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JetBlue Has New Nonstop Flights to St. Maarten, the Dual-Destination Caribbean Island With Food, Fun, and Picture-Perfect Beaches

 A beach on the French side.

Sunset cocktails along the boardwalk. An afternoon of shopping in Philipsburg. Dinners in Grand Case that stretch late into the night — St. Maarten is just a fun place to be — and the Caribbean island has a way of making even simple rituals feel like part of its identity. With JetBlue’s new nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale, travelers now […]

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First W Hotel Opens in Colombia

Above: the Living Room at the W Bogota By the Caribbean Journal staff There’s a new W in Colombia. Starwood Hotels and Resorts debuted its new W Bogota hotel in Colombia’s capital city on Monday. The hotel is the latest brand to debut in Colombia, which has seen a wave of brands big and small […]

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IHG Adds Another Colombia Hotel

Above: a rendering of the property By the Caribbean Journal staff InterContinental Hotels Group’s Colombia push shows no signs of slowing down. The regional hospitality giant has announced the opening of a new Holiday Inn Express property in Yopal, Colombia, around 200 miles from the country’s capital, Bogota. The 89-room hotel is located in the […]

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Avianca Continues Fleet Expansion

Above: an Avianca plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Avianca is continuing its fleet expansion plan. The Colombia-based carrier took delivery of 10 new planes in the July-September quarter, the company announced. The refleeting included the phasing out of two ATR 42 planes, meaning the carrier ended the quarter with an operating fleet of 165 […]

IHG Adds Another Colombia Hotel

Above: Medellin By the Caribbean Journal staff InterContinental Hotels Group is expanding its presence in Colombia. IHG announced the signing of a new-build Crowne Plaza project in the Colombian city of Medellin. The 199-room project will be located in the city’s “El Poblado” neighbourhood in one of the towers of the Palmanova mixed-use development. It […]

Hilton Opens New Hotel in Colombia

Above: Baranquilla By the Caribbean Journal staff Another major hotel company is expanding in Colombia. Hilton announced that a new Hilton Garden Inn had opened its doors in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla. The 223-room property is the brand’s first hotel in Colombia and Hilton’s seventh in the country. “Colombia is an important country […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: Morning in Cartagena, Colombia

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Chris Roberts, who sent in this snapshot of morning in the Caribbean city of Cartagena, Colombia. Did you take a great photo of the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line and it could be the next one! — CJ

Radisson Expanding in Colombia

Above: the ar Hotel Salitre in Bogota By the Caribbean Journal staff The Radisson brand is expanding in Colombia. Parent company Carlton Rezidor Hotel Group announced that the brand would be opening its newest South American property in Bogota next month. The Radisson Hotel Bogota Airport will be located what was the Ar Hotel Bogota, […]

Avianca Reports Jump in Passengers, Operating Revenue

Above: an Avianca plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Colombia-based regional carrier Avianca reported operating revenue of $49.8 million in the second quarter, the company announced in a release. That represented a growth in the company’s operational margin from 3.2 percent in 2013 to 4.4 percent in 2014. The carrier also reported a 5.9 percent […]

Avianca Takes Delivery of New Plane For Guatemala, Honduras Routes

Above: a new ATR By the Caribbean Journal staff Avianca has taken delivery of a new ATR 72-600 plane for service in Central America. The turboprop plane is the first to enter the Central American region, and will begin operations on Aug. 15 servicing routes from Guatemala City and Flores and between Guatemala City and […]

Colombia Ambassador Visits Puerto Rico

Above: Acting Governor David Bernier and Colombia’s Ambassador to the United States, Luis Carlos Villegas (Photo: OG Puerto Rico) By the Caribbean Journal staff Colombia’s Ambassador to the United States, Luis Carlos Villegas, visited Puerto Rico this week, the first-ever official visit of a Colombian Ambassador to the island. Villegas met with Acting Governor David […]

Haiti Prime Minister Visits Colombia

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe in Colombia (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe departed the country Wednesday for an official visit to Colombia. The purpose of Lamothe’s visit was to attend the inauguration ceremony of incoming Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos. On Thursday, Lamothe met with Colombian […]