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American Airlines Is Now Flying Daily to a Caribbean Island Filled With Pink Sand Beaches, Dive Spots, and a 4,500-Acre Adventure Resort 

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The drive south feels longer than the map suggests. Eleuthera narrows as you go, the road stretching between two seas, the Atlantic flashing bright and restless on one side, Exuma Sound lying calmer on the other. Settlements thin out. The land opens. By the time you reach the end of the island, there is a […]

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Cayman Islands Real Estate Market Continues to Be "Resilient"

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“Here in the Cayman Islands, we’re not afraid of an unsettled world.” As a roller-coaster U.S. election season marches forward, global conflicts persist and everything in between, Jeremy Hurst – president and broker/owner of Cayman Islands-based IRG International – is as confident as ever in the local market. “We’ve continued to be a resilient market,” […]

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The Cayman Islands Is Planning a New Boutique Cruise Destination 

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Set 90 miles from the Cayman Islands’ tourism hub in Grand Cayman, a new cruise destination could soon be emerging in the Caribbean.  The Cayman Islands is planning to develop a cruise pier on the island of Cayman Brac, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Cayman Brac is a small, quiet, eco-centric destination with just a handful […]

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Cayman Islands Tourism Is Sizzling

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The Cayman Islands is well on track to surpassing the successful tourism numbers it annually received before 2019 when COVID knocked the global travel industry on its back. The Cayman Islands welcomed 1,027,668 visitors in 2022 with 743,394 cruise passengers and 284,274 stay-over visitors. The figures for both cruise and stay-over visitation exceeded goals set […]


The Cayman Islands Is Planning a New Boutique Cruise Destination 

Can you believe it has been nearly three years since the world changed? In that span, the destinations of the Caribbean have undergone a tumultuous, frantic, whirring upheaval, one that turned from total static to what is today an abundant, pulsing, dynamism. When Caribbean islands began reopening just a few months after the onset of the […]

Dart Real Estate to Reopen, Expand Cayman Brac Luxury Resort

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor Shuttered for close to two years, five-star luxury resort Le Soleil d’Or on Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands was acquired by Dart Real Estate in the spring of 2019 and was set to reopen this past March. Then the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic struck and those plans were put on – and […]

It's Getting Easier to Fly to the Cayman Islands

More flights are returning to the Cayman Islands.  American Airlines just launched daily flights between Charlotte and Grand Cayman, with plans to relaunch its Saturday service from Dallas in June.  That complements existing services from Miami to Grand Cayman, which now operates daily (and three times a day on Saturdays).  JetBlue has already relaunched its […]

Cayman Islands Tops 7,000-Room Milestone

The Cayman Islands has topped the 7,000-room milestone, tourism officials told Caribbean Journal this week.  The destination has added more than 1,000 new rooms in the last three years, with the condominium and villa categories accounting for 73 percent of that increase, according to a statement.  The Cayman Islands now has a total of 7,027 […]

7 Reasons to Visit the Cayman Islands Right Now

There’s an energy here. You feel it on Seven Mile Beach, in the hotels, in the streets of George Town, by day and by night. It’s palpable. It’s because the Cayman Islands is one of the most dynamic destinations in the Caribbean right now, with a tourism offering that’s as fresh and sophisticated and authentic […]

The Cool List: The Coolest Caribbean Hotels for 2019

There’s a peculiar joy to finding that hidden-away hotel, the one you haven’t heard of, the one without a brand but with a personality. There’s a feeling you get when you discover a hotel for yourself — one that soon develops a need to find more like it. And the Caribbean is filled with the kinds […]

Prince Charles Is Coming to the Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are planning a major visit to the Caribbean later this month. Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall are heading to the Caribbean March 17 for a trip that will include stops in Saint Lucia, Barbados, St Vincent and the […]

5 Cayman Islands Hotels to Visit Now

While it may be home to Seven Mile Beach, one of the most remarkable beaches anywhere on earth, the Cayman Islands is so much more than just a single stretch of beach. But it’s also so much more than just the island of Grand Cayman. Indeed, the Cayman Islands is a layered, fascinating place to […]