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Hotel Tracker: True Blue Bay Hotel in Grenada for $212 a Night in March

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The road curves past marinas and low hills on Grenada’s southwest coast, then drops toward Prickly Bay, where sailboats rest at anchor and the water stays calm through most of the day. True Blue Bay Hotel sits right along the edge of the bay, close enough that you see masts and ripples from balconies and […]

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American Airlines: Latin America, Caribbean Traffic Rebounding

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By the Caribbean Journal staff After months of flat to negative growth in the Latin America and Caribbean region, American Airlines Group is showing signs of a serious rebound. The company reported 2.136 billion revenue passenger miles to the region in September, a 5.3 percent improvement over the same period in 2014. The company also […]

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Air Canada’s Traffic Is Climbing

By the Caribbean Journal staff Air Canada had a very strong September, according to the company’s latest data. The Canadian carrier reported a systemwide capacity increase of 11.5 percent last month, along with a load factor of 83.6 percent. That came with a 10.1 percent increase in systemwide traffic, the company said in its monthly […]

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Marriott Plans Major Caribbean, Latin America Expansion

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Marriott International is embarking on a major expansion push in Latin America and the Caribbean, the company said this week. The company said it plans to open 60 new hotels in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2018. “The northern part of our region is enjoying strong performance while the […]


Air Canada’s Traffic Is Climbing

Brokerage’s regional presence grows By the Caribbean Journal staff Top real estate firm CBRE has named Mary Jo Eaton its new president for Florida and Latin America, the company announced. The move is a promotion, as Eaton had been leading CBRE’s Florida region since 2011, and now assumes responsibility for CBRE’s Latin America business. “This […]

American Airlines Showing Prolonged Decline in Latin America, Caribbean

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor American Airlines’ decline in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2015 continues. American Airlines Group is reporting a 6.1 percent decrease in year-to-date revenue passenger miles for Latin America and the Caribbean compared to the first six months of 2014, according to the company’s most recent traffic report. It was […]

Transport, Logistics and Competitiveness in the Caribbean

A new look at regional logistics By George Nicholson Op-Ed Contributor Regional trade policy, whether internally or externally guided, has traditionally focussed on removing tariff and non-tariff barriers. This has long been espoused as the catalyst that would enhance regional trade and its effect on the economy. Trade facilitation however and in particular that which […]

Air Canada Continues Growth in Latin America, Caribbean Traffic

By the Caribbean Journal staff Air Canada’s strong growth growth in Latin America and Caribbean traffic continued last month. The carrier reported 364 million revenue passenger miles in June in Latin America and the Caribbean, up from 337 million in June 2014. That represented an 8 percent increase year over year. The carrier also saw […]

American Airlines: Continued Decline in Latin America, Caribbean Traffic

Above: an American Airlines plane By the Caribbean Journal staff American Airlines Group’s Latin America and Caribbean traffic continues to slide. The carrier saw a 7.9 percent reduction in Revenue Passenger Miles to the region in May, reporting just under 2.5 billion RPM. That was down from 2.71 billion in May of 2014. Last month, […]

This Caribbean Country Received $4.5 Billion in Remittances

Above: Santo Domingo (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean set a record last year, with the Caribbean led by the Dominican Republic, according to a new report from the Inter-American Development Bank. Total remittances topped a previous high set in 2008. The Dominican Republic led the way […]

La Quinta Opens First Honduras Hotel

Above: LQ Tegucigalpa By the Caribbean Journal staff US-based hotel giant La Quinta is expanding in the Caribbean Basin. The company announced the opening of its first LQ Hotel in Honduras’ capital of Tegucigalpa. The property is the company’s first outside of the US, Canada and Mexico (it already has a property in Cancun). It […]

Haiti, Mexico Sign Investment Pact

Above: the signing ceremony in Mexico (Photo: CH Mexico) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and Mexico have signed a bilateral agreement aimed at investment promotion and protection. The agreement was signed last week by Haiti Industry Minister Jude Hervey Day and Mexico Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal. The signing was witnessed by Haiti President […]

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