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These 20 Caribbean Resorts Feel Made for Romance, From All-Inclusive Escapes to Private Islands

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Romance takes different forms in the Caribbean. Sometimes it shows up in clean-lined modern design with a long horizon and a quiet beach club. Sometimes it leans timeless, wrapped in wood, stone, and slow dinners under palms. It can feel grand, played out across cliffs and infinity edges, or deeply intimate, contained within a handful […]

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5 New Punta Cana Resorts to Discover Right Now

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It may feel like a new resort opens in Punta Cana every week. And while that’s not literally true, the coastal hotspot in the Dominican Republic is home to almost 50,000 hotel rooms — with more in the pipeline. Indeed, the stretch of beaches ranging from Uvero Alto to the north to the corner of Cap […]

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The 10 Best Luxury Resorts in the Caribbean for 2022

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Luxury. It’s one of the most overused words in the travel industry; but that’s also because it’s just so hard to define. What makes luxury? Is it design? Is it food and beverage? Is it the natural environment? Is it service?  The answer is, of course, that it’s all of those things, and more. But […]

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The 10 Best Caribbean Beach Towns to Visit in 2022

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A parade of cafes at the edge of the sand; tiny bars and art galleries; a soundtrack of clacking plates and mopeds and afternoon laughter, silent and loud in all the right ways. Across the wider Caribbean one can find some of the most charming beach towns in the hemisphere; they’re not quite cities, they’re […]


The 10 Best Luxury Resorts in the Caribbean for 2022

A new luxury resort has opened its doors in the Dominican Republic: Marriott International’s new Ocean Club, a Luxury Collection Resort, Costa Norte, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new luxury resort, set in Sosua, is the first of three hotels in development on the north coast of the Dominican Republic by developer Grupo Ocean Club.  […]

Rum Journal: Karl Malone’s New Rum From the Dominican Republic

It began with cigars.  NBA Hall of Fame Karl Malone’s love affair with the Dominican Republic kicked off when he crafted his own line of cigars with one of the country’s most prominent cigarmarkers: La Aurora, whose operations in Santiago date back to 1903.  That partnership led to Karl Malone Barrel Aged, a six-year-aged blend […]

Major All-Inclusive Reopens in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

One of the most prominent all-inclusive resorts in Puerto Plata has reopened its doors, Caribbean Journal has confirmed.  The Senator Puerto Plata Resort officially reopened this week, following a $100 million project.  The resort has a total of 610 rooms, along with amenities like a Renova Spa and 13 different dining concepts.  Dominican Republic President […]

The Caribbean Travel Awards 2022

It seems that every year in the Caribbean we say it’s been a year like no other — but in the age of the pandemic, that’s a guarantee. And if 2020 was defined by the ongoing question of the tourism reopening, much of 2021 was defined by abundant tourism success. Even amid this unprecedented global […]

First Super 8 Hotels Break Ground in the Caribbean

Wyndham’s Super 8 budget hotel brand is expanding to the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  A pair of Super 8 by Wyndham properties have broken ground in the province of Monte Cristi in the northwest of the Dominican Republic.  The two hotels, which will combine for 120-room complex, one that will have event rooms, […]

The 5 Best Luxury Resorts in the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic often is viewed as a budget destination, which is fair since it’s a place where you can get a hotel/airfare package that includes a stay at a beachfront all-inclusive resort in Punta Cana more affordably than practically anywhere else in the Caribbean. But there’s another, more luxurious side to the Dominican Republic, […]

Grupo Puntacana Is Building a New Resort in the Dominican Republic

Grupo Puntacana, arguably the most significant developer in the Dominican Republic, is expanding to a new destination in the country.  The company behind Punta Cana International Airport and the Puntacana Resort and Club is planning to build a 500-room resort in Miches, the Dominican Republic’s hottest development destination (read CJI’s report on Miches here), according […]

Spirit Airlines Adding New Routes to Punta Cana, Jamaica

Spirit Airlines is adding several new flights to the Caribbean, including to popular destinations like Montego Bay, Jamaica and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.  The new routes will all launch out of Philadelphia International Airport.  On May 18, Spirit will launch four weekly flights from Philadelphia to Punta Cana, along with three weekly flights […]

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