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Is This Country a New Player in the Caribbean Cruise Sector?

Above: Guatemala’s Santo Tomas de Castilla Port By the Caribbean Journal staff Quietly, a new player has begun to emerge in the Caribbean cruise industry: Guatemala. The Central American country has received almost 220,000 cruise passengers in the last few […]

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St Lucia Set For Jump in Cruise Arrivals

Above: Port Castries By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia’s Port Castries is readying for a big jump in cruise arrivals in the coming season. The island is slated to receive around 650,000 cruise passengers and 375 ships in the […]

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Cozumel: Big Increase in Cruise Traffic

Above: Cozumel’s Puerta Maya cruise port By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of Cozumel off Mexico’s Caribbean coast is off to a very strong start in the cruise sector so far this year. Cozumel received 1.786 million cruise passenger […]

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Carnival to Develop $70 Million Cruise Port Project in Haiti

Above: a Carnival cruise ship By Alexander Britell MIAMI — The Caribbean’s newest port project is coming to Haiti. In a statement provided to Caribbean Journal, Carnival Corporation announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a […]


Haiti: Cruise Arrivals Rising in 2014

Above: Labadee, Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff As Haiti sees growth in stopover visits, the country is also showing strong improvement in the cruise sector. Haiti tallied 368,942 cruise passenger arrivals in the first half of 2014, according to […]


Norwegian Cruise Line Announces Order of Two New Ships

Above: a Norwegian Breakaway Plus class ship By the Caribbean Journal staff Norwegian Cruise Line has reached a deal to order two new Breakaway-Plus class ships, the company announced. The agreement with Germany’s MEYER WERFT provides for two new ships […]

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Cruise Officials Meet in US Virgin Islands

Above: Governor John de Jongh with cruise executives last week in St Croix (Photo: OG USVI) By the Caribbean Journal staff A high-level team of executives met last week in St Croix for a high-level cruise industry conference. The group […]


British Virgin Islands Sees Big Jump in Tourist Arrivals

Above: the British Virgin Islands By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands saw a 10.7 percent increase in stayover arrivals in the January and February, the largest increase of any destination in the Caribbean in that period, according […]


15 Great Summer Vacations in the Caribbean For 2014

It’s one of the region’s best-kept secrets: the Caribbean is an even cooler place in the summer. It might be the summer breezes, or the emptied-out beaches or the great deals. But when you’re planning your summer vacation, look no […]

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Cayman Islands Projects Increase of 300,000 Cruise Visitors in 2014

Above: Grand Cayman By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands is predicting a nearly 300,000-passenger increase in cruise arrivals this year, according to Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell. The Minister made the revelation a few weeks after the recent Cruise […]


VIDEO: Caribbean Cruise Industry Dances to Pharrell Williams' "Happy"

Above: CJ Travel Editor Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon stars in Onboard’s “Happy Video” By the Caribbean Journal staff MIAMI — The Caribbean cruise industry got into the “Happy” spirit this week, with help from attendees at the Cruise Shipping Miami conference. Caribbean […]


Strong Cruise Growth in US Virgin Islands

Above: Fort Christiansvaern in St Croix (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Virgin Islands saw strong growth in cruise tourism in 2013, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. Cruise passenger visits to the USVI […]