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Barbados Tourism Is Rebounding

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Tourism is beginning to rebound in Barbados, according to the latest numbers from the island’s tourist board.  The island recorded more than 10,000 air arrivals in July, the highest total of any month so far this year.  That also represented […]

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Aruba Has New Travel Rules

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Aruba has made several significant updates to its travel protocols in August, including the implementation of a curfew this week.  The biggest change for the Dutch Caribbean island was the recent decision to re-implement pre-testing requirements even for fully vaccinated […]

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Virgin Atlantic Expanding Flights to Barbados, Jamaica

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Virgin Atlantic is adding even more flights to the Caribbean this upcoming winter season, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The expansion will be headlined by an increase in daily London Heathrow-Barbados flights to 11 times a week.  That’s along with an […]

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Bahamas’ Baha Mar to Host NCAA Basketball Tournament

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The Bahamas will play host this year to the largest early-season event in all of college basketball.  The new Baha Mar Hoops event is a weeklong slate of events headlined on the men’s side by Louisville and Maryland and on […]


The Best Resort in Great Exuma, The Bahamas

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Travel has changed.  Increasingly, travelers don’t just want to stay in a destination – they want to live there, even if just for a few days.  They want to understand the destination in an authentic way.  That’s turned travelers toward […]


Air France Is Launching New York-Guadeloupe Flights

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Air France is adding more flights from North America to Guadeloupe this winter, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Beginning in November, the carrier will operate two weekly flights from both Montreal and New York to Pointe a Pitre.  The Montreal-Guadeloupe service […]

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Caribbean Photo of the Week: A View of the BVI from St John

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The latest Caribbean Photo of the Week comes from Caribbean Journal reader Jamison Palermo, who sent in this spectacular shot of the British Virgin Islands, taken from the Anaburg Trail in St John.  Have you taken a great photo in […]


Turks and Caicos to Accept Both Digital and Paper Vaccination Cards

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The Turks and Caicos Islands recently announced that, beginning Sept. 1, the destination would require all visitors 16 years and older to show proof of vaccination.  And in an update to that protocol, the destination has announced that it will […]


Celebrity Cruises Returns to Antigua and Barbuda

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Large-vessel cruising has returned to Antigua and Barbuda.  Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox ship called on the Antigua Cruise Port in St John’s this week, the first large vessel to visit the twin-island destination since the onset of the pandemic.  The […]

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Bahia Principe to Reopen Adults-Only Jamaica All-Inclusive

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Bahia Principe is reopening a second resort in Jamaica, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The all-inclusive company will reopen the adults-only Bahia Principe Luxury Runaway Bay on Sept. 1.  “We are very pleased to add Bahia Principe Luxury Runaway Bay to […]


Elite Island Resorts to Require Proof of Vaccination for Guests 12 and Over

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One of the Caribbean’s leading resort companies has announced a significant update to its travel rules: all guests over the age of 12 will be required to show proof of Covid vaccination upon arrival.  Elite Island Resorts has a broad […]


American Airlines Is Adding a New Route to Jamaica

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American Airlines is set to add another new route to the island of Jamaica, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The world’s largest airline will launch new service from Philadelphia International Airport to Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport beginning Nov. 4.  “We’re […]