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Hyatt Pushes Back Reopening of Seven Jamaica All-Inclusive Resorts as Delays Continue Into 2027

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Hyatt’s return to Jamaica just moved again. The company is pushing back the reopening of several major all-inclusive resorts in Montego Bay and Rose Hall to the first quarter of 2027, following continued recovery work after Hurricane Melissa. It’s the latest adjustment in a timeline that has already been extended, and it affects one of […]

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Delta Is Relaunching Six More Caribbean Routes This Summer

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Delta Air Lines is relaunching six of its Caribbean routes this summer, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Beginning June 5, the carrier will restart daily service to Grand Cayman from both Atlanta and New York-John F. Kennedy airports.  On the same date, Delta will also restart weekly Saturday service from both Atlanta and New York to […]

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How to Live in the Caribbean for a Year

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For travel writers like me, popping open a laptop to work on a Caribbean beach is a familiar occupational hazard. But amid the pandemic, having to work while you’re in paradise seems like a small price to pay to escape the confines of the living rooms and home offices where we’ve been sequestered for the […]

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Sotheby’s: Americans Fuel Demand for Luxury Caribbean Beach Houses

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It’s no secret that American buyers have flocked to the Caribbean since the onset of the pandemic.  But now buyers are zeroing in on one particular segment: beachfront homes priced at $3 million and above, according to a new report from global real estate brokerage Sotheby’s International Realty.  The company’s new Luxury Outlook report says […]


How to Live in the Caribbean for a Year

The waterfront town of Camana Bay, located just across from Seven Mile Beach, has long been a vibrant destination in Grand Cayman.  And now it’s home to one of the Cayman Islands’ newest and arguably hottest real estate offerings, too.  It’s called OLEA, and it’s the first-ever for-sale residential real estate at Camana Bay, set in the […]

Why Families Are Moving to the Cayman Islands

Above photo by Lisa Reid Photography. The Caribbean is often the place that retirees look to move, in pursuit of a slower pace of life and to escape long winters. For others, moving to a tropical island is a reward for a lifetime of hard work and an opportunity to “live the dream.” However, there […]

Curacao Launches Long-Term Stay Program

The Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao is the latest Caribbean destination to launch a long-term stay option, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Curacao has debuted the @HOME in Curacao program, which allows approved applicants to stay for a maximum period of six months on the island (along with a possible extension for another six months).  The […]

How (And Why) to Retire in the Cayman Islands

By Alexander Britell When it comes to making lifestyle decisions, the pandemic has only strengthened the appeal of the Caribbean, as more people flock to the region for sanctuary, seclusion and stability amid an uncertain global situation.  It has led to a number of new trends, including growing real estate demand in some Caribbean nations and an increasing number of destinations […]

Cayman Islands Seeing “Tremendous” Response to Global Citizen Program

By Alexander Britell The Cayman Islands is seeing a “tremendous response” to its newly-launched Global Citizen Concierge Program, which offers remote workers and their families the opportunity to apply to stay up to two years in the destination.  “We’ve got thousands of people reviewing [the program],” Cayman Islands Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell told Caribbean Journal […]

How the U.S. Election Is Fueling Caribbean Real Estate

By Alexander Britell JUST LAST WEEK, broker Ian Hurdle closed on a $5.2 million sale in Turks and Caicos involving a family from California.  The sale was the direct result, he told Caribbean Journal Invest, of dissatisfaction with the current political climate in the United States.  “They were fed up with politics,” said Hurdle, founder […]

Mandarin Oriental Project Moving Forward in Grand Cayman

The Mandarin Oriental resort project is moving forward in Grand Cayman, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The project is “going forward through the planning process,” Cayman Islands Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell confirmed to CJI in an interview.  “It’s in the process of beginning construction,” he said.  The Grand Cayman Central Planning Authority gave its approval […]

Cayman Islands Launches "Global Citizen" Program

Amid the uncertainties of the pandemic, more and more people are looking to the sanctuary of the Caribbean. And with the growth of remote work and increasingly mobile lifestyles, more Caribbean destinations are beginning to offer pathways to extended residency. That’s the thinking behind the Cayman Islands’ new “Global Citizen” program, a work-from-home program that […]

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