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Jamaica’s 8 Million-Visitor Plan: A New Tourism Push Targeting Latin America, India, and the Middle East

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Jamaica is setting a big marker for where it wants tourism to go next. The island’s Government has unveiled a strategic roadmap for the 2026/2027 fiscal year designed to significantly diversify the island’s tourism source markets and position Jamaica to reach 8 million annual visitors and $10 billion in tourism earnings by 2030. It’s an […]

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New Eco-Hotel Breaks Ground in Vieques, Puerto Rico

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A new boutique eco-hotel has broken ground in Vieques, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The new project, called Lejos Eco Retreat, is set in the Barrio La Llave neighborhood of the island.  The $1 million project is the brainchild of businesswoman Patricia Diez Gradin and her partner Phil Sandbo.  The property will have […]

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Saint Lucia’s Fond Doux Plantation Is Open Again

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One of Saint Lucia’s most beloved hotels is open again, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The family-owned Fond Doux Plantation in Soufriere has received its COVID-19 certification, the Saint Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association confirmed this week.  The Green Globe-certified boutique eco-hotel is set on a working cacao plantation that dates back to the 19th century […]

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Belize’s Blancaneaux Lodge to Reopen in November

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Francis Ford Coppola’s Blancaneaux Lodge in Belize is planning to reopen in November, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The celebrated eco-lodge will be reopening its doors on Nov. 1, the property confirmed.  “Blancaneaux Lodge has always been remote, secluded and sustainable by design as it was the Coppolas’ intention to enjoy these hideaways personally allowing for […]


Saint Lucia’s Fond Doux Plantation Is Open Again

A new eco-friendly real estate development has launched on the East End of Grand Cayman. It’s called Sunrise Terraces, and it’s the brainchild of Steel Dreams Development. The project consists of a collection of duplex homes, all of which are built by 80 percent recycled materials. Uniquely, the project consists of homes designed around shipping […]

Top Dominica Eco-Hotel to Reopen in February

Dominica’s Rosalie Bay Resort, long one of the island’s leading eco-hotels, is set for a comeback.  The boutique hotel will reopen its doors Feb. 1, according to Rosalie Bay’s Web site.  Rosalie Bay had been shuttered since Hurricane Maria in 2017; its reopening continues a wave of new hotels and reopenings in Dominica, from last […]

Dominica’s Rosalie Bay Eco-Hotel Is Back

One of the Caribbean’s most beloved eco-hotels has completed its comeback from Hurricane Maria.  Dominica’s Rosalie Bay, set on the island’s raw, spectacularly beautiful Atlantic coast, officially reopened its doors this month.  “We’re coming back, stronger than ever after a direct hit from Hurricane Maria in 2017,” the hotel, which has reopened under new ownership, […]

St Maarten Is Getting a New Eco-Resort

A new eco-resort project is coming to St Maarten, Caribbean Journal has learned.  It’s called the St Maarten Hillside Plantation and Eco Resort, and it will be a new kind of tourism project on the island.  The project is the brainchild of a pair of specialists: agriculture engineer and aquaponics leader Joslyn Richardson and wellness […]

JetBlue’s Newest Caribbean Destination Is Guyana

By the Caribbean Journal staff Fresh off an expansion to Guadeloupe, JetBlue has announced plans to launch new nonstop flights to Guyana on the southern edge of the Caribbean. The new flights will be operating daily from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport beginning April 2, 2020. JetBlue […]

A Top Caribbean Hotel Reopens in Dominica

By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the Caribbean’s leading sustainable hotels has officially relaunched in Dominica. The Jungle Bay Eco Villas has been reborn in Soufriere in southern Dominica, an important step for Dominica’s resurgent tourism industry. The popular hotel had been shuttered since Tropical Storm Erika in 2015, and has been totally transformed […]

Cayman's First "Ecosmart" Real Estate Project

By the Caribbean Journal staff Grand Cayman will be soon be home to its first-ever “ecosmart” real estate community. The new project is called Orchard Ecovillage, and the 21-acre master-planned community is set in Grand Cayman’s Lower Valley. The project aims to be a live-work-play development, with a total of 162 one, two and three-bedroom […]

Dominica, a Caribbean Tourism Comeback Story

By Alexander Britell Dominica has been seeing a remarkable surge in tourism arrivals that are the latest sign of the destination’s post-Maria comeback story. Dominica, one of the Caribbean’s most naturally beautiful destinations, saw a spectacular first quarter, with 23,444 stayover visitors and a sizzling 87.5 percent increase over the same period in 2018. More […]

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