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Hilton’s Newest Caribbean Hotel Is In Cartagena

It’s a Caribbean destination that has quietly been surging in recent years, both with visitors and new hotel development: Cartagena on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. And now the city anchored by one of the region’s most charming urban destinations …

Spirit Airlines Kicks Off New Flights to Barranquilla

Spirit Airlines has kicked off its newest route in the Caribbean Basin, launching new flights from Fort Lauderdale to Barranquilla, Colombia. The new flights to Barranquilla’s Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport are operating three times per week. Spirit first entered Colombia …

Spirit Airlines Relaunching More Caribbean Flights From Orlando

Spirit Airlines is set to relaunch a host of routes from Orlando to the wider Caribbean Basin in December. The low-cost carrier will be relaunching flights from Orlando to Caribbean destinations including Cartagena, Cancun and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, among others. …

Spirit Airlines Launching New Flights to Barranquilla

Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is set to launch new flights to Barranquilla on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. On Nov. 18, Spirit will inaugurate a new route from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Baranquilla’s Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport. “We are …

Spirit Airlines Relaunches Flights to Cartagena, Colombia

Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines has relaunched flights to another Caribbean destination, this time to Cartagena on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Spirit has relaunched its route from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Cartagena. With its return, Spirit is the first …

Karisma Reopens Cartagena Hotel

Karisma Hotels and Resorts has reopened its boutique hotel in Cartagena on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. The 71-suite Allure Chocolate hotel is set in the heart of Cartagena’s historic district, with amenities including a pool, an eatery called The …

Karisma to Reopen Caribbean, Mexico Resorts

Karisma Hotels and Resorts is planning to reopen its portfolio of resorts in Mexico and the Caribbean beginning on June 15. The all-inclusive company will begin with four resorts on the Riviera Maya on June 15: El Dorado Maroma, Palafitos …

How Coronavirus Is Affecting American Airlines in the Caribbean

American Airlines has announced a series of changes to its schedule in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Crucially, though, the carrier said it would “continue” its short-haul flights to the Caribbean, with the suspension of just a few …

Spirit Adding New Flights to Colombia’s Caribbean Coast

Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is adding a new nonstop route to the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Spirit will be launching a new thrice-weekly flight from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Barranquilla, Colombia. The new service, which launches April 23, will …

Hyatt Expands in Colombia

Hyatt has opened another new hotel in Colombia, this time with the debut of the Hyatt Place Bogota Convention Center. It’s the latest debut for the Hyatt Place brand in the wider Caribbean Basin region, following the recent debut of …

Hyatt Is Launching a New Hotel Brand

By the Caribbean Journal staff Hyatt Hotels is launching a new brand in its global portfolio: Caption by Hyatt. The new “lifestyle” brand aims to “bring people closer together, allowing them to work, eat or socialize in comfortable, flexible, communal …

Melia Opens Newest Caribbean Hotel in Cartagena

By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the Caribbean’s hottest hotel investment destinations has a brand-new property: Cartagena. The tourism destination on the Caribbean coast of Colombia is now home to a new adults-only, all-inclusive hotel by Spanish travel giant …

Four Seasons Is Opening a New Caribbean Hotel in Cartagena

By the Caribbean Journal staff Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is adding a new hotel in the Caribbean. The luxury hotel brand is partnering with San Francisco Investments, a subsidiary of Valorem, to open a new luxury hotel and private …

Hotel Investment Continues to Grow in Colombia

By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the hottest hotel pipelines in the Caribbean Basin might not be the one you expect. Set on the southwestern coast of the Caribbean Sea, Colombia has almost 4,000 rooms in construction, according to …

Spirit Launches Two New Nonstop Routes to Jamaica

By the Caribbean Journal staff Continuing its rapid Caribbean expansion, low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines has officially launched two new nonstop routes to the island of Jamaica. Spirit’s new service includes nonstop routes from Orlando to both Kingston and Montego Bay. …

Spirit Adds Another Route to Colombia

By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s been a year of broad expansion for low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, which has been rapidly growing its network in the Caribbean Basin. And now the airline has added another new route to the region. …

Spirit Airlines Launches New Cartagena Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines has expanded again in the region, this time to the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Spirit has officially launched its new route between Orlando and Colombia’s charming urban destination of Cartagena. The …