Guyana is preparing to welcome tourism leaders from across the region this fall, when the country hosts the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference for the first time. The flagship regional conference, better known as SOTIC, will be held at the Pegasus Corporate Suites in Georgetown from Oct. 5–9, bringing together hundreds of tourism officials, […]
The Dominican Republic has made growing local aviation a major priority in recent years, and one airline is the fruit of those efforts: Arajet, the fast-growing carrier which has been adding flights both around the region and across the ocean. The airline has officially launched its new service between San Juan and Santo Domingo. For […]
Montego Bay just got a little closer to Europe. Starting today, Wednesday, June 4, Jamaica officially welcomes a new weekly nonstop flight connecting Lisbon, Portugal with Montego Bay. Operated by World2Fly, the service marks a major milestone in Jamaica’s growing push to deepen ties with Continental Europe. The inaugural flight, which arrived on June 4, […]
The beaches. The music. The calm. You can spend the whole day on a beach in Cat Island and never see another soul. It’s one of those fantasy islands, the ones you think don’t exist anymore, where the sand is sugar white, the water is brilliant turquoise and you feel like you have the entire […]
The Bahamas has signed a new agreement with Middle Tennessee State University aimed at expanding aviation education and training opportunities for Bahamian students and professionals. The memorandum of understanding establishes a formal collaboration between MTSU’s Department of Aerospace and The Bahamas Department of Aviation. The agreement will allow Bahamian students to enroll in MTSU’s highly […]
In an increasingly competitive airline industry, a newly announced partnership between JetBlue and United Airlines is quietly poised to reshape travel to the Caribbean. The agreement, dubbed “Blue Sky,” links the loyalty programs and booking platforms of two of the largest U.S. carriers. But beneath the corporate branding is a move that could have outsized […]
It’s the fastest-growing airline in the Caribbean right now: upstart Dominican carrier Arajet, which just announced plans for another three routes from the United States. Arajet is now planning to launch flights between Punta Cana and a trio of US cities: Boston, Orlando and Chicago. Chicago-Punta Cana will be launching on Nov. 15. Boston-Punta Cana […]
Mornings on Seven Mile Beach. Afternoons at Rum Point. Evenings in Camana Bay. There’s a rhythm all its own on a visit to Grand Cayman, where a world-class culinary scene meets some of the best beaches on earth. And now it’s getting easier to visit Grand Cayman this fall, with American Airlines planning to expand […]
Frontier Airlines is back in Aruba. The carrier made its long-awaited return to the Dutch Caribbean island this past weekend, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. It’s the first time Frontier has flown to Aruba since its Miami-Aruba flights back in 2021. Frontier is now one of two airlines serving Aruba, along with Delta Air Lines (which […]
Jamaica is getting ramped-up service on Virginia Atlantic next winter, Jamaican tourism officials have confirmed. The expansion will mean daily nonstop service between London and Montego Bay beginning in January of next year. Virgin Atlantic will be operating the service on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The expansion and capacity increase are a response to “high […]
You feel a certain way when you come to this Caribbean island. When you get to Aruba, you feel different. You feel better. You feel more like you. They call it the “Aruba Effect,” and it’s fueling a sustained tourism surge. Aruba reported 1,419,594 stayover visitors in 2023, a 12.6 percent increase over the previous […]
Frontier Airlines has launched a new nonstop route connecting San Juan, Puerto Rico and the U.S. capital. The ultra-low-cost carrier officially began service Thursday between Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport, part of a broader expansion of the airline’s Caribbean footprint. The new flights operate three times each week, with introductory […]
