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Saint Lucia Has a New Kind of Luxury Resort, With Beachfront Villas, Private Pools and Butler Service

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Saint Lucia’s new Sapphire Sands Villas brings a villa-first luxury resort to Reduit Beach, with flexible beachfront accommodations, private plunge pools and around-the-clock butler service. Sapphire Sands Villas is now open on Reduit Beach in Saint Lucia, and the new property from Bay Gardens Resorts is something notably different for both the island and the […]

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10 Caribbean Hotels You Can Fly To

IT’S PERHAPS the ultimate Caribbean arrival: gliding onto the water on a seaplane, stepping on the dock and walking right to your hotel room — or doing the same in a helicopter. Well, you can make just such an entrance at certain hotels in the Caribbean, places where arrival isn’t just a luxury — it’s a […]

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Accor Names Executive Vice President For North/Central America, Caribbean

Above: The MGallery Hostal Nicolas de Ovando in Santo Domingo By the Caribbean Journal staff Accor has named Dominique Colliat the company’s new executive vice president for hotel services for North & Central America and the Caribbean, it announced Wednesday. Colliat, a 27-year veteran of the company, will be responsible for “targeted business and development […]

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11 Caribbean Bungalow Hotels

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They’re not villas, they’re bungalows — small, typically one-story cottages that evoke the archetypal dream of Caribbean travel — just you and yours in a detached dwelling in plain view of the sea. And at these hotel properties in the Caribbean, you can find just that — your own private Caribbean bungalow, cottage, hut, casita, or […]


Accor Names Executive Vice President For North/Central America, Caribbean

Above: the Comfort Suites in Paradise Island (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Choice Hotels has named Dennis Wynn to oversee the company’s franchise sales efforts in the Caribbean, the company announced. Wynn, who was appointed Director of Membership for Choice Hotels’ Ascend Hotel collection two years ago, will be responsible “strategic growth and […]

SLS Hotels Coming to Baha Mar

Above: the Baha Mar project in the Bahamas By the Caribbean Journal staff SLS Hotels is coming to the Bahamas. The luxury hotel brand will be managing a 300-room hotel at the Baha Mar resort project, which will include 107 residences. SLS at Baha Mar is the first international venture for Sam Nazarian’s company, which […]

Caribbean Hotel Sector Rebounds With Very Strong May

Above: Grenada (Caribbean Journal photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff After three consecutive months of year-over-year decline, the Caribbean hotel industry rebounded with a strong month of May, according to a new report from STR. Hotel occupancy in the Caribbean improved by 3.2 percent in May compared to May 2013, the largest year-over-year increase since […]

Jamaican Tourism Looks to Get Greener

Above: the Grand Palladium in Jamaica By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is targeting the installation of green energy solution in Jamaica hotels, according to Energy Minister Philip Paulwell. The Minister said the push came against what he called the administration’s “recognition of the need to source and provide alternative energy options to oil, on […]

Caribbean Hotels See Biggest Occupancy Drop Since 2010

By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean hotel occupancy declined by 2.6 percent in April, the region’s largest monthly decline in almost four years. According to STR’s monthly trend report, Caribbean hotel occupancy finished April at 72.4 percent, down 2.6 percent from 74.4 percent in April 2013. That was the largest year-over-year monthly decline since the […]

Caribbean Hotel Report: Occupancy Numbers Continue to Decline

By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean hotel occupancy continued its slow start to 2014 with another decline, according to STR. The region’s hotel occupancy fell by 0.4 percent in March compared to the same month in 2013, following a similar year-over-year decline in February. Hotel occupancy in the region in March stood at 78.6 percent, […]

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Names New Chief Information Officer

Above: Starwood’s St Regis Bahia Beach in Puerto Rico By the Caribbean Journal staff Starwood Hotels & Resorts has named Martha Poulter its new executive vice president and chief information officer. Poulter, the former Chief Information Officer of GE Capital, will officially begin work on June 23. She will be a member of Starwood’s Senior […]

12 Solar-Powered Caribbean Hotels

IT’S THE Caribbean’s most abundant resource, and it’s powering a number of the region’s hotels: the sun. From hot water heaters to large-scale solar arrays, the Caribbean has an increasing number of solar-powered hotels. To continue our Earth Week coverage, here are some of the hotels where you can both enjoy the sun on the […]