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Cruise Arrivals Keep Climbing in St Kitts, Hitting a New Post-Pandemic High

St Kitts saw another big climb in cruise passenger arrivals in the just-concluded peak cruise season, with more travelers heading to the island’s Port Zante.  In all, the island welcomed nearly 750,000 cruise passengers between October of last year and […]

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Four Seasons’ First Cruise “Yacht” Will Have a Champagne and Caviar Bar 

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Luxury resort brands are getting into the small-ship cruise space. Ritz-Carlton already has two ships, and now Four Seasons is at it, too, with plans for a “yacht” of its own.  The Four Seasons I ship, which makes its debut […]

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Royal Caribbean’s Next Big Cruise Ship Now Has a Name, With Plans for a November 2026 Debut 

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Royal Caribbean’s next big cruise ship now has a name, Caribbean Journal has learned.  It’s called Legend of the Seas, and it will be making its first Caribbean sailings in the fall of 2026 as the next member of the […]

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Carnival’s New Grand Bahama Cruise Destination Is Planning a July Opening 

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Gold Rock Beach. The Port Lucaya Marketplace. The conch salad. Dinner at Flying Fish. Travelers are increasingly hip to the renaissance of Grand Bahama, which has several new projects underway including a new Six Senses.  But the biggest infusion into […]

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This Cruise Ship Just Made Its First Call on St Kitts’ Port Zante 

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It’s one of the fastest-growing cruise ports in the Eastern Caribbean, and now St Kitts’ Port Zante has another new ship in its portfolio.  The new Iona ship, part of the P&O Cruises fleet, made its first call on Port […]


Corendon Is Getting into Cruising, With Plans to Start Later This Year

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European travel brand Corendon, which has several resorts in the Dutch Caribbean, is getting into cruising.  The company is launching its first-ever Caribbean cruises, with plans to homeport in Curacao.  So far, the early returns are strong, with applications “exceeding […]


Barbados Kicks Off Cruise Season With First-Ever Visit By New Ritz-Carlton Yacht

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Cruise season is now underway in Barbados, and the island kicked things off with a major new arrival: Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s Ilma ship.  The brand-new 224-suite boutique ship made its first call in Bridgetown last week.  “The Ritz-Carlton brand is […]

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The Dominican Republic Just Set Another Tourism Record: 11 Million Visitors in One Year 

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For much of the last two years, the Dominican Republic has been making tourism history seemingly every month. And that was true again this week with the country topping another major milestone: 11 million visitors in one year.  Dominican Republic […]


Saint Lucia’s Cruise Port Just Began a Major Redevelopment 

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Saint Lucia’s primary cruise port in Castries is getting a major makeover, one that just began this week with the demolition of the city’s Customs and Excise Department building. The project is the beginning of what officials are calling a […]


St Kitts Is Hot Right Now, With Cruise and Hotel Numbers Surging

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St Kitts is having a major December, with both cruise and hotel numbers surging, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The island welcomed 11,334 passengers to the island on Dec. 26 alone, with six different ships arriving at Port Zante.  The island […]

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“The Caribbean Is the Soul of Royal Caribbean”

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The Caribbean Tourism Organization hosted a major summit with Royal Caribbean this month in Miami, gathering ministers and directors of tourism to talk about sustainability, sourcing and economic growth in the region.  The summit, held on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of […]


Turks and Caicos Cruises Are Booming This Year

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Cruise passengers keep coming to Turks and Caicos. The destination is reporting more than 1 million cruise passengers so far this year, through the first 10 months of 2024.  A total of 1,034,251 cruise passengers have come to the Grand […]


Ritz-Carlton’s New Luxury “Yacht” Is Now In San Juan, Puerto Rico for the Season 

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Don’t call it a cruise ship. Ritz-Carlton’s new luxury “yacht” is officially in the Caribbean, with its new “Ilma” making its inaugural call in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  The ship will be home-porting out of San Juan this season, with […]