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I Stayed at the Best Luxury Resort in the Dominican Republic, With 3 Golf Courses, an 18,000-Square-Foot Spa, and a Cliffside Mediterranean Village

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I was halfway down a stone lane in Altos de Chavón when I remembered that I was technically at a beach resort. A woman was opening the doors to a small gallery. Bougainvillea hung over the walls above the plaza. Beyond the village, the Chavón River wound through the countryside toward the Caribbean Sea. There […]

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Caribbean Hotels Are Off to a Great Start in 2026

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New data from STR’s latest Caribbean report shows that hotel performance across the region is not just holding steady — it’s improving across nearly every key metric. For February 2026, occupancy reached 76.5 percent, an increase of 2.6 percentage points year over year. That’s a meaningful jump in a region where occupancy is already traditionally high during peak […]

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This Luxury Turks and Caicos Resort Has Huge Suites and Spectacular White Sand — and It Just Joined Leading Hotels of the World

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Long Bay Beach runs for nearly 3 miles along the southeastern side of Providenciales, a long stretch of white sand where steady trade winds move across shallow water that shifts between turquoise and pale blue depending on the light. The shoreline feels wide and open. Kiteboarders glide across the bay in the distance. The rhythm here […]

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This Boutique Hotel in Puerto Rico Has a Rooftop Infinity Pool, Lagoon Views, and Adults-Only Vacations

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You’re in Condado, where San Juan’s energy moves fast. Cars glide down Ashford Avenue. The Atlantic rolls just a few blocks away. Across the street, Condado Lagoon catches the afternoon light as paddleboarders drift across the water. Then you step inside O:LV Fifty Five, and the pace changes. The lighting drops to a warm glow. […]


This Luxury Turks and Caicos Resort Has Huge Suites and Spectacular White Sand — and It Just Joined Leading Hotels of the World

The Caribbean and Latin America’s leading hotel investment gathering is set to return this spring, with ALIS CAL Ataking place April 28-30, 2026 at the Loews Coral Gables Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida. It’s an event that has established itself as the premier deal-driven conference focused on hospitality investment across the Caribbean and Latin America. […]

This Turks and Caicos Hotel Has Private Cottages, Botanical Gardens, and a Grace Bay Beach Club

Turks and Caicos has a certain look. It’s Grace Bay, beachfront towers, polished lobbies, and a destination where the best-known names tend to sit right on the sand. Kokomo Botanical Resort is something else entirely. You don’t arrive to a grand entrance on the beach. You arrive to gardens. You walk paths through thick tropical […]

Anguilla’s Best Hotel Has an Iconic Bar, a White Sand Beach, and Free Flights From Newark

You land directly on Anguilla. The plane drops over the hillside and touches down at Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport. No connection in St. Maarten. No boat transfer. Within minutes, you’re in a car heading toward Shoal Bay East, where the sand runs long and white and the water stays calm and swimmable. For spring […]

Caribbean Hotels Are Heating Up, With Occupancy Rising and Revenue Climbing 

After a year filled with mostly declining hotel occupancy numbers, Caribbean hotels are starting to heat up.  The region’s hotel properties actually had their biggest year-over-year jump of 2025 in December, and the trend continued into January, according to new data from hotel analytics firm STR.  January saw a 1.8 percent jump in hotel occupancy […]

Hotel Tracker: A Cliffside Negril, Jamaica Retreat for $266

The latest Hotel Tracker found a six-night stay at The Cliff in Negril, with pricing at $266 per night for travel from Feb. 1 through Feb. 7, according to what we found on Google Hotels. For high season on Jamaica’s West End, that rate stands out, particularly for one of the area’s most design-forward boutique […]

Hotel Tracker: You Can Stay at the SLS Cancun for $154 a Night

Hotel Tracker found a notable rate on Google Hotels at SLS Cancun: rooms starting at about $154 per night during the first week of February. That’s an unusually low price for this design-forward beachfront hotel in the heart of winter season. SLS Cancun is set in the Puerto Cancún community, a quieter, more polished pocket just north of […]

Caribbean Hotels Had a Stronger Finish to 2025, in a Positive Sign for the Winter Season

December was the strongest month of the year for the Caribbean hotel sector a positive sign after a year of mostly declining occupancy numbers.  Hotel occupancy across the region was 67.4 percent in 2025 — up 0.9 percent from December 2024, according to data provided to Caribbean Journal by analytics firm STR.  That was actually the […]

Our 50 Favorite Boutique Hotels for 2026 Deliver a Different Kind of Caribbean Vacation

Boutique hotels are where the Caribbean really shows its personality. These are places defined by feeling, not formulas — small enough to know your name, distinctive enough to stay with you long after you’ve left. From rainforest hideaways and private islands to classic inns and toes-in-the-sand escapes, these are the boutique hotels we love most […]