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JetBlue Is Bringing More Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous For Green Mountains, Chocolate, and Romantic Vacations 

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You don’t just dive into Saint Lucia. You discover it, glimpse by glimpse, layer by layer. The first view is usually green — impossibly green — as rainforest folds into volcanic ridges and then drops toward the sea. By the time you reach the coast, the island has already shifted your pace. Mornings stretch longer […]

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Air Transat Is Relaunching Havana, Cuba Flights 

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Air Transat is relaunching its Havana service for the upcoming winter tourist season, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Canadian carrier is set to restart flights between Montreal and Havana on Dec. 19.  The service will be operating three times each week, according to the company.  “Many Canadians are finally ready to take the trip they […]

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Pullman Is Opening Its First French Caribbean Hotel 

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By Alexander Britell Accor’s Pullman brand is opening its first-ever hotel in the French Caribbean, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The 102-room Pullman Royal Key Wellness Resort will be set on a peninsula on Moule Bay on the island of Grand-Terre.  The wellness-focused hotel will have 11 spa rooms, a gamma, a pool, a sensory […]

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Southwest Airlines Is Adding More Cuba Flights 

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Southwest Airlines is adding more flights to Cuba, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The low-cost carrier is ramping up its flights to Cuba from South Florida beginning in the first week of May.  That will include three daily roundtrip flights between Fort Lauderdale and Havana, according to a statement from the company.  That same week, Southwest […]


Pullman Is Opening Its First French Caribbean Hotel 

Air France will be operating more flights to the Caribbean this summer than it did before the onset of the pandemic, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The French carrier said this week it would be operating “above pre-crisis levels” to destinations including North America, Africa and the Caribbean this summer.  Air France said the increase was […]

A New Hotel Just Opened in Havana, Cuba

The first new hotel to debut in Cuba since the pandemic has opened its doors in Havana.  Southeast Asian firm Archipelago has debuted its new property on the island, the Grand Aston La Habana Hotel.  The 600-room sky rise is set in the heart of Havana’s Vedado neighborhood on the edge of the storied Malecon.  […]

Iberia Is Adding More Flights to the Dominican Republic 

Spanish carrier Iberia Airline is adding more flights to the Dominican Republic, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The airline will be operating up to nine weekly flights from Madrid to the Dominican Republic this summer.  That’s part of what will represent a return to 85 percent of its pre-pandemic capacity, according to the Dominican Republic Ministry […]

Sunwing Just Added More Cuba Flights

Sunwing has added another flight to the island of Cuba.  The Canadian travel giant has added a second weekly flight between Halifax and Cuba’s beach destination of Varadero.  The new flight is operating weekly on Thursdays, with service through April 28, 2022.  It compliments existing Halifax-Varadero service that’s operating on Saturdays.  That flight is running […]

Blue Diamond Opens Starfish All-Inclusive in Cuba

Blue Diamond has opened the Starfish Cayo Guillermo resort in Cuba, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The 296-room all-inclusive resort is the 21st hotel for the company in Cuba.  “We are excited to welcome Starfish Cayo Guillermo to the Blue Diamond Resorts family and offer our unique service standards and updated amenities to guests of this […]

Blue Diamond Is Reopening Eight Cuba Resorts in December

Canadian hotel company Blue Diamond is opening eight resorts in Cuba in December, Caribbean Journal has learned.  On Dec. 20, the company will relaunch the Starfish Cayo Guillermo; Grand Memories Santa Maria; Sanctuary at Grand Memories Santa Maria; Memories Paraiso; Starfish Cayo Santa Maria; Starfish Montehabana; Starfish Cuatro Palmas and Starfish Las Palmas.  The company’s […]

Southwest Airlines Is Relaunching Another Cuba Route

Southwest Airlines is relaunching what was its most prominent route to Cuba in February, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The carrier will be resuming daily flights between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Havana on Feb. 17, 2022.  That complements existing daily service between Tampa and Havana; that route resumed at the beginning of December.  It’s not […]

It’s Getting Easier for Canadians to Visit Cuba

It’s about to get significantly easier for Canadians to visit Cuba.  According to Canada-based travel giant Sunwing, beginning Nov. 15, fully vaccinated travelers to Cuba won’t need to provide a test or quarantine upon arrival in Cuba.  Passengers will have to provide proof of vaccination and complete a health form on board their flight, along […]