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This Caribbean Beach Has Soft Sand, Vibrant Water, and a Barefoot Rhythm

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There is a version of the Caribbean that lives more in novels than in real life. It is barefoot and unhurried, defined by quiet mornings and long afternoons where nothing interrupts the rhythm of the sea. It exists without crowds or schedules, without spectacle. You come upon it by chance, often on foot, and it […]

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Broadway Is Coming to Crystal Cruises

Broadway is coming to Crystal Cruises. Luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises has signed an exclusive new partnership with multi-Tony Award-winning producer Kevin McCollum to introduce “Crystal on Broadway.” The new partnership will bring cast members and creative experts from some of theater’s top shows to Crystal’s venues, initially on the Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity […]

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Grenada Is Expecting a Cruise Surge

Grenada is expecting a major surge in cruise passenger arrivals over the next two years, according to the Grenada Tourism Authority. The GTA recently attended the Seatrade Cruise Global conference in Fort Lauderdale, with a delegation led by Tourism Minister Clarice Modeste-Curwen and GTA CEO Patricia Maher, among others. Maher said Grenada had been seeing […]

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The State of the Caribbean Cruise Industry

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The cruise industry isn’t slowing down — whether it’s a host of small-ship lines ramping up stops to Cuba or the entry of new players like Virgin Voyages. But what’s next for the Caribbean, a market where, by recent estimates, the cruise industry generated almost $3.2 billion in direct expenditures annually? To learn more, Caribbean Journal Editor […]


Grenada Is Expecting a Cruise Surge

Norwegian Cruise Line has added a new “escape room” style experience to the company’s four newest ships. It’s called Escape the Big Top, and it sees guests experience “the magic of an escape room with a twist, as they put their critical thinking skills to the test in a physical adventure game to solve challenges […]

Celebrity Cruises Reveals New “Celebrity Edge” Ship

Celebrity Cruises has offered the first look at its planned “Celebrity Edge” cruise ship, which was designed completely in 3D. The 2,918-guest ship has dramatically expanded staterooms and a rather clever “magic carpet” moving ship-side platform. “Celebrity Edge is one of the most exciting, innovative and transformational ships I have ever been involved with,” said […]

Caribbean Makes Cruise Push at Seatrade

Destinations from around the Caribbean gathered this week for the Seatrade Cruise Global conference, the world’s leading cruise industry event. Officials from Antigua and Barbuda to the U.S. Virgin Islands were on hand to promote their ports of call. Most officials Caribbean Journal talked to were quite bullish about the region and the cruise industry at […]

Ice Bar: The Coolest Bar in the Caribbean Is on a Cruise Ship

Where’s the coolest bar in the Caribbean? By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor This is definitely the coolest bar in the Caribbean. In fact, a more accurate description would be frigid. How better to characterize the “weather” inside Norwegian Getaway’s Svedka Vodka and Inniskillin Ice Wine Ice Bar, where the temperature is a bone-chilling 15 […]

BVI Leading Regional Cruise Tourism Growth

The British Virgin Islands is the fastest-growing cruise destination in the Caribbean, according to the latest numbers from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The archipelago reported a total of 699,105 cruise passenger arrivals last year, a 35.4 percent increase over 2015. That was the largest increase of any destination in the Caribbean, followed by Martinique at […]

Guy Harvey's Conservation Cruise

Norwegian Cruise Line is partnering with the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation and Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute to host an ocean conservation-themed Cruise on Norwegian Escape this fall. Departing Oct. 21 from Miami, the cruise will have guests experience an exciting week of breathtaking tropical destinations, along with the opportunity to meet Harvey […]

“Carnival Journeys” Cruise Program Is Expanding

Carnival Cruise Line has expanded its Carnival Journeys “enrichment” cruise series with a host of new 12- to 14-day voyages departing from homeports along the East and West Coasts and the Gulf of Mexico in 2018 and 2019. The new voyages are in addition to a number of previously announced nine- to 15-day Carnival Journeys cruises departing […]

Norwegian Cruise Line Adding Four New Ships

Norwegian Cruise line Holdings is expanding its fleet. The company has reached an agreement with shipbuilder Ficantieri S.p.A. to build the next generation of its Norwegian Cruise Line brand. Four ships are now on order for delivery in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. The four 140,00 gross ton ships will each accommodate around 3,300 guests, […]