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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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The Cayman Islands Just Set a Record For Tourist Arrivals

Above: the Cayman Islands By the Caribbean Journal The Cayman Islands just set a record for tourist arrivals. The territory received 45,467 stayover visitors in March, the largest number of stayover visitors arriving to the island one month in its history. Overall, the Cayman Islands welcomed 115,640 stayover visitors in the first quarter of 2015, […]

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A Caribbean “Hell” Gets a Facelift

Above: “Hell” in Grand Cayman By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands’ Tourism Attraction Board has completed substantial upgrading work at the famous “Hell” attraction in West Bay. The renovation projects included a reduced traffic island, improved landscaping and benches, new painting of the buildings and new murals, among other changes. New signs are […]

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Wyndham’s New Caribbean Resort

Above: the Reef Resort By the Caribbean Journal staff The Reef Resort in Grand Cayman has joined the Wyndham brand. The property has been rebranded as the Wyndham Reef Resort Grand Cayman. It had previously been a Wyndham Affiliate. “Becoming a full Wyndham property means we have a reach into a market we never had […]

A Caribbean “Hell” Gets a Facelift

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Getting away from it all shouldn’t have to mean spending it all. Here are a dozen cozy Caribbean roosts – all featuring rooms under $200 a night – where you can get your daily dose of vitamin “sea,” no second mortgage required. (Above: the beach at Lo Bleu Hotel […]

This is What the New Cayman Islands Airport Will Look Like

Above: the design for the new airport in Grand Cayman By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands Airport Authority is planning a major redevelopment and expansion of Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts International Airport, and now the concept designs have been revealed. The new designs were created by Florida-based RS&H group, and intend to reflect […]

Grand Cayman Marriott Completes $16 Million Renovation Project

Above: the Grand Cayman Marriott resort By the Caribbean Journal staff The Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort in the Cayman Islands has completed a more than $16 million renovation project. The project was the second phase of a larger renovation plan; this phase included a transformation of the resort’s lobby, restaurants, ballroom, meeting rooms and […]

Five Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do In the Caribbean

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Beyond all those white-sand beaches, rummy cocktails and duty-free shopping is a side of the Caribbean you probably didn’t know exists. Browse these unexpected island activities then tear yourself away from the sand for an experience you’ll never forget. Make your own perfume on St. Martin The French tradition […]

This is the Fastest-Growing Caribbean Destination for Europeans

Above: the Cayman Islands By the Caribbean Journal staff No destination in the Caribbean saw more growth from the European source market than the Cayman Islands in 2014, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The British Overseas Territory received a total of 36,405 tourists from Europe last year, a 30.9 percent increase in […]

Cayman: Tourist Arrivals Surged in 2014

Above: the Cayman Islands By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands received more than 380,000 stayover tourist arrivals in 2014, the best year for the destination in more than a decade. The total of 382,816 visitor air arrivals represented a 10.84 percent increase over the British Overseas Territory’s performance in 2014, according to data […]

A New $200 Million Caribbean Condominium Project Breaks Ground

Above; a rendering of the Gran Palazzo project By the Caribbean Journal staff A $200 million condominium project has broken ground in Grand Cayman. The Gran Palazzo project, the brainchild of Caymanian developer Lewis Ebanks, is located on North Sound at Crystal Harbour, next to the North Sound Golf Club. The project will include 123 […]

Cayman Premier Visits Kimpton Hotel Construction Site

Above: Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin (right) and Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin and Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell recently toured the construction site of the new Kimpton hotel project in Grand Cayman. The $240 million project is located on Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman; it is expected […]

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