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In Bonaire’s Frontier Town, a Local Spiced Rum Just Might Make the Best Cuba Libre in the Caribbean

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The road north from Kralendijk changes quickly. The coastline disappears, cactus fills the landscape and Bonaire begins to feel wilder. Then you reach Rincon, the island’s oldest settlement and a frontier town unlike anywhere else in the Dutch Caribbean. This is where you find Rom Rincon. The locally made spiced rum comes from The Cadushy […]

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Reader Photo of the Week: Seven Mile Beach Sand in Negril, Jamaica

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Caribbean Journal reader Harry Ramnauth took this week’s photo, a stunning shot of the beautiful white sand of Seven Mile Beach in Negril, Jamaica. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line — it could very well become the next Caribbean Photo of the […]

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Jamaica’s Tourism Recovery Is Accelerating, With 2.34 Million Visitors, $2.5 Billion in Revenue and Hotels Coming Back

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Jamaica’s tourism recovery is entering a new phase, with 2.34 million visitors, $2.5 billion in earnings and major resort inventory returning across Montego Bay and Negril. Jamaica has welcomed 2.34 million visitors through Aug. 31, generating $2.5 billion in tourism earnings even as a significant portion of the island’s hotel inventory remains offline following Hurricane […]

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Jamaica’s 7 Best Beaches for Your Next Vacation, From Seven Mile in Negril to Frenchman’s Cove and Winnifred

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From Negril and Montego Bay to Portland and Ocho Rios, these are 7 Jamaica beaches we keep going back to — including a legendary strand, a river-fed cove and one of the Caribbean’s great local beach experiences. Seven Mile Beach in Negril, Frenchman’s Cove in Portland and Winnifred Beach near Port Antonio tell you almost […]


Jamaica’s Tourism Recovery Is Accelerating, With 2.34 Million Visitors, $2.5 Billion in Revenue and Hotels Coming Back

The newly refreshed Grand Lido Negril has reopened in Jamaica as an intimate Marriott Autograph Collection all-inclusive with just 26 oceanfront suites, dedicated butler service and a private clothing-free resort experience. There are big all-inclusive resorts, and then there is Grand Lido Negril, a tiny oceanfront enclave in Negril, Jamaica with just 26 suites. The […]

Montego Bay, Jamaica Is Getting a Reimagined Adults-Only All-Inclusive With 295 Suites, Swim-Out Rooms, and Toes-in-the-Sand Pools

JOIA Rose Hall by Iberostar will reopen in Montego Bay on Dec. 1 after a complete renovation, bringing new rooms, restaurants, pool and beach experiences to the adults-only resort. JOIA Rose Hall by Iberostar is coming back to Montego Bay on Dec. 1, and the adults-only all-inclusive will look very different when it does. The […]

Southwest Airlines Is Bringing Back Its Nashville-Montego Bay Flight in March, With Saturday Service to Jamaica

Southwest Airlines is bringing back its seasonal nonstop service from Nashville to Montego Bay, Jamaica, on March 13, with Saturday flights returning for the spring travel season. Jamaica is getting its nonstop Southwest connection from Nashville back next spring. Southwest Airlines is scheduled to resume seasonal Saturday service to Montego Bay on March 13, 2027, […]

Two Famous Jamaica Hotels Just Launched Their Own Micro-Drama Series

Two of Negril’s best-known hotels are taking a different approach to telling their story, turning their properties into the setting for a new Jamaican-made comedy series. Rockhouse Hotel and Skylark Negril Beach Resort have launched Soft Summer, a dark comedy micro-drama filmed entirely at the two Negril properties with an all-Jamaican cast and crew. The […]

The Jamaica Cup Is Coming to Half Moon This November, With Pro Tennis, a Pro-Am, and a Montego Bay Week Built Around the Game

Tennis has long been part of the experience at Half Moon, where courts are part of a resort that has helped define the Montego Bay vacation for generations. This November, the game will take a much bigger role. The inaugural Jamaica Cup is coming to Montego Bay from Nov. 11–16, bringing professional players, collegiate athletes […]

The 6 Best Boutique Hotels in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, From a James Bond Hideaway to a Seven-Villa Retreat and a Classic Island Escape

Ocho Rios has long been one of the busiest resort towns on Jamaica’s north coast, with large all-inclusives lining much of the stretch from Runaway Bay through Ocho Rios and east toward Oracabessa. Yet some of the most interesting stays here operate on a far smaller canvas: a former literary retreat, a classic beachfront hotel, seven […]

Sandals Is Making a Big Jamaica Comeback — Here Are All 7 All-Inclusive Resorts to Know for This Winter

Sandals’ Jamaica story is getting a major new chapter this winter. It starts Nov. 18, when Sandals South Coast reopens after a major reimagining. A month later, Sandals Montego Bayreturns on Dec. 18, joined the same day by the debut of Sandals Caribbean Cay, the new name and new incarnation of the former Sandals Royal […]

This New Adults-Only All-Inclusive Resort in Jamaica Is Now Taking Reservations, With 451 Rooms, Swim-Out Suites, and a Huge Spa

Montego Bay has long given travelers an unusually broad version of Jamaica in one trip. You can spend an afternoon over jerk chicken and cold Red Stripe, play a round of golf above the Caribbean, head into town for music and food, or use the resort corridor as a base for day trips into the […]