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New Marina Hotel Project Breaks Ground in Exuma

Small Caribbean Hotel of the Week: A Bucket-List Bahamas Retreat

If you’ve been to the waters of Exuma in The Bahamas, you know it’s about as close you can get to heaven on earth. There’s something otherworldly about the color of the water, a hue that’s been called everything …

The Cool List: the Coolest Hotels in the Caribbean for 2023

It’s hard to believe the first edition of our landmark Cool List was published 11 years ago. Today, the Caribbean Journal Cool List is still the annual authority on the Caribbean’s coolest, most creative, singular, buzzy places to stay. …

Building the Caribbean’s Best Tennis (And Pickleball) Courts

If you’ve played tennis at a top Caribbean resort, chances are it was built by one company: Agile Courts, which has been building courts around the United States and the Caribbean for what is now a half century. Indeed, …

The 23 Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2023

Can you believe it has been nearly three years since the world changed? In that span, the destinations of the Caribbean have undergone a tumultuous, frantic, whirring upheaval, one that turned from total static to what is today an …

From the Cayman Islands to Jamaica, 15 Tiny Beach Resorts to Try

Tucked-away bungalows on a minuscule island in Cayman. A secret oasis in St Barth. An eco-retreat on a perfect stretch of white sand. These are the tiny beach resorts we all dream about during months of endless blizzards. …

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Caribbean Photo of the Week: Exuma Blue in The Bahamas

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Margarita Rogers, who sent in this stunning shot of the varying shades of blue in the Exuma archipelago of The Bahamas. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? …

The Moorings Is Back in Abaco, The Bahamas

Leading luxury yacht charter company The Moorings is back in one of the Caribbean’s most popular sailing destinations. The Moorings has officially resumed operating out of Marsh Harbor, Abaco for the first time since the storms of 2019. “The …

17 Great Caribbean Beaches You Can Only Reach By Boat

They’re tucked away in tiny corners of the Caribbean, set off far in the middle of the sea, hidden beneath cliffs. They’re those rarefied beaches that are a bit harder to reach, the ones you can’t fly to, the …

Bahamas Tourism Is Booming, With Plans For a Record-Breaking 2023

Tourism in The Bahamas is booming right now, according to new data from the country’s Ministry of Tourism. Air and sea arrivals to The Bahamas are up a whopping 515.6 percent this year compared to the same period in …

A “Sandcastle” Hits the Market in Exuma

A “sandcastle” has hit the market in the Exuma Cays, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The Sandcastle villa is set in Black Point on the island of Great Guana Cay. This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the …

Exuma Real Estate Is on the Rise

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Timothy Smith, a partner and agent for Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate MCR Bahamas, said the seclusion and safety that private islands offer have made them the perfect place to live …

In The Bahamas, Embracing Another Side of Exuma’s Staniel Cay

In The Bahamas Out Islands, Staniel Cay, Exuma is well known as a mariner’s crossroads. And everyone knows The Yacht Club, the Grotto and the Pigs. But few people know the secret serenity of the other side of Staniel Cay, where …

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Caribbean Moment: Pirate Beach on Staniel Cay, The Bahamas

The latest Caribbean Moment heads to the spectacular little island of Staniel Cay at the northern tip of the Exuma chain. It’s usually one of the first or final stops (thanks to its international airport) on a journey across …

There’s a Major New Luxury Real Estate Project in The Bahamas

By Alexander Britell A world-renowned architect. A Greg Norman golf course. A superyacht marina. The most beautiful water on earth. There’s a major new luxury real estate in the heart of one of The Bahamas’ most popular destinations, anchored …

The Bahamas’ National Family Island Regatta Is Back in Exuma

One of the Caribbean’s most legendary regattas has made its triumphant return in The Bahamas. The National Family Island Regatta, which had been held annually in Exuma before the onset of the pandemic, returned this weekend to the heart …

The Best Beach Bars in the Caribbean 2022

For most travelers, it’s the number one destination-within-a-destination: the beach bar. As travel trends ebb and flow, it’s a constant, somehow managing to survive as the manifestation of our most romantic Caribbean travel fantasies. Because there’s just something about a …

Greg Norman Set to Debut Transformed Anguilla Golf Course

Greg Norman is set to debut his transformed golf course at the Aurora Resort in Anguilla. The new Aurora International Golf Club, the only course in Anguilla, has undergone a “complete tee-to-green redesign” personally overseen by Norman and his …

The Best All-Inclusive Hotels in The Bahamas

The Bahamas doesn’t have an overwhelming number of all-inclusive hotel options, but what the archipelago nation lacks in quantity it more than makes up in variety. Basic to high-end, intimate to extravagant, the Bahamas has an all-inclusive to match …