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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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Hyatt Expands in Colombia

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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 […]

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Puerto Rico Air Traffic Is Surging

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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 […]

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Avianca, Azul Sign Interline Agreement

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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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Spirit Launches Two New Nonstop Routes to Jamaica

By the Caribbean Journal staff Continuing its rapid Caribbean expansion, low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines has officially launched two new nonstop routes to the island of Jamaica. Spirit’s new service includes nonstop routes from Orlando to both Kingston and Montego Bay. The new Montego Bay flights will operate four times each week on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays […]

Hilton Opens New Hotel in Colombia

By the Caribbean Journal staff Hilton continued its wider regional expansion this week with the debut of a new Hilton-branded hotel in Bogota, Colombia. The Hilton Bogota Corferias is HIlton’s 20th hotel in Colombia, with 410 rooms and 13,000 square feet of meeting and event space. “Colombia’s tourism industry continues to set records with a […]

San Juan’s Airport Is Picking Up Steam

By the Caribbean Journal staff It was a strong comeback for Puerto Rico’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in the final quarter of 2018, according to newly-released data from airport operator ASUR. San Juan’s air hub saw a 30.4 percent increase in passenger traffic in the last quarter compared to the same period in the […]