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This Tiny Caribbean Island Isn’t For Everyone — And That’s What Makes It Cool. 

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Some Caribbean islands are shaped by beaches, resorts, and easy shorelines. Saba is shaped by edges — sharp cliffs, climbing roads, and an island silhouette that doesn’t resemble anywhere else in the region. It’s the sort of place travelers hear about long before they ever meet someone who’s actually been, a huge volcanic peak rising […]

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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 […]

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Marriott Just Opened a New Luxury Resort in the Dominican Republic

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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.  […]


The 10 Best Caribbean Beach Towns to Visit in 2022

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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, […]

Dominican Republic Tourism Is Breaking Pre-Pandemic Records

Tourism in the Dominican Republic set yet another record last month, with a total of 519,349 tourist arrivals.  Fo the year, the country has reported 4.263 million tourist arrivals, according to Tourism minister David Collado.  The November total was a 197 percent improvement over November 2020, and, more crucially, a 12 percent improvement over the […]