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St Maarten Is One of the Fastest-Growing Destinations in the Caribbean Right Now, With New Flights, More Hotels, and Serious Buzz

St. Maarten is having a standout year. The island reported a 16.9 percent increase in airport arrivals and a 14 percent rise in cruise arrivals during the second quarter of 2025, momentum that extended through a record-breaking summer. This surge has positioned St. Maarten among the fastest-growing destinations in the Caribbean, with growth figures climbing […]

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Beaches, Seafood, and Rainforests: The Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe Is Getting New Air Canada Flights

Main pool at Habitation Saint Louis resort in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe

The rainforests of Basse-Terre. The sugarcane fields of Marie-Galante. The beaches of Grande-Terre. The seafood in Deshaies. Guadeloupe is a layered, fascinating Caribbean destination, and it’s about to hit the travel map in a new way. Air Canada is kicking off new nonstop routes between Toronto and Guadeloupe’s Pointe-a-Pitre, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new […]

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A New Name for Guadeloupe’s Airport, In Nod to Legendary Writer

Guadeloupe’s airport in Pointe a Pitre now has a new name. The French Caribbean regional air hub has been renamed for Maryse Condé, the late legendary Guadeloupean novelist and intellectual, who passed away earlier this year. Condé’s career included the New Academy of Literature Prize, the Putterbaugh Prizeize and decades of work promoting arts and […]

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The Caribbean’s Best Rum Shop Is on This Island

“What is this place?” You walk through the sliding doors, turn right toward the rum section and your jaw suddenly drops. They’re all there, sparkling and bright, walls and walls of premium sugarcane mosaic. We’ve traveled all over the Caribbean, and there’s nothing like this. If you’re a rum connoisseur, it’s as good at it […]

A New Name for Guadeloupe’s Airport, In Nod to Legendary Writer

“You don’t need to worry about life. Just go with the flow,” she tells me. I’m chronicling beach bars in Saint Martin’s Orient Bay, and the very friendly woman advertising her beach massage business assures me the clouds overhead will soon subside. There’s no time for a massage on a beach chair. But it’s very […]

Martinique’s French Coco Hotel is Reopening

Martinique’s French Coco Hotel is reopening its doors in November, Caribbean Journal has learned. The luxury boutique hotel will begin welcoming back guests on Nov. 18, the property confirmed. “We are all prepared and delighted to welcome you back to paradise to have a wonderful stay in Creole harmony,” the hotel said in a statement. […]

In St Bart's, A Dreamy Little Caribbean Beach Resort

It’s just across the water from the people watching at Nikki Beach and the endless lunches at the Eden Rock; a short drive from the buzz of Gustavia and the scenes at Shellona and Bagatelle. But you might never know it was here. And that’s the way they like it. Hidden away on the other […]

A Lovely New Caribbean Hotel in the Heart of Rhum Country

There is sugarcane growing right next door, waving in the French Caribbean breeze. And there was sugarcane along the highway on the way here. And there’s sugarcane in my glass. This is rhum country, the the island of Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe, a land of lush rainforests, towering volcanoes and some of the best rum on […]

Martinique Kicks Off Cruise Season

The 2022-2023 cruise season has officially begun on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. The island welcomed its first ship of the season this week at Fort-de-France’s Pointe Simon Cruise Terminal, a visit by Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox ship. A total of 2,280 passengers were on board the Solstice-class ship, along with 1,160 crew members. […]

American Airlines Just Added More Nonstop Flights to Martinique

American Airlines has added more flights to Martinique for the rest of the summer season, Caribbean Journal has learned. The world’s largest airline is now flying four times per week between Miami and a place that’s very much the beating heart of the French Caribbean. American is currently operating flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and […]

JetBlue Restarting Flights to Guadeloupe in the French Caribbean

JetBlue Airways is relaunching its service to Guadeloupe in the French Caribbean, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Guadeloupe Islands Tourist Board confirmed that the New York City-based carrier will be relaunching what is right now its only flight service to the French Caribbean. Beginning Nov. 5, JetBlue will operate three flights per week between New […]

Martinique Eyes Tourism “Resurgence”

The French Caribbean island has long been one of the most vibrant, fascinating destinations to visit in the wider Caribbean. And now the island is looking for a new era of tourism “resurgence,” according to Benedicte de Geronmimo, the new leader of the Martinique Tourism Commission. “Tourism is a solid lever of our economic development […]