choice hotels

Choice Hotels Adds New VP for the Caribbean

 Choice Hotels has named a new regional Vice President of franchise sales development for the Ascent Hotel Collection, the company said this week.  Choice Hotels has tapped Glenn Gordon to the role, in which he will lead the growth of …

Choice Hotels Adds AMResorts All-Inclusives to Loyalty Program

 Choice Hotels has completed the onboarding of more than 50 AMResorts all-inclusive resorts to its network.  The move is the result of a strategic agreement with AMResorts’ parent company, Apple Leisure Group, signed last year, which allows for members of …

AMResorts, Choice Hotels Launching Partnership

 By the Caribbean Journal staff Fast-expanding luxury all-inclusive brand AMResorts has entered into a strategic partnership with Choice Hotels, the two sides announced. The arrangement aims to enhance Choice’s loyalty program, Choice Privileges, by allowing members to earn and redeem …

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A New CEO at Choice Hotels

 By the Caribbean Journal staff Hospitality giant Choice Hotels officially has a new CEO. Patrick Pacious began his tenure as the company’s president and chief executive officer this week. He succeeds former CEO Steve Joyce, who was recently tapped as …

Choice Expands in the Bahamas

 By the Caribbean Journal staff Choice Hotels International is expanding its portfolio in the region. The company’s Ascent Hotel Collection has announced the addition of the Hope Town Harbour Lodge in the Abacos archipelago of the Bahamas. The lodge is …

St Maarten’s Alegria Joins Choice Hotels Ascend Collection

 Above: Alegria in St Maarten By the Caribbean Journal staff St Maarten’s Alegria hotel has joined Choice Hotels’ Ascend Hotel Collection. The 78-room hotel on the southern coast of St Maarten is the 11th hotel in the Choice Hotels Caribbean …

Choice Hotels Taps Dennis Wynn For Caribbean Portfolio

 Above: the Comfort Suites in Paradise Island (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Choice Hotels has named Dennis Wynn to oversee the company’s franchise sales efforts in the Caribbean, the company announced. Wynn, who was appointed Director of Membership …

Choice Hotels to Open Guyana Property

 Above: Georgetown, Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Choice Hotels International will soon debut a new property in Guyana, the company announced. The 25-room Georgetown property, part of Choice Hotels’ Ascend Hotel Collection, is slated to open in the early …

 

Opinion

Caribbean Aviation Is Critical. That’s Why It Needs to Get Better.

 The importance of air transport for the Caribbean is self-evident. As a result, many efforts and funds have been directed towards attempts to improve the Caribbean’s air transport competitiveness. A 2018 CDB working paper on regional air connectivity titled ‘Air …

• Solving the Caribbean Air Tax Problem

• Op-Ed: The Future of Caribbean Air Transport

Rum Journal

Rum Journal: A New Brugal from the Dominican Republic 

 While you may not realize it, the Dominican Republic’s Ron Brugal the most popular rum brand within the Caribbean — that is, as a measure of consumption in the region.  That’s not exactly a surprise, given that it’s the number …

• From the Dominican Republic to Palm Island, 5 Places to Go in July

• The Best Hotels in Martinique, From Boutique Stays to Beach Resorts

Markets

Listing of the Week: A $16 Million Abaco Private Island Villa 

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• 143-Room Caribbean Hotel Sold for $40M 

• Bonefishing Lodge on Bahamas’ Long Island Hits the Market