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American Airlines Is Adding Nonstop Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous for Its Blue Water, Waterfront Resorts, and Unmistakable Character

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Some islands are defined by scale; Bimini is defined by stories. It’s the closest Bahamian island to the U.S., but it has always carried an outsized place in the Caribbean imagination — a strip of land where writers, activists, fishermen and wanderers have all left their mark. With American Airlines launching the only nonstop flights […]

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At This Bahamas Resort, Nine Days of Christmas

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One of The Bahamas’ most beloved hotels is planning a major celebration of Christmas this year.  It’s called Nine Days of Comfort Suites Christmas, and it’s a series of holiday events beginning Dec. 24 and running through the first of the year at the Comfort Suites Paradise Island resort.  The program will range from nightly […]

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Shaggy Is Spreading Caribbean Christmas Cheer in Jamaica and Beyond

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If you can’t be in the Caribbean this holiday season, the new Christmas album by reggae star Shaggy will fill your stocking with island cheer. The multi-Grammy Award winner and native of Kingston, Jamaica says the record was inspired by seeing so many tourists coming down to Jamaica for the holidays without necessarily getting introduced […]

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St Croix’s Christmas Festival Is Going Virtual

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St Croix’s popular Crucian Christmas Festival is going virtual this year.  The island’s annual holiday fete will run virtually from Dec. 11 to Jan. 6, with a “robust” lineup of music, entertainment and online events, according to the US Virgin Islands Division of Festivals.  The move comes after the USVI held a very popular virtual […]


Shaggy Is Spreading Caribbean Christmas Cheer in Jamaica and Beyond

By the Caribbean Journal staff From the popular “Ag” Festival to Crucian Christmas, the USVI is one of the Caribbean’s hubs for great events. And now the territory’s Department of Tourism has launched a new division to enhance these assets. The USVI has launched a new Division of Festivals, naming Assistant Commissioner of Tourism Elizabeth […]

At St Croix’s Christmas Festival, An Island Shows Its Strength

By Alexander Britell FREDERIKSTED – Nobody seems quite sure what it’s called. The Festival Village? The Village Festival? The Christmas Village? (Actually, it’s the Christmas Festival). All that matters is that come Dec. 26 each year, Crucians say a simple refrain: “I’m going to the village tonight.” This year, St Croix’s biggest event of the […]

In the BVI, It’s Christmas in July

By the Caribbean Journal staff Beaches, parties, yachts, turquoise waters, cocktails and spectacular music. If a BVI vacation feels like Christmas in July, well, it actually is. This year is the latest annual edition of the BVI’s Christmas in July event, a popular weekend party held on Virgin Gorda’s Pond Bay Beach. The party is […]

Nigel Spence: Christmas in Jamaica

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor As we approach my most favorite time of the year, I am somewhat saddened by the backdrop of fear and apprehension that has slowly taken over our Nation and which now understandably lurks in the back of people’s minds. What has traditionally been known as the “joyous” Season is fighting […]

Where These Celebrities Spent the Holidays in the Caribbean

Where celebrities spent the holidays By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon Travel Editor If you spent the holidays in the Caribbean you were in good company; several celebrities swapped sunshine for snow and enjoyed some downtime in our favorite part of the world. Social media was abuzz with sightings of Justin Bieber in Anguilla, where he soaked up […]

The Caribbean’s Coolest Christmas Tree

The Caribbean’s most wine-friendly hotel has a special twist By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor It looks like it’s going to be a very merry Christmas in Nassau, where the Christmas tree at the venerable hotel and restaurant Graycliff, is made entirely of wine bottles. We suppose the nifty use of the bottles really shouldn’t […]

In Trinidad, Turning a Christmas Tree Into Art

A Caribbean Christmas Tree Made From Bamboo By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Oh, Christmas tree! We’re merry impressed with this inventive Caribbean riff on the traditional fir tree in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Trinidad in Port-Of-Spain. The show-stopping, 20-foot-tall bamboo-inspired Christmas creation is the work of avant-garde local designer, Brian MacFarlane. It’s […]

How to Make a Coquito — Puerto Rico’s Christmas Cocktail

A sweet wintertime treat By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor The pina colada is Puerto Rico’s national drink but at this time of year tastebuds are tempted by another rum-and-coconut concoction, coquito. Made with white Puerto Rican rum and coconut cream it’s a sweet and potent punch traditionally served at Christmas time, when it is […]