The Caribbean cruise season is officially underway in St. Maarten. On Thursday, five cruise ships — Azamara Quest, Star Pride, Valiant Lady, Star of the Seas, and Independence of the Seas — docked at Port St. Maarten, bringing thousands of passengers and signaling the start of the 2025–2026 high season. “The port has done its […]
It’s one of the signatures of a great Spanish Caribbean town, the Malecon, that vibrant, always-bustling waterfront boulevard that is the seaside town square of downtowns from Havana to Santo Domingo. Now, you can add another one to the pantheon: San Pedro Macoris, which just inaugurated its completely remodeled malecon. The new-look thoroughfare was inaugurated […]
JetBlue is expanding in the Caribbean Basin again. The New York City-based carrier has announced plans to launch its first-ever service from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Guatemala City. The new flights will operate daily beginning June 1, according to the company. “With new destinations on tap for 2020, more flights in […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian travel company Sunwing is launching a pair of new nonstop routes to destinations in Mexico. The carrier will be launching new weekly flights from Victoria, British Columbia to Mazatlan and Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. The Mazatlan flights will run on Saturdays from Dec. 21 through March 28, 2020, while the new flights […]
