Pink sand runs uninterrupted for miles along Barbuda’s southwest coast. The shoreline is flat and wide. Low vegetation stretches inland. There are no high-rise resorts and no dense hotel clusters. Now Nobu is moving deeper into that landscape, several years after opening the beachfront Nobu eatery and club on the island. Nobu Hospitality has announced […]
The salsa. The rum. The mofongo. If you’ve been following Caribbean travel in the last half-decade, you know just how popular Puerto Rico has been, with surging arrivals that really haven’t shown any signs of slowing down. The secret? Lots of flights, and lots of cheap flights. The island has been adding new routes from […]
It’s sometimes hard to believe you can be in the middle of a Caribbean city and find a stretch of sand like you do in Condado, home to one of Puerto Rico’s nicest beaches perched right on the Atlantic Ocean. It’s a beach that’s also home to one of the best places to stay in […]
If you’ve been to San Juan, Puerto Rico, you know it’s a vibrant, culturally fascinating, entertaining urban Caribbean destination, whether you’re watching a concert at Distrito T-Mobile, dining your way through eateries like Marmalade or Mario Pagan or exploring the history of the Piña Colada at Barrachina. And while Puerto Rico’s tourism industry has been […]
The evening salsa of Old San Juan. The cheerful twilight chirp of the coqui frog. The decadent delight that is mofongo. The lush greenery, cascading waterfalls, and diverse wildlife of El Yunque. There are countless reasons why Puerto Rico is one of the most popular places to visit in the Caribbean. In the last four […]
Hilton has quietly opened a new hotel in Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal has learned. The company has debuted a new Hilton Garden Inn in San Juan’s vibrant Condado district. The hotel, which has a total of 240 rooms, is set in what was previously the Condado Plaza complex. It’s set right on Condado’s main thoroughfare, […]
Puerto Rico’s Hotel Miramar, a boutique property between Condado and Old San Juan, is now under new management, Caribbean Journal has learned. The hotel is now managed by Remington Hospitality, which has been steadily growing its footprint in the Caribbean region in the last two years. The boutique property will soon be getting a “refresh,” […]
The Condado neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico is one of the most vibrant urban areas in the Caribbean, from luxury shopping to high-end eateries to resorts and casinos. Now it’s home to another new boutique hotel, and it’s one of the most colorful hotels on the San Juan hotel scene. Choice Hotels’ Ascend Hotel […]
Hilton is planning a significant expansion of its hotel portfolio in Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The company is planning to “more than double” its portfolio on the island. That will include new hotels across several different brands, including the Tapestry Collection, Curio Collection and Condado Plaza Hilton brands. Hilton will also be […]
For almost a half-century, it has been the resort you simply can’t miss if you’re in San Juan’s buzzy Condado neighborhood: La Concha, the tropical masterpiece by Toro Ferrer. That includes a large-scale renovation project of the mid-century classic back in 2008, when the hotel joined Marriott’s Renaissance brand. (What didn’t change was the signature […]
While Puerto Rico has been seeing dynamic tourism growth since the pandemic, that wasn’t the case a decade ago. That was when hospitality stars Loisse Herger and Fernando Davila took a chance and opened an innovative new boutique hotel in the heart of the Condado district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Inspired by their travels […]
Puerto Rico has never been hotter, buoyed by a pandemic-era boom that filled its hotels to capacity and put a new travel spotlight on the destination. It seems like new flights routes launch just about every week to the island, the airport is dizzyingly busy as travelers finally start to realize just how diverse, vibrant […]
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