxury hotels are dominating the number of hotels in construction in the Caribbean and Mexico, according to the latest STR Construction Pipeline Report. There were 171 hotels and 29,846 rooms under contract in the wider […]


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