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The Cool List: The Coolest Caribbean Hotels for 2019

There’s a peculiar joy to finding that hidden-away hotel, the one you haven’t heard of, the one without a brand but with a personality. There’s a feeling you get when you discover a hotel for yourself — one that soon develops […]

Five Laid-Back Caribbean Hotels For Couples

What makes the perfect romantic retreat? For us, it’s got to be in an idyllic (Caribbean, of course!) location with sufficient diversions to ensure we don’t get bored but not so many that we lose focus on the real reason […]

Haiti: Designs Released for $5 Million Football Stadium in Cite Soleil

Above: a rendering of the project By the Caribbean Journal staff Project Phoenix has officially unveiled the designs for its planned football stadium in Haiti. The 12,000-seat, $5 million stadium in Port-au-Prince’s Cite Soleil neighbourhood is the brainchild of Delos’ […]

Rubble from Haiti’s National Palace to Help Rebuild Cite Soleil

Above: demolition work on Haiti’s national palace (Photo: J/P Haitian Relief Organization) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s damaged national palace was one of the lasting images of the country’s 2010 earthquake. But while Haiti has already begun the demolition […]

Disabled in a Handicapped Country

By James English All photos by James English PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Sainte Marie is a neighborhood located on the side of a steep hill in southern Port-au-Prince.  The area was heavily damaged during the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and […]

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The 23 Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2023

Can you believe it has been nearly three years since the world changed? In that span, the destinations of the Caribbean have undergone a tumultuous, frantic, whirring upheaval, one that turned from total static to what is today an abundant, […]

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The 22 Best Islands in the Caribbean to Visit in 2022

Hiking a volcano. Walking the cane fields of an organic rum distillery. Eating lionfish burgers at an oceanfront food truck; savoring a twilight mento concert; kayaking across a secret mangrove forest; riding a flats boat to an undiscovered sandbar. They’re […]

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The Club Med Resorts of the Caribbean, Explained

Club Med helped pioneer the concept of all-inclusive vacations in the 1960s and 1970s, and people of a certain age doubtless remember the hotel chain’s jingle from the time: “The Club Med vacation/The antidote for civilization.” Originally a no-frills concept […]

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Dart Real Estate to Reopen, Expand Cayman Brac Luxury Resort

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor Shuttered for close to two years, five-star luxury resort Le Soleil d’Or on Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands was acquired by Dart Real Estate in the spring of 2019 and was set to reopen this past […]

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From St John to Martinique, 5 Charming Caribbean Hotels to Try

We’ve made no secret for our love of the Caribbean’s smaller hotels, where travelers can dig deep into the authentic charm of the Caribbean. But there are more such properties than one can count — meaning we never get tired of […]

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5 Cayman Islands Hotels to Visit Now

While it may be home to Seven Mile Beach, one of the most remarkable beaches anywhere on earth, the Cayman Islands is so much more than just a single stretch of beach. But it’s also so much more than just […]

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10 Tiny Caribbean Resorts to Visit Right Now

They’re not mega-resorts. They’re not even large resorts. But they’re also more than boutique hotels. These are Caribbean resorts, in a smaller package, with the amenities you’re looking for and the intimacy you prize. They’re full of character and charm […]

The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean – 2016

The Caribbean’s food scene continues to get better, with a renewed focus on honoring local styles and ingredients and a growing slate of world-class restaurants. And 2016 was an eventful year for the region’s restaurants, with several stellar debuts like St. Croix’s […]

Where to Travel in 2015: The Must-Visit Places in the Caribbean

DON’T JUST visit the Caribbean this year. Experience it. Go outside of your comfort zone and find something new. That’s the advice of our Where to Travel list for 2015, featuring some of our favourite places in the Caribbean: some […]

US: Pace of Drug Enforcement Action in Haiti “Stubbornly Low”

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The tempo of drug enforcement actions in Haiti remains “stubbornly low,” according to the United States State Department’s recently-released 2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Haiti remains a transit point for […]

In Haiti’s Land of Canaan, a Promised Land Empty of Promise

Above: Canaan in Haiti By Kendi Zidor Haitian Press Agency Jeanne St Fleur spent more than two years living in a tent on the dusty hillside known as Canaan, in the northern end of Port-au-Prince’s metropolitan area. She moved there […]

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