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Photo of the Week: Sunset on the Sea in St Kitts

Sunset from SALT Plage in St Kitts.

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Kara Peterson, who sent in this lovely shot of sunset in St Kitts taken from the SALT Plage beach bar. 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 […]

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Southwest Airlines Is Planning a Caribbean Relaunch

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Southwest Airlines is planning to relaunch a number of routes as the Caribbean begins opening up once again for tourism, the carrier said.  While the launches are dependent on each individual destination’s reopening plans, Southwest Airlines said it would be resuming service to destinations in both Mexico and the Caribbean.  For now, Southwest plans to […]

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Kempinski’s First Caribbean Resort Is Open in Dominica

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The hottest Caribbean hotel opening of 2019 is here.  Kempinski’s first-ever Caribbean resort has officially opened its doors in the north of Dominica.  The 151-room Cabrits Resort and Spa Kempinski Dominica resort is a monumental new addition to an island that has always been one of the best-kept secrets in the Caribbean. It’s another major […]

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Caribbean Airlines Launching More Flights From Jamaica

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Caribbean Airlines is adding another new route out of what is becoming a growing regional hub in Jamaica, the company announced this week. Caribbean Airlines will begin its newest service between Kingston, Jamaica and Grand Cayman on Dec. 3. The flights will operate twice weekly on Tuesday and Saturday, according to a statement. The Tuesday […]


Kempinski’s First Caribbean Resort Is Open in Dominica

By the Caribbean Journal staff Virgin Atlantic is adding new flights to one of the Caribbean’s buzziest hotspots, Antigua and Barbuda. The transatlantic carrier will be expanding its Antigua service from three weekly flights to four weekly flights. That change will come into effect beginning June 8, 2020, according to a statement released by Virgin […]

Sunwing Launches Two New Caribbean Routes

By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian travel giant Sunwing is launching a pair of new routes to the Caribbean region. One is the long-awaited return of direct flights from Montreal to Havana, with service on Mondays and Fridays beginning Dec. 13. (The flights will run through March 13, 2020) The other new route is a […]

Caribbean Airlines Launching Kingston-Havana Flights

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Caribbean Airlines is launching twice weekly nonstop service between Kingston, Jamaica and Havana, Cuba, the carrier announced this week. The new flights will operate on Wednesdays and Fridays beginning Nov. 6, using a Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft, with a seating capacity of 150, according to a statement from the company. […]

Kempinski Is Opening a New Cuba Resort With Overwater Villas

By the Caribbean Journal staff Luxury hotel brand Kempinski is adding a second hotel property in Cuba. The Swiss company, which debuted its five-star Gran Manzana Hotel Kempinski in Havana in 2017, will be opening a five-star luxury resort on Cayo Guillermo, the company announced. The Cayo Guillermo Resort Kempinski is already under construction and […]

The Bahamas’ Biggest Cruise Port Is Being Transformed

By the Caribbean Journal staff What’s being billed as a “game-changing” project is coming to Nassau in The Bahamas. Global Ports Holding, a leading global cruise port operator, has been selected as the winning bidder for a massive transformation of Nassau’s Prince George Wharf cruise port. The $250 million Port Nassau project would dramatically redevelop […]

Virgin Voyages Adds Two New Caribbean Destinations

By the Caribbean Journal staff Virgin Voyages’ highly-anticipated debut is getting closer, and now Sir Richard Branson’s revolutionary adults-only cruise brand is adding two more new destinations to its portfolio. Virgin Voyages, which announced Havana, Cuba as its first port of call last year, is adding two more cruise ports: Puerto Plata in the Dominican […]

Virgin Voyages Launches Bookings, Reveals Bimini as New Destination

By the Caribbean Journal staff The highly-anticipated Virgin Voyages just crossed a major threshold. It’s officially open for business. Sir Richard Branson’s new adults-only cruise line launched bookings on Thursday for its new-build Scarlet Lady ship, which will be sailing out of PortMiami beginning in 2020. The ship’s inaugural season will run from April 1 […]

Carnival Is Planning Its First-Ever New York-Cuba Cruises

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line is planning to launch its first-ever cruises from New York to Cuba in 2020. The Carnival Radiance cruise ship will undertake the first voyages from New York as part of a wider berth that includes four-to-nine daily sailings to the Caribbean and a winter season out of […]

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