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This Sandals All-Inclusive in the Caribbean Has Overwater Bungalows, Swim-Up Rooms, and Plunge Pool Suites

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You wade into the pool from your patio. Or you dip into your plunge pool. Or you jump straight into the sea. At Sandals St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the first choice you make each day is how you enter the water — and that choice says almost everything about how the rest of the […]

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Silver Airways Completes Recapitalization

Silver Airways, which operates flights between Florida and the Bahamas, has announced that it has completed its previously announced strategic review process. An affiliate of Philadelphia-based private equity firm, Versa Capital Management, is now the controlling equity holder of the airline. “This is yet another significant milestone for our young airline,” said Silver Airways President […]

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New Beach Resort Coming to Dominica

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A new beach resort is being planned in Dominica. The Silver Beach Resort and Spa is slated to debut with around 200 rooms in the next few years, according to Dominica Tourism Minister Robert Tonge. The Minister revealed the project at this week’s State of the Industry conference in Barbados. The hotel is set on […]

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Leading Caribbean Tourism Conference Kicks Off in Barbados

Leading Caribbean Tourism Conference

The Caribbean’s leading tourism conference kicked off Wednesday night at the Hilton Barbados resort. This year’s conference is being held under the theme “Honoring Our Legacy, Defining Our Future.” The conference brings together stakeholders from across the wider Caribbean, from tourism ministers and commissioners to hotel and airline executives to travel agents and media. It was […]


New Beach Resort Coming to Dominica

The British Virgin Islands is having a solid year. Speaking at the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s annual State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) in, Barbados, the Islands’ director of tourism, Sharon Flax Brutus, announced an across-the-board increase in BVI Arrivals from January through June 2016. BVI overnight arrivals are up by 3.5 percent; cruise arrivals have increased by […]

American Airlines: Sharp Decline in Latin America, Caribbean Traffic

American Airlines’ struggles in Latin America and the Caribbean are getting worse. American Airlines Group saw a 7.1 percent reduction in traffic in the region last month, with 2.577 revenue passenger miles, down 7.1 percent from August 2015. The company also saw a 5.3 percent decline in available seat miles in August with 3.125 billion, […]

Nonstop Flights to British Virgin Islands Launching Soon

The highly-anticipated new nonstop flights from Miami to the British Virgin Islands are set to launch this year, according to British Virgin Islands Director of Tourism Sharon Flax-Brutus. The new BVI Airways flights will be operated on an 86-passenger Avro RJ jet plane, with initial plans for three flights per week from Miami International Airport […]

A New Resort on the Island of Barbados

One of the Caribbean’s leading hotel companies has expanded with a new Barbados All-Inclusive Resort. Elegant Hotels has officially debuted its new Waves Hotel & Spa, an all-inclusive on the Platinum Coast of Barbados with a focus on “mind and wellness,” according to the company. And they’re serious about wellness: the all-inclusive package includes up […]

VIDEO: Checking in at Windjammer Landing in St. Lucia

It’s perhaps the signature resort in St. Lucia: the Windjammer Landing, north of Castries on a 60-acre site. The hotel, which is the island’s leading family resort, is home to six pools, five restaurants and four bars, along with 175 rooms set across the beach and the hills, with whitewashed Mediterranean-style architecture offering a special […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader David Watson, who sent in this terrific shot of Grace Bay Beach from his apartment balcony in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos. Did you take a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line. It could be the next one! […]

VIDEO: A Classic Beach Bar in St. Martin

“One case of coke, one case of sprite, and one case of Heineken,” Pedro recalls. And a little umbrella. It was 1976, and this was how one of the Caribbean’s most iconic beach bars began, when Orient Bay was just an empty stretch of white sand. Today, Pedro’s Beach Bar is one of the most […]

How to Move to Tulum

What’s the hippest place in the Caribbean? Right now, it’s hard to argue with Tulum, the bohemian beach town on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. It’s chic, it’s cool and it’s got a remarkable supply of real estate. So if you’re thinking of fulfilling your Caribbean beach fantasy, Tulum is a very good bet. To […]