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Foxwoods Opens Puerto Rico Casino

There’s a new power player in Caribbean gaming: Foxwoods.  The Mashantucket, Conn-based casino giant has opened its first ever casino in the Caribbean at the Fairmont El San Juan resort in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  It’s a significant boost for […]

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The Caribbean’s Top Rum Festival Is Back

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A master class in rare bottlings of Jamaican rum. A rum-and-cigar pairing with Davidoff. A blind-tasting competition of the Caribbean’s most sought-after rums. A journey through the world of the Rhum Agricole of Martinique and Guadeloupe.  It’s the Caribbean’s leading […]

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Martinique Has a New Tourism Commissioner

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The French Caribbean island of Martinique has named a new Tourism Commissioner, Caribbean Journal has learned.   The Martinique Tourism Authority has tapped Benedicte de Geronimo to the role.  Di Geronimo, a graduate of the Sorbonne in Paris, is working […]

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American Airlines Is Adding More Flights to Grenada

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American Airlines is ramping up its flights to Grenada for the upcoming winter season, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Right now, American operates two weekly flights between Miami International Airport and Grenada’s Maurice Bishop International Airport, with service on Wednesdays and […]

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The Caribbean Island of Montserrat Is Now Open to Vaccinated Travelers

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The tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat is now open to fully vaccinated visitors, albeit with a strict five-day quarantine requirement.  The island set southwest of Antigua officially reopened its borders at the beginning of this month.  So what do travelers […]


Sotheby’s International Realty Expands to Jamaica

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Sotheby’s International Realty has opened its newest office in the Caribbean: Jamaica.  In what could be a major move for a large but still largely unheralded luxury real estate market, the brand has added Reside Realty Ltd, which will now […]


St Barth's Culinary Scene Is Buzzing

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Another new eatery is making its debut in St Barth this season, part of what has been an exciting year for the island’s culinary scene, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new Amis St Barth is set to open at the […]

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Royal Caribbean Is Returning to Jamaica

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Royal Caribbean is set to resume cruise calls to Jamaica beginning in November, tourism officials told Caribbean Journal this week.  The island’s cruise industry relaunched this summer, and now Royal Caribbean is planning to make its return to Jamaica after […]


Major Caribbean Hotel Sold; Will Become a Marriott

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One of the signature hotels in Puerto Rico has been sold, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Sheraton Old San Juan hotel in Puerto Rico has been acquired by Driftwood capital, the commercial real estate investment, development and lending platform.  The […]


In Anegada, Finding the British Virgin Islands’ Bucket-List Hotel

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You’re perched above the dunes at the edge of the Caribbean, just you and the breeze and the frothing waves.  This is Anegada, the frontier of the British Virgin Islands and the island that’s the most closely-guarded secret in an […]

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Puerto Rico Keeps Setting New Tourism Records

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Puerto Rico keeps setting tourism records, according to new data from the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. In what officials are calling a “record year” for the island, Puerto Rico has seen the highest figures ever recorded in room tax collations […]


Bonaire Is Getting More Nonstop Flights from the US

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The Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire is set for a big boost to its airlift this winter season, Caribbean Journal has learned.  American Airlines and Delta have already relaunched their service to the island; now, United Airlines is relaunching its […]


Martinique Named UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

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The French Caribbean island of Martinique has joined UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Program.  It’s the second major UNESCO recognition for Martinique, whose. Yole Sailboat also was added to the organization’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List.  “We are thrilled and very […]


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