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This Bahamas Island Is Just Off the Coast of Florida. And It’s Having a Moment

bimini island in the bahamas

There aren’t many places in the Caribbean where you can leave Miami after breakfast and be standing on a white-sand beach before lunchtime. Bimini has always occupied a unique place in The Bahamas: close enough for a spontaneous escape, yet far enough away to feel like you’ve crossed into another world. The water is startlingly […]

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A New 2,000-Room Casino Resort Is Coming to Jamaica

A massive new hotel project is coming to the Caribbean. Jamaica will be getting its first-ever casino resort, with the “Celebration Jamaica” project slated to break ground this year. The 2,000-room “integrated resort” will include a casino, entertainment facilities and hotel rooms, the first of its kind in the country. The project is one of two […]

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A New High-Limit Casino at Atlantis

Exclusive casino coming to landmark Bahamas hotel By the Caribbean Journal staff There will soon be a new kind of casino at Paradise Island’s Atlantis resort. It’s called Salon Privé, and it will be targeted at the “elite casino customer,” according to the property. The casino-within-a-casino will include high-limit slot machines, ultra-private gaming rooms and […]

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Jamaica Approves $1.3 Billion in New Casino Resort Projects

Above: Jamaica Finance Minister Peter Phillips By Alexander Britell Two major new casino resort developments are coming to Jamaica. The country’s Cabinet this week gave approval for provisional development orders for a pair of developers for huge new casino resort projects. The first, Harmony Cove Limited, is expected to spend $970 million USD in the first […]


A New High-Limit Casino at Atlantis

Above: the casino at El San Juan By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico’s El San Juan Resort and Casino has debuted its newly-rebranded casino. The property underwent an “extensive renovation” that included new systems, products, player experience enhancements and a loyalty club. “Our mission is to provide guests the industry’s most up-to-date, powerful versions […]

This Caribbean Island Is Getting a New 400-Room Golf Resort and Casino

Above: St Croix (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Croix will soon be home to a major new resort. Developer Golden Resorts is planning a resort on the US Virgin Island that would include 400 rooms, along with a convention centre, casino, restaurants, a spa and an 18-hole golf course. “After 14 years, […]

Nassau’s Crystal Palace Casino Closes Ahead of Baha Mar Debut

Above: the Crystal Palace Casino in Nassau By the Caribbean Journal staff Nassau’s Crystal Palace Casino closed on Thursday, ahead of the debut of the Baha Mar resort. The casino, which was the largest casino in New Providence, first opened as the Cable Beach Casino in 1983, rebranding as the Crystal Palace in 1988 when […]

Desarrollos Hotelco in Talks to Develop Resort, Casino in Bermuda

Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff Venezuelan hotel firm Desarollos Hotelco Group is in talks to build a new resort in Bermuda. Bermuda Tourism Development Minister Shawn Crockwell told Parliament that the government had decided to enter into an exclusive negotiatoin period with Desarrollos to construct a “world-class full service resort” on the 124-acre […]

Las Vegas in Jamaica?

Above: Jamaica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is reviewing bids for three proposed Las Vegas-style casinos, according to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning Horace Dalley. The Minister, who was speaking at the opening of Jamaica’s 2014 Gaming Industry Summit in Kingston last week, said the granting of […]

Bermuda to Use "Integrated Casino Resort" Model For Gaming

Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff Casino gaming will be coming to Bermuda as announced late last year, the government said this week. The island’s government said it had decided to “proceed with the establishment of legalized casino gaming through the parliamentary process” after initially planning to put the issue to a popular referendum. […]

New Hyatt Place and Casino Opens in Manati, Puerto Rico

Above: the new Hyatt Place in Manati By the Caribbean Journal staff A new Hyatt Place has officially opened in Manati, Puerto Rico. The new Hyatt property, which is accompanied by the Casino Atlantico, is the second Hyatt Place hotel to open in Puerto Rico in the last year. This Hyatt will be geared toward […]

JW Marriott Expanding to Turks and Caicos Islands

Above: the Turks and Caicos Islands By Alexander Britell MIAMI — Marriott is planning to open a JW Marriott Hotel and Casino in Turks and Caicos, the company announced Monday at the Caribbean Hotel and Resort and Investment Summit in Miami. The 380-room property, which will also feature 16 condominiums, will be located on Providenciales […]