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Meet Goldwynn, the Sleek Residential Resort Changing the Hotel Experience on Nassau’s Cable Beach

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Goldwynn Resort and Residences brings 81 rooms, apartment-style accommodations and a low-rise boutique experience to one of Nassau’s most famous beaches. There is another side of Nassau, one that feels residential, sleek and strikingly close to the water. It is on Cable Beach, but removed from the larger resort scene nearby. And it may be […]

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St Vincent and the Grenadines Just Broke a Tourism Record, Buoyed by the “Sandals Effect”

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It’s one of the most remarkable stories of the year in Caribbean tourism: St Vincent and the Grenadines’ record-breaking 2024, in spite of the crippling storms in July.  Indeed, the southern Caribbean archipelago saw a 25 percent increase in stayover arrivals last year, compared to 2023 — and a 39 perfect improvement over 2019, before the […]

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Hilton Is Opening a New All-Inclusive in This Uncrowded Dominican Republic Beach Destination 

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It’s not quite like any other destination in the Dominican Republic: Miches, the secluded, pristine spot on the Bay of Samana that’s quietly become the country’s hottest hotel development haven.  In recent years, more and more brands have had their eyes on Miches, from Club Med to Marriott (which actually just opened its first resort […]

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Bimini’s Airport Has a New Runway — And Can Now Receive Passenger Jets 

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In a major milestone for South Bimini’s airport, the island welcomed a flight on a Boeing 737 jet this week.  The inaugural Boeing 737 flight by Bahamasair touched down this weekend, a huge leap forward for the airport as part of its multimillion-dollar redevelopment project.  The Boeing 737 carrying 122 passengers was the first jet […]


Hilton Is Opening a New All-Inclusive in This Uncrowded Dominican Republic Beach Destination 

United Airlines is adding a new nonstop flight to Belize, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new route will be connecting San Francisco with Belize, in another boost for the increasingly popular destination on the Caribbean coast of Central America.  The new weekly flight will kick off on March 15, according to data from Google Flights, […]

GOL Just Started a New Nonstop Flight to Aruba 

Aruba has been one of the fastest-growing Caribbean destinations for travelers from South America, thanks to a concerted effort by the island’s tourism officials to court more tourism from the continent.  Those efforts just got a major boost with the launch of Brazilian carrier GOL’s first-ever nonstop flights between São Paulo and Aruba.  The new […]

Delta Just Launched New More Nonstop Flights to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos 

There’s an increasingly important city for Caribbean travel: Detroit, Michigan. Delta has quietly been adding a number of new routes from the city to the Caribbean, including one flight that just kicked off late last month: nonstop service between Detroit and Providenciales, Turks and Caicos.  The new route is operating once every week, with service […]

From St Thomas to St Croix, US Virgin Islands Travel Is Hotter Than Ever

The food scene in Christiansted. The new-look downtown in Charlotte Amalie. The stunning villas in St John. The sand on Buck Island. The festivals, well, everywhere. The US Virgin Islands has been leading the Caribbean travel renaissance, and now the destination has broken yet another record.  The territory’s two main airports, Cyril E. King in […]

Avianca Is Adding Miami-Costa Rica Nonstop Flights 

The rainforests. The volcanoes. The luxury hotels. The pura vida. Costa Rica’s popularity has only been growing in recent years (with the hotel pipeline to match) and now it’s about to get a major new route out of the Miami market, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Colombian carrier Avianca, which has been steadily expanding its network […]

San Juan, Puerto Rico Keeps Seeing Strong Passenger Growth 

It was a strong year for Puerto Rico’s main airport, buoyed by a blazing finish to 2023, according to the newest data from ASUR, which manages San Juan’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport.  Passenger traffic in San Juan totaled 13,247 million last year, an 8.6 percent increase compared to the previous year, including a 21.3 […]

A New Way to Fly From Connecticut to Punta Cana 

Fast-growing low-cost carrier Avelo is at it again, with plans to launch another new nonstop flight from Hartford, Connecticut to the Caribbean.  Beginning next month, Avelo will be operating two flights each week from Hartford to Punta Cana, the most-visited destination in the Dominican Republic.  The nonstop flights will be operating on Fridays and Mondays, […]

United Airlines Is Launching New Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous for Volcanoes, Waterfalls and Luxury Hotels 

It’s an island with nine different active volcanoes. It also has more than a dozen waterfalls. And a boiling lake. And geothermal diving. And several of the Caribbean’s top luxury hotels, from the treehouse villas with plunge pools at Secret Bay to the classic InterContinental.  But what Dominica has never been is easy to get […]