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This Under-the-Radar Caribbean Beach Town Has Street Food, Island Hopping, and French Charm

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I’m eating a bokit. It’s the most famous sandwich in Guadeloupe — a fried bread pocket that lands somewhere between the bakes of the southern Caribbean and a panini — hot, filling, and meant to be eaten with your hands (here’s more on this culinary art form). The oil’s still warm through the paper. There’s […]

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Crystal Is Relaunching Cruises in The Bahamas This Summer

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Luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises will soon become the first cruise line to return to the Caribbean since the pandemic, with a new Bahamas-only itinerary exclusively for vaccinated travelers. The program, which launches this summer, is called Bahamas Escapes, and will include a series of 16 seven-night, round-trip cruises out of Nassau on the company’s […]

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A Clean, Reliable Power Solution for Caribbean Hotels and Resorts

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By Alexander Britell It’s one of the biggest issues for any large resort or project in the Caribbean: power generation. And it’s even harder to do so in a clean, green, cost-effective way. More and more projects in the region are turning to E-Finity Distributed Generation, which covers every stage of the process to provide […]

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New Flights From Miami to Cancun

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Frontier Airlines has launched another new route from Miami International Airport to the Caribbean, with new service to Cancun on the Caribbean coast of Mexico.  The airline has kicked off five weekly flights between Miami and Cancun.  “We’re pleased to expand in Miami with new flights to Cancun,” said Daniel Shurz, senior vice president of […]


A Clean, Reliable Power Solution for Caribbean Hotels and Resorts

A collection of three private islands in The Bahamas has been sold, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  Little Hawksbill Cays, which includes a 39-acre island, a 10-acre island and a five-acre island, have been sold in a transaction handled by George Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty in Nassau.  Damianos Sotheby’s confirmed the sale to Caribbean Journal […]

The Sandals Royal Barbados Resort Is Expanding

Sandals Resorts International is expanding again in the Caribbean, this time to its flagship resort in Barbados. The Sandals Royal Barbados all-inclusive is set to unveil a significant expansion project on July 1, 2021. The company is adding 66 new suites to the South Seas Village at Sandals Royal Barbados. “Sandals Royal Barbados is the […]

Turks and Caicos Has a New Minister of Tourism

Turks and Caicos has a new Minister of Tourism, following the swearing-in of new Minister Josephine Connolly. Connolly was appointed by new Premier Charles Washington following the British Overseas Territory’s recent election. “I am honored to serve the Turks and Caicos Islands as the Minister of Tourism at this critical point,” Connolly said in a […]

How to Live in the Caribbean for a Year

For travel writers like me, popping open a laptop to work on a Caribbean beach is a familiar occupational hazard. But amid the pandemic, having to work while you’re in paradise seems like a small price to pay to escape the confines of the living rooms and home offices where we’ve been sequestered for the […]

Alexander Hamilton’s Forgotten Caribbean Island

Since the release of the smash Broadway hit Hamilton, the Caribbean island of Nevis has been in the limelight, with visitors drawn to the Eastern Caribbean destination to see U.S. founding father Alexander Hamilton’s birthplace in downtown Charlestown.  Hamilton was born in Nevis and lived there until age nine, before his legendary political career. He also […]

This Caribbean Island Is Seeing a Surge in Luxury Hotel Development

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor Grenada has always been a draw for wealthy vacationers looking for a relaxing getaway with seclusion and less crowds. And with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Caribbean hotel investment experts are telling Caribbean Journal Invest those traits are putting Grenada at the top of hotel investors’ radars. “Grenada has everything [vacationers […]

Why the US Virgin Islands Is Primed for Tourism Investment

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI The number of flights offered there and the incentives it offers for hotel investors, along with safety and security, has the U.S. Virgin Islands set to bounce back fast from the COVID-related travel decline. Caribbean Journal Invest (CJI) recently chatted with USVI Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte, who elaborated […]

Curacao Launches Long-Term Stay Program

The Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao is the latest Caribbean destination to launch a long-term stay option, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Curacao has debuted the @HOME in Curacao program, which allows approved applicants to stay for a maximum period of six months on the island (along with a possible extension for another six months).  The […]