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Meet Goldwynn, the Sleek Residential Resort Changing the Hotel Experience on Nassau’s Cable Beach

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Goldwynn Resort and Residences brings 81 rooms, apartment-style accommodations and a low-rise boutique experience to one of Nassau’s most famous beaches. There is another side of Nassau, one that feels residential, sleek and strikingly close to the water. It is on Cable Beach, but removed from the larger resort scene nearby. And it may be […]

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Delta Launches New York-Bogota Flights

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There’s a new way to get to Bogota from the Northeast.  Delta Air Lines has officially launched a new nonstop route between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Bogota, Colombia’s El Dorado International Airport.  The new route is operating daily on Boeing 757-200 aircraft with 20 first class seats, 29 seats in Delta […]

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Aruba Airlines Launches New Flights to Colombia

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Aruba Airlines has launched a new nonstop service between Aruba and Barranquilla in Colombia.  The new service, which launched last week, will operate twice weekly, with flights on Mondays and Fridays, the company said. It’s part of quietly strong tourism growth for Barranquilla, which has seen new flights and new hotel development in recent years, […]

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At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a Look at the Ancient Caribbean

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A special exhibition highlighting the artistic achievements of early Caribbean civilizations will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning December 16. Showcasing more than 40 works drawn primarily from The Met collection and augmented by select loans from public and private collections in the United States, Arte del mar: Artistic Exchange in […]


Aruba Airlines Launches New Flights to Colombia

Hyatt has opened another new hotel in Colombia, this time with the debut of the Hyatt Place Bogota Convention Center.  It’s the latest debut for the Hyatt Place brand in the wider Caribbean Basin region, following the recent debut of the Hyatt Place in Aruba last month. “The Hyatt Place brand continues to strategically grow […]

Avianca, Azul Sign Interline Agreement

By the Caribbean Journal staff In a potentially important move for the wider Caribbean travel industry, Brazil’s Azul and Colombia’s Avianca have signed an interline agreement. The move by the two major Latin American carriers means the companies are now selling joint tickets for flights between their route networks. That means customers can buy one […]

Puerto Rico Air Traffic Is Surging

By the Caribbean Journal staff Traffic to Puerto Rico’s primary airport is surging, according to the latest totals from Mexico-based ASUR, which operates Luis Muñoz Marín airport. San Juan’s air hub saw 7.6 percent growth in August compared to the same month in 2018, with a total of 815.043 passengers. That was buoyed by a 9.6 […]

Melia Opens Newest Caribbean Hotel in Cartagena

By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the Caribbean’s hottest hotel investment destinations has a brand-new property: Cartagena. The tourism destination on the Caribbean coast of Colombia is now home to a new adults-only, all-inclusive hotel by Spanish travel giant Melia, the latest for the company in what is a growing regional portfolio. It’s called […]

Four Seasons Is Opening a New Caribbean Hotel in Cartagena

By the Caribbean Journal staff Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is adding a new hotel in the Caribbean. The luxury hotel brand is partnering with San Francisco Investments, a subsidiary of Valorem, to open a new luxury hotel and private residences project in Cartagena on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. The hotel will be set […]

Hotel Investment Continues to Grow in Colombia

By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the hottest hotel pipelines in the Caribbean Basin might not be the one you expect. Set on the southwestern coast of the Caribbean Sea, Colombia has almost 4,000 rooms in construction, according to the latest data from analytics firm STR. Colombia has 3,826 rooms in construction, the second […]

New Bogota-Curacao Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Strengthening what has always been a strong South American market for the Dutch Caribbean, low-cost carrier Wingo has launched its first-ever flights between Bogota, Colombia and Curacao. Wingo’s new flights are operating twice weekly, with service on Thursdays and Saturdays. It’s a boost for an island that welcomed around 23,000 […]

Puerto Rico’s Airport Is Surging

By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico’s Luis Munoz International Airport in San Juan is seeing surging growth, according to new data from parent company ASUR. The airport, one of the major regional hubs in the wider Caribbean, saw a 23.8 percent year-over-year increase in air traffic in the first quarter of 2019 compared to […]