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This Caribbean Island Has a UNESCO World Heritage Site With Sailing, History, and Boutique Hotels

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You can feel the history on the corner of this Caribbean island before you even step through the gates. The stone walls rise from the water’s edge, flanked by tall masts and the gentle sway of yachts. This is Nelson’s Dockyard, the heart of English Harbour in Antigua, and one of the Caribbean’s most evocative […]

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Caribbean Airlines Keeping Up Cargo Operations Amid Coronavirus

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Trinidad-based regional airline Caribbean Airlines is continuing its cargo operations amid coronavirus, the carrier said.  The company continues to operate its cargo freighter flights and ground transport trucking services moving cargo between the United States and the Cribbean.  Much of that includes essential services for businesses to ship pharmaceuticals and restock “dwindling” supplies locally, according […]

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JetBlue Postpones Guyana Launch Amid Coronavirus

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JetBlue Airways has delayed its planned launch of new service to Guyana, the result of the coronavirus pandemic.  JetBlue, which had been planning to launch flights from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Georgetown, Guyana on April 2, will now be launching the service in November, according to a statement from the government […]

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How Coronavirus Is Affecting American Airlines in the Caribbean

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American Airlines has announced a series of changes to its schedule in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Crucially, though, the carrier said it would “continue” its short-haul flights to the Caribbean, with the suspension of just a few regional routes. For a nearly two-month period from March 16 through May 6, the carrier […]


JetBlue Postpones Guyana Launch Amid Coronavirus

Fresh off the announcement of a planned second Marriott hotel in Guyana, another new projet has broken ground, this time under the Hilton umbrella.  Guyana’s first Hilton hotel will be located southeast of the country’s Ogle International Airport.  The project’s developers have not revealed whether it will be a Hilton-branded hotel or if it will […]

Marriott Is Opening Another Hotel in Guyana

Marriott is opening a second hotel in Guyana, the result of the country’s booming oil industry.  Following the existing Marriott in Georgetown, a new AC Marriott has broken ground close to Guyana’s Eugene Correia International Airport.  The 150-room hotel, which will be joined by 20,000 square feet of office and retail space, is slated for […]

Guyana Just Launched Its First “Rum Route”

There’s a new way to explore one of the region’s leading rum destinations.  The Guyana Tourism Authority has launched its first-ever official rum route, in collaboration with the Caribbean Tourism Organization. Capitalizing on Guyana’s rich agricultural traditions, local cultural heritage and cuisine, the Guyana Rum Route is a 200-kilometer journey which blends the past and present into “one comprehensive experience.” […]

Eastern Airlines Set to Launch Guyana Flights

The newly-relaunched Eastern Airlines is set to begin its first-ever commercial service to the wider Caribbean region next month.  Eastern, a revival of the branding of the once-legendary airline, will be launching nonstop flights between New York and Georgetown, Guyana beginning March 5.  “Eastern Airlines is all about serving underserved markets from around the globe […]

American Airlines Begins New York-Guyana Flights

American Airlines has officially begun its first-ever flights from New York to Georgetown in Guyana.  The new nonstop flights will operate daily between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport.  While much of the demand will likely be filled in the shorter term by the Guyanese diaspora living in […]

Rum Journal: An All-Inclusive Caribbean Rum Shack in Antigua

Guyana’s El Dorado 15. Trinidad’s Angostura 1787. Barbados’ Mount Gay 1703.  They’re the sort of rums you hardly find together in the Caribbean, iconic West Indian rum expressions that seldom appear on a shelf even at the best of Caribbean bars.  At Antigua’s Galley Bay, however, they’re right there with one another — and when you’re […]

Guyana Tourism Is Heating Up

Guyana, the seat of the Caribbean Community and one of the wider region’s undiscovered tourism destinations, is quietly having a very strong tourism year.  Tourist arrivals were up by 8.5 percent through the end of September, according to a statement from the Guyana Tourism Authority.  That’s in large part to the late 2018 debut of […]

Eastern Airlines Is Launching Guyana Flights

The venerable Eastern Airlines brand is back, and it’s about to launch its first regularly-scheduled flights to the wider Caribbean region.  Eastern will soon begin regularly-scheduled services between New York and Guyana’s capital of Georgetown, according to Joseph Harmon, director general of Guyana’s Ministry of the Presidency.  Eastern has already applied to Guyana’s Civil Aviation […]