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Royal Caribbean’s New Cruises on Explorer of the Seas
By the Caribbean Journal staff Royal Caribbean is set for a $110 million transformation project on its Explorer of the Seas cruise ship, the company said this week. The newly-revamped ship, which will debut in 2020, will add a new […]
Antigua Cruise Port Just Broke Its Single-Day Record
Antigua’s fast-expanding cruise port just set an all-time record for visitors in a single day, Caribbean Journal has learned. The St John’s port welcomed 15,808 passengers last week, with a total of five different cruise ships in t John’s — […]
Rum Journal: The Newest Papa’s Pilar Has a Surfing Story
It began with an adventurer. Papa’s Pilar, the rum brand part owned by the Hemingway Estate and crafted in a spirit of adventure, gets its name from Ernest Hemingway, the great American novelist, explorer and champion of adventure. It’s a […]
Fast-Growing Antigua Cruise Port Welcomes Another Ship
It’s one of the fastest-growing cruise ports in the Caribbean: Antigua Cruise Port, which has continued to see sizzling growth both from cruise arrivals and a budding home-porting industry. Antigua Cruise Port just welcomed another new ship to St John’s: […]
The Bahamas’ Baha Mar Has a New “Game Zone”
After debuting its spectacular new water park, Baha Bay, The Bahamas’ Baha Mar has added another strong amenity for families: a brand-new arcade called The Game Zone. The new offering, located next to the resort’s Asian-Fusion eatery, Cinko, has more […]
Hyatt Just Opened a New Resort in the Dominican Republic
Hyatt just opened another new resort in the Dominican Republic, its second new hotel in the country the last month. The new addition? The Sunscape Dominicus La Romana, an 854-room, family-friendly resort. It’s the second new Sunscape in the Dominican […]
The 20 Best All-Inclusive Resorts in Punta Cana for 2024
The Dominican Republic welcomed more visitors last year than any in the country’s history, with most travelers descending on one place: Punta Cana, the tourism hotspot on the country’s eastern coast. Punta Cana has always been the most popular place […]
Hyatt Just Opened A New All-Inclusive Resort in Punta Cana
Hyatt’s Inclusive Collection just debuted its second new all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic in less than a month: the new Sunscape Coco Punta Cana. Just a few weeks after it opened another Sunscape-branded resort in Puerto Plata on the […]
Hyatt Has a New Family-Focused All-Inclusive Resort in Punta Cana
If you’re planning a vacation to Punta Cana, you won’t lack for choices. The Dominican Republic’s number one travel destination teems with large all-inclusive resorts, including a number of the family-friendly variety. Now there is another one. Hyatt Hotels, which […]
A Tiny Beach Resort to Discover in Turks and Caicos
Maybe you’ve been to the sand in Grace Bay, or taken a dive to the undersea wonders of Grand Turk. But hidden in the chain of Sister Islands that begin just across the water from the northeastern edge of Providenciales […]
The Best New Resorts in Cancun, from Luxe Retreats to All-Inclusives
In many destinations it’s a big deal when one new hotel opens; in Cancun, it’s not uncommon to see up to a dozen resorts opening their doors each year — and that’s not even counting the rest of the Riviera […]
The Best Credit Cards for Caribbean Travel
If a Caribbean vacation rates as a dream, the fantasy is to get the trip paid for by someone else. And one way to do that is by signing up for a credit card where you earn points that can […]
The Caribbean’s First Theme Park Resort Is In Punta Cana
Katmandu Park, the first true theme park in the Caribbean, is opening at the beginning of next year in Punta Cana. The $350 million project is the brainchild of Falcon’s Beyond, a global entertainment company, and Melia Hotels International, the […]
St Kitts’ Cruise Season Is Heating Up
St Kitts is primed for a major cruise season in 2022-2023, one that will include an array of ships making their inaugural calls to Port Zante in Basseterre. Already this season, four ships have made their inaugural calls. That includes […]
Caribbean Moment: Isla Verde Beach, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is one of the most beautiful places in the Caribbean. Not that you’d necessarily know it — due to a combination of highly unfavorable media coverage, poor marketing and unfortunately resilient misconceptions, it’s an island that still remains a […]
Marriott Opens Dominican Republic Luxury All-Inclusive Resort
Marriott has opened its newest all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic. It’s called Sanctuary Cap Cana, and it’s part of Marriott’s Luxury Collection. It’s the latest expansion for All-Inclusive for Marriott Bonvoy, which has been rapidly expanding its all-inclusive portfolio […]
A Big Expansion for TUI in Barbados
TUI UK is undertaking a significant expansion for the Barbados market this winter. The company will be “soaring above” the levels of its last full winter season, according to Barbados Tourism Minister Lisa Cummins. That will mean more than 54,000 […]
Nickelodeon Resorts’ Preschool Event Is Back in Punta Cana
Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts is bringing back its popular preschool program in Punta Cana. The Nick Jr. Friends Event, an annual fall event for preschoolers, is back in Punta Cana from Sept. 8 through Oct. 31, 2022. The event, which […]
Marriott Opens Resort in the Dominican Republic
The newest Marriott International resort has opened its doors in the Dominican Republic. The Ocean Club, a Luxury Collection Resort, Costa Norte is the first-ever Luxury Collection resort in the Caribbean. It joins one other Luxury Collection property in wider […]
The Caribbean’s Hottest Residential Real Estate Projects
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Residential real estate in the Caribbean is, in a word, booming. And that’s been accompanied by a wave of new residential real estate projects, from private islands to branded residential resorts to full-fledged […]
These Caribbean Hotels Aren’t on the Beach. And That’s the Point.
It’s morning and the only things you hear are chirping birds and waving palms; there’s some blue in the distance, but up here it’s the green that matters. The beach is a long walk or a shuttle ride away, but […]
Another Big Step in St Maarten’s Cruise Comeback
St Maarten’s cruise comeback took another big step this week with its first six-ship day of the season. Indeed, it was the first time six ships had called on St Maarten in a single day since the onset of the […]
Rosewood Just Opened Its Newest Caribbean Resort
Luxury hotel brand Rosewood has finally opened one of the company’s most highly anticipated resorts: the new Rosewood Le Guanahani St Barth. The new hotel is a transformation of the former Le Guanahani hotel property that had long been one […]
Cruise Rebirth Continues in St Kitts
St Kitts marked a major milestone in the rebirth of its cruise industry this week, with three ships docking simultaneously at the island’s Port Zante for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. The three ships were Celebrity […]
The Caribbean’s Newest Rosewood Resort Is Coming Soon to St Barth
Rosewood’s newest Caribbean resort is set to open its doors in St Barth in November. The new Rosewood Le Guanahani St Barth is a reimagining of the former Le Guanahani resort on Grand Cul de Sac in St Barth. Right […]
A New Glass Bottom Boat Trip in Grand Bahama
There’s a new way to explore the island of Grand Bahama, with the launch of a new Glass Bottom Boat Trip by the Underwater Explorers Society. The company’s newest excursion in The Bahamas takes guests on a 90-minute journey on […]
The Club Med Resorts of the Caribbean, Explained
Club Med helped pioneer the concept of all-inclusive vacations in the 1960s and 1970s, and people of a certain age doubtless remember the hotel chain’s jingle from the time: “The Club Med vacation/The antidote for civilization.” Originally a no-frills concept […]
Cruise Ships Return to the US Virgin Islands
The US Virgin Islands’ cruise industry has relaunched. This week, Celebrity Edge became the first cruise ship to visit the USVI since the onset of the pandemic, sailing out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. It’s a major step forward for the […]
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