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These 10 Caribbean Islands Are Small, Quietly Cool, and Full of Personality

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Riding a flats boat through the mangroves, the engine cut low, water so clear you can see the bottom slide past. Walking a beach long enough that the footprints behind you disappear before you reach the next bend. Standing at the edge of a dock while a resident grouper circles below, close enough that you […]

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Antigua Tourism Quickly Bounces Back From Irma

By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua’s tourism industry has quickly bounced back from Hurricane Irma, with excursions, restaurants and hotels reopening for business. Popular restaurants like Beach Limers, Coconut Grove, Sheer Rocks, Turners and Le Bistro have already opened their doors, while tour operators have also reopened to provide everything from safari land tours to […]

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Bahamas “Back to Business” After Irma

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas is “back to business” after the passage of Hurricane Irma, officials said Wednesday. All airports in The Bahamas are now open and operating, with international and domestic service having resumed. Major properties in Nassau have already welcomed new guests, and cruise ships were slated to begin arriving in […]

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Windstar: Best Caribbean Cruise Line: Readers’ Choice 2017

There’s a new leader in the Caribbean cruise industry: Windstar Cruises. The luxury small-ship cruise line has taken home Caribbean Journal’s 2017 Readers’ Choice Award as the Best Caribbean Cruise Line. The award is the result of surveys of Caribbean Journal’s audience of more than 100,000 daily email subscribers and more than 500,000 unique visitors […]


Bahamas “Back to Business” After Irma

By the Caribbean Journal staff Design work has begun on the major new cruise terminal at Florida’s Port Canaveral. The Canaveral Port Authority has contracted with CH2M Engineering to provide the waterside design, engineering and support services for the Cruise Terminal 3. The two-year work plan aims to build a state-of-the-art facility capable of serving […]

Jamaica Tourism is Surging in 2017

By Alexander Britell After several years of middling stayover arrival numbers, Jamaica is showing strong growth so far in 2017, according to the latest numbers released by the Jamaica Tourist Board. Jamaica has reported 1.183 million stayover tourists in the first half of 2017, a 4.3 percent increase compared to the first six months of […]

Carnival to Debut New Teppanyaki Restaurant

A new kind of restaurant is coming to Carnival Cruise Line: a Teppanyaki eatery. Teppanyaki is a traditional method of Japanese cooking whose name is derived from the combination of the words “teppan” or iron plate with “yaki” meaning grilled or pan-fried. The new 133,500-ton Carnival Horizon, which is making its debut in the spring […]

Norwegian’s New Ship Will Have a Margaritaville at Sea

Norwegian Cruise Line’s new Norwegian Bliss ship will have a Margaritaville at Sea. The company announced the offering as part of a host of new amenities on the ship, which will include everything from a two-level race track to a hibachi steakhouse. But that will include the floating Margaritaville, a concept that first debuted on […]

Grenada Tourism Showing Solid Growth

Grenada is showing solid growth in 2017, according to the latest data fro the Grenada Tourism Authority. The country’s stayover tourist arrivals were up 5 percent in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016, buoyed by a 10 percent increase in arrivals from the United States. Grenada also reported a […]

Norwegian Bliss Will Have a Two-Level Race Track

Norwegian Cruise Line has announced the new features on its under-construction Norwegian Bliss ship, with one major party piece: a two-level racetrack. The ship, which will be sailing to the Caribbean with voyages to the Mexican Riviera beginning in June 2018, will have the largest competitive race track at sea at nearly 1,000 feet. The […]

Santo Domingo Showing Cruise Growth

The Dominican Republic’s capital is showing strong growth as a cruise destination, according to the latest numbers from the country’s Ministry of Tourism. Santo Domingo has reported a total of 97,087 passengers arriving to its ports of Don Diego and San Souci in the first half of 2017. Indeed, that represents a 102.16 percent increase […]

St Lucia’s Big Cruise Port Expansion

St. Lucia is making progress on a significant expansion project at Port Castries. The Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority is construction an extension of Cruise Ship Berth 1 at Castries’ Pointe Seraphine, aiming to facilitate the mooring of Quantum-class vessels in wind speeds up to 40 knots. The current berth will be extended […]

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