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These 20 Laid-Back Beach Resorts Deliver a Caribbean Vacation Right on the Sand

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You wake up, you head for the sand. Then you do it again. Some Caribbean vacation aren’t about striking statements or grand gestures. They’re not always about luxury — or, that is to say, they’re about another kind of luxury: the perfect beach day.  It’s that feeling of stepping onto warm sand with nothing on […]

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Dreams All-Inclusive Planning March Relaunch in Panama

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The all-inclusive Dreams Playa Bonita resort in Panama will be opening at the end of the first quarter, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The resort, which is parent company AMResorts’ only hotel property in Panama, will reopen on March 10, 2021, according to AMResorts’ website.  The property, a short drive from Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport, […]

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Sunwing Suspending Outgoing Caribbean Flights Amid Coronavirus

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Sunwing is suspending all of its outgoing Caribbean flights for the next two weeks amid the coronavirus epidemic.  The Canadian travel giant said it would be suspending all flights to its “sun” destinations for the next two weeks in order to focus on repatriating Canadians currently in their travel destinations.  It’s part of a wider […]

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Belize Has Quietly Become a Caribbean Hotspot

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Long a well-kept secret for travelers in the know, Belize has quietly become a full-fledged Caribbean hotspot in recent years, buoyed by one of the region’s fastest rates of tourism growth.  And now it’s borne out by the data — Belize just set a new all-time record for tourism arrivals to the destination, Caribbean Journal has […]


Sunwing Suspending Outgoing Caribbean Flights Amid Coronavirus

The barrels were an afterthought, hidden away in the corner of the rum factory. And while they were few in number, these “lost” barrels held something rather special. And now Papa’s Pilar, the rum brand named for Ernest Hemingway’s fishing boat that continues to put out inspired, innovative and just plain satisfying rum blends out […]

Accor Names New CEO for Americas

By the Caribbean Journal staff Fast-expanding hotel giant Accor has named a new CEO to lead its North America and Central America regions, the company announced this week. The company has tapped Heather McCrory for the role, in which she will have “strategic oversight” over 115 hotels and more than 28,000 employees in the two […]

Holland America Line’s Newest Panama Canal Cruises

By the Caribbean Journal staff Holland America Line is planning a big push to the Panama Canal this upcoming season. The cruise line will run a total of 32 sailings to the Canal from September 2019 and May 2020, it announced this week. That will include seven ships and a total of 16 unique itineraries, […]

Travelers Are Flocking to Belize Right Now

By Alexander Britell and Dana Niland Belize is one of the hottest destinations in the region right now, according to the latest data from the country’s tourism board. The country on the Caribbean coast of Central America reported 14.6 percent growth in stayover arrivals last year, one of the fastest growth rates of any destination […]

JW Marriott Opening in Panama

By the Caribbean Journal staff The JW Marriott brand is coming to Panama. The Bahia Grand Panama, which first opened in 2011 as a Trump hotel, will be rebranded as a JW Marriott. It had been operating as an independent hotel. Ithaca Capital, Hotel ToC and Marriott International signed the agreements to rebrand the property […]

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Appoints New Regional Vice President

Above: the W Vieques By the Caribbean Journal staff Starwood Hotels and Resorts has named a new vice president of operations for the Mexico, Central America and Caribbean region, the company announced this week. The new appointment is Jean-Marc Janod, who has been with the company for more than two decades. He was most recently […]

Copa Launches Belize Flights

Panama-based air carrier Copa Airlines has officially begun service between Panama and Belize. The airline’s first flight from Panama to Belize arrived on Tuesday carrying 92 passengers. Belize becomes Copa’s seventh destination in Central America. “For COPA Airlines this is a very proud moment for us to begin operations in this new destination with which […]

Delta Launching New Flights Between Los Angeles, Nicaragua

Above: the Hotel Contempo in Managua By the Caribbean Journal staff Delta Air Lines is launching new seasonal service from Los Angeles to Managua, Nicaragua. The weekly service will launch June 5. Delta already offers daily nonstop service from Atlanta to Managua. It will include a Los Angeles-Managua flight on Fridays and a Managua-Los Angeles […]