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Sofitel Opens New Luxury Hotel in Panama 

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Accor’s Sofitel brand has opened its newest luxury hotel in the Caribbean Basin: the sparkling new Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo in Panama.  The luxury hotel is set in the “old city” of Panama, one of the most charming historic neighborhoods […]

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Hilton Just Opened Its Newest Caribbean Hotel in Colombia 

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It’s a sometimes forgotten part of the Caribbean: the northern coast of Colombia.  But the country’s Caribbean coastline has been quietly seeing a wave of hotel and tourism development in recent years, both in its most popular hotspot, Cartagena, and, […]

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Sofitel Set to Open New Luxury Hotel in Panama City's Casco Viejo 

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The charming historic quarter of Casco Viejo in Panama City will soon be home to a major new luxury resort, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The highly-anticipated new Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo Panama is opening its doors in January, a spokesperson […]

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Marriott’s Newest Caribbean Hotel Is In Colombia

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Colombia’s Caribbean coast is buzzing, with new hotels, new visitors and a wave of new investment.  And while much of that activity has been centered in Cartagena and the offshore island of San Andres, another destination has been heating up: […]


Atlas Ocean Voyages Adding New Homeport in Panama 

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Boutique cruise company Atlas Ocean Voyages will be adding Panama as a new homeport.  The company plans to run at least four new homeport operations in Panama for the 2022-2023 cruise season.  Atlas will be operating small-ship luxury cruises with […]


Radisson Adds Four New Caribbean Hotels 

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Radisson has debuted its newest brand in the Caribbean: Radisson Individuals.  The new brand has debuted in the region with four hotels on the Caribbean coast of Colombia.  They’re all in and around Cartagena, the popular historic Caribbean city.  The […]

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The Most Romantic Hotels in the Caribbean

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Romance in the Caribbean comes in so many different forms: cliffside sunsets; afternoons on empty beaches; endless wine-fueled dinners in centuries-old estates; twilight walks on hidden streets.  And that’s particularly true of the most romantic hotels in the Caribbean, which […]


Avianca Launching New Caribbean Flights From Miami, New York

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Colombian airline Avianca is launching a pair of major new routes to the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Both routes will service the increasingly hot destination of Cartagena on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.  That includes new daily nonstop flights from Miami […]


Sonesta Expands in Cartagena

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Sonesta has expanded its hotel in Cartagena, Colombia, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The property had debuted a $2.5 million project that has added a new eight-story, 34-room tower.  That raises the total number of rooms at the hotel to 152.  […]

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What's Next for Four Seasons in the Caribbean?

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By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is no stranger to the residential resort market, having operated in the space for more than 25 years. And now that experience is proving to be beneficial as […]


New Caribbean Four Seasons Resort Under Construction

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Four Seasons is opening another new resort in the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The company is set to open a new Four Seasons-branded residential resort in Cartagena on the Caribbean coast of Mexico.  The property is “well under […]


Cruise Ships Return to Cartagena

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Cruise ships have returned to Cartagena on the Caribbean coast of Colombia.  The first cruise ship to return to the Port of Cartagena was Windstar’s Star Breeze ship this week.  So far, 26 cruise ships are expected to arrive in […]