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These 20 Caribbean Resorts Define the Barefoot Caribbean Vacation

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Barefoot travel isn’t about the dress code. It’s a state of mind, and you usually feel it before you see it. It arrives in small, telling moments: the decision not to unpack fully because you won’t need much, the realization that your shoes are still by the door two days in, the way your schedule […]

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Crystal Is Adding More New All-Inclusive Cruises to The Bahamas

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Crystal Cruises is adding three more cruises to its popular Bahamas-focused itineraries, Caribbean Journal has learned.  This fall and winter, the luxury cruise line will kick off three new itineraries, beginning with a cruise from New York City to The Bahamas on Nov. 26.  That cruise will call on a host of Bahamian destinations, with […]

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The Best Resort in Great Exuma, The Bahamas

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Travel has changed.  Increasingly, travelers don’t just want to stay in a destination – they want to live there, even if just for a few days.  They want to understand the destination in an authentic way.  That’s turned travelers toward a different kind of luxury.  Since the pandemic, the trend towards so-called “residential resorts” has […]

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Crystal Adds More Bahamas Cruises

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Crystal Cruises’ ground-breaking Bahamas cruises have expanded, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The all-Bahamas itineraries, which includes stops in ports like San Salvador, Great Exuma and Long Island, are now operating from three homeports: Nassau, Bimini and Miami.  The “Bahamas Escapes” voyages launch from Nassau on Saturdays, from Bimini on Sundays and from Miami on Mondays.  […]


The Best Resort in Great Exuma, The Bahamas

The sign says Conch Salad. But I’m here for the daiquiris. On a hot day on the harbor in George Town, Exuma, an impossibly cold mango daiquiri is the only prescription. Of course, once you order a daiquiri you’ll order more — whether it’s fresh conch salad or the best fish fingers in Exuma — or […]

Caribbean Moment: Hoopers Bay, Exuma, The Bahamas

We say it again and again, about the waters of Exuma, how they’re bluer than blue, how there’s no water anywhere quite like them. And yet, as much as we say it, it seems like it’s still not often enough.  And the more you this water, the more you wade in it, and gaze on […]

Landmark Bahamas Resort Site on the Market

It’s a stunning site, one that every traveler to Exuma has likely passed by while driving on Queens Highway. And now it’s available. The site of a storied Bahamas resort is on the market, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The former home of the Out Island Inn in Great Exuma is on the market for […]

Exuma Is Getting a Major New Airport

A major new airport is coming to one of The Bahamas’ most popular destinations: Exuma.  The new $65 million Exuma International Airport has broken ground in Great Exuma, representing the largest investment of any airport in the Out Islands of The Bahamas.  The project will include a fixed-base operator with strategic partner Odyssey Aviation; Odyssey […]

Crystal Cruises Breaks Single-Day Record With Bahamas Launch

Crystal Cruises set a new single-day record for bookings with the launch last week of its new cruises in The Bahamas.  The company said almost 4,000 guests reserved staterooms or suites for one of its new seven-night voyages that cruise from either Nassau or Bimini, with more than 25 percent of all 16 voyages already […]

Prime Caribbean Resort Site Heads to Auction

An 18-acre resort site on the island of Great Exuma in The Bahamas is headed to auction, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The Palms at Three Sisters is set on more than 18 acres of oceanfront real estate in Great Exuma.  Elite Auctions will be holding an auction on the property on Feb. 27.  Most […]

The Bahamas’ Sandals Emerald Bay All-Inclusive Is Open Again

Sandals Resorts International has kicked off its Bahamas reopening with the relaunch of its Sandals Emerald Bay resort in Great Exuma, Caribbean Journal has learned. The all-inclusive resort officially reopened this week, including the relaunch of the Greg Norman-designed Sandals Emerald Bay golf course. Sandals Emerald Bay “is a jewel in Great Exuma and we […]

Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Course Reopens in Exuma

The Greg Norman-designed Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Course has reopened on the island of Great Exuma in The Bahamas, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The championship course, which has long played host to the Korn Ferry Tour’s Bahamas Great Exuma Classic, reopened this week.  The course’s relaunch comes ahead the planned reopening of the Sandals Emerald […]