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The New Caribbean Kimpton Hotel Has a Name and an Opening Date

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JetBlue Is Launching 5 New Nonstop Flights to Puerto Rico This Month

White sand along Condado Beach, pastel balconies above narrow streets in Old San Juan, the low hum of traffic circling the centuries-old city walls — Puerto Rico has long been one of the most direct Caribbean trips from the mainland United States. Now more cities are getting a nonstop path to the island. JetBlue is […]

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St James Point Project Coming to Bodden Town Area

By the Caribbean Journal staff A major new condo-hotel project is coming to the Bodden Town area of Grand Cayman. The project comes as a result of an agreement between the government of the Cayman Islands and Beach Bay Land Limited. The estimated $200 million project could be another boon for the island’s Eastern Districts, […]

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The Best Culinary Tour in the Cayman Islands

On a small island teeming with high-quality restaurants, finding a good meal isn’t hard. But on one as pricey as Grand Cayman (the only Caribbean territory with a dollar worth more than the U.S. dollar) finding a good meal at a great price has sometimes been a challenge. Until now. At Camana Bay, a slick […]

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Cayman’s Economy Up 1.4 Percent

Economy grows in early 2015 By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Cayman Islands economy experienced a 1.4 percent growth in the first quarter, according to a report by the Economics and Statistics Office. A number of sectors contributed to the GDP growth, led by the hospitality, real estate, and business sectors. Financial services remained the […]

The Best Culinary Tour in the Cayman Islands

From Cayman to the UK By Dana Niland CJ Contributor A nineteen year-old Caribbean student is on her way to university in the United Kingdom, thanks in part to a scholarship from Comfort Suites Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. Amy Thompson has spent the past several months learning the ins and outs of the […]

Journey to Cayman Brac

A different kind of island, a different kind of people By Alexander Britell CAYMAN BRAC — There is a large corner of the Cayman Brac Museum dedicated to ’32. That was the year that everything changed, when the great storm came, bringing an even greater wave, and much of Cayman Brac was washed away. But […]

Underwater Caribbean: Stingray City, Grand Cayman

Our inaugural Underwater Caribbean photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Taylormarie Martin, who took this snapshot at the Stingray City attraction in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Do you have a great underwater photo of the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with Underwater Caribbean in the subject line. It could be the next one! — CJ

A Secret Cigar Lounge in Grand Cayman

It’s just a few hundred miles from the Cayman Islands to Cuba. And for years, that’s meant a great deal of Cuban cultural influence in the British Overseas Territory, from music to rum. And it also means that Grand Cayman is one of the Caribbean’s cigar capitals. While there are cigar stores and lounges scattered […]

This is the Caribbean’s Best Vodka

We don’t write about vodka often in these pages — with good reason. But this is an exception. That’s because the Caribbean product we tried this week is rather unique. And it’s also the best vodka made in the Caribbean. Gun Bay Vodka is the brainchild of Cayman Spirits Co., the group behind Seven Fathoms […]

This is the Caribbean’s Best Airline Perk

Cayman Airways’ sweet touch By Alexander Britell Air travel isn’t getting better these days. Seats are narrower, service often an afterthought, especially on the big carriers. But one airline has figured out that it’s the little things that make a difference when you’re 30,000 feet in the sky. It isn’t a long flight from Miami […]

A Great Little Coffee Bar at Grand Cayman Airport

YOU MIGHT pass by it on the way home, or rush by on your way to the beach after arrival. But hidden in plain sight at Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts International is a rather good coffee bar called the Brew Hut. The bar-cafe, which debuted in November 2014, is home to top-notch Segafredo espresso, making it […]

Cayman Islands Reporting Slight Increase in Tourist Arrivals

Increase in first six months of 2015 By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands received 213,495 stayover arrivals in the first six months of 2015, according to the country’s department of tourism. That represented a 1.43 percent improvement over the same period in 2014, according to data from the government. The number was buoyed […]

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