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After a Banner Year, St Vincent and the Grenadines Is Seeing More Visitor Growth

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Sandals’ All-Inclusive Dunn’s River Resort Just Reopened, Beginning Jamaica’s Tourism Comeback

This short film is a quick look into the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River, shot on location this weekend. Ocho Rios has a new electricity this week, the kind that signals a turning point for the island of Jamaica. After weeks of preparation and tight coordination across communities and tourism partners, the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River has officially […]

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St Vincent and the Grenadines Is Making a New Push for UK Travelers

St Vincent and the Grenadines has launched a year-long tourism campaign in London aimed at increasing awareness and driving visitor arrivals from the United Kingdom. The campaign, called Discover More, debuted this week in Kensington Court in collaboration with Virgin Atlantic. It includes a fleet of 10 branded black cabs featuring destination imagery, which will […]

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American Airlines Just Launched Two New Flights to These Tiny, Under-the-Radar Caribbean Islands

It’s one of the great island-hopping paradises in the wider Caribbean, famous for its pristine beaches, out-of-the-way green-hilled cays and brilliant turquoise water: St Vincent and the Grenadines, one of the region’s under-the-radar destinations, a place that has only recently found itself on the travel radar. And since St Vincent’s first-ever Sandals resort opened its […]

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Caribbean Photo of the Week: On the Dock in St Vincent

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Shirley Anthony, who sent in this lovely shot on the island of St Vincent. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com, with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of the photo. It […]

American Airlines Just Launched Two New Flights to These Tiny, Under-the-Radar Caribbean Islands

You’re at the Mandarin Oriental in the Grenadines. Or the Amanyara in Turks and Caicos. You’re enjoying an elegant dinner as you pause to think about the chair you’re sitting on and the table you’re eating on. How did all of this stuff get here? What about the furniture in your room or the tiles […]

Mandarin Oriental, Soho Beach House Reopening on Caribbean Island of Canouan

It was one of the most devastating storms in the Caribbean in recent memory, as powerful as it was swift. Hurricane Beryl blew through the southeastern Caribbean in July, leaving devastation in its wake, particularly on islands like Union Island and Carriacou. While the recovery of the Grenadine islands is still in process, one bright […]

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This Caribbean Destination Has 32 Different Islands. JetBlue Just Started Flying There.

The island hopping. The sailing. The rainforest. Sought-after little islands like Bequia. Basil’s Bar. Princess Margaret Beach. Mayreau. St Vincent and the Grenadines is a world unto itself, with 32 different islands and cays from the “mainland” of St Vincent to the aforementioned, beloved little spots like Bequia and Mustique (the latter, of course, one […]

Post-Beryl, Grenadines the Center of Storm's Destruction

“Decimated.” In a chat with Caribbean Journal, that’s the word Quirin Schaedle (known locally as King King) uses to describe the post-Hurricane Beryl landscape across St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but more specifically the Grenadine chain. The director/owner of real estate agency Real Grenadines specifically calls out many areas of Union Island, Mayreau, Canouan and […]

Is Canouan the Next Caribbean Luxury Real Estate Hotspot?

Whether stepping foot on Canouan for the first time or seeing its green Mount Royal peak and coastal posh surroundings from afar, there’s a visible vibe. And, that vibe is ultra-luxurious. Compared to its St. Vincent and the Grenadines counterparts like the islands of Mustique and Bequia – many of which are regarded as playgrounds […]

In the Grenadines, the Caribbean's Ultimate All-Inclusive Private Island Resort

The sky is purple as the boat makes its way from tiny Union Island, and we’re met by torchlight and smiles as we make our way onto the dock. For the next few days, this will be our island, our beach, our jewel in the heart of the Grenadines. Peering around at the cottages and […]

Sandals Just Opened Its Newest All-Inclusive Resort in Saint Vincent

A towering volcano. Lush rainforests. Vibrant botanical gardens. Abundant produce. The Caribbean’s strongest rum. The island of St Vincent has always been a beautiful corner of the Caribbean; but while its neighboring Grenadines have long been home to some terrific resorts, the “mainland” has never really had one at that level. Until now. A little […]

The Mandarin Oriental, Canouan Has a New GM

One of the top luxury resorts in the Grenadines has named a new general manager, Caribbean Journal has learned. The all-suite Mandarin Oriental, Canouan, the brand’s only resort in the Caribbean, has named Hemal Jain as its new GM. Jain served most recently as the Alila Villas Uluwatu and Alila Manggis in Bali, Indonesia. “We […]