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The Caribbean's 10 Best All-Inclusive Resorts For Golf

Golf in the Caribbean — sweeping vistas, soft ocean breezes and swaying palm trees. It’s such a beautiful place to play golf that when you slice into the water on the fourth hole, you won’t have a care in the […]

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New Haiti Marriott to Top Off Construction "Soon" in Port-au-Prince

Above: a rendering of the Haiti Marriott By the Caribbean Journal staff The new Digicel-developed Marriott hotel in Haiti will soon be topping off construction, the company announced this week. Topping off is the ceremonial last placement of a beam […]

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Aruba Marriott Resort Debuts New $1.5 Million Ballroom

Above: the Aruba Marriott By the Caribbean Journal staff The Aruba Marriott Resort has completed a $1.5 million renovation of its 8,435-square-foot Grand Ballroom. The renovation included new woodwork, carpeting, wallpaper, millwork, lighting and banquet tables, among other changes. Above: […]

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St Kitts Marriott Completes Second Phase of $5.5 Million Renovation

Above: the renovated lobby at the St Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino By the Caribbean Journal staff The St Kitts Marriott Resort & Royal Beach Casino has completed the second phase of a two-year, $5.5 million renovation […]


San Juan Marriott Appoints New Director of Sales and Marketing

Above: the San Juan Marriott By the Caribbean Journal staff The San Juan Marriott in Puerto Rico has named Joaquin Cruz its new director of sales and marketing. A 20-year veteran of the industry, Cruz returns to the San Juan […]


Rum Journal: An Aloe Rum Punch From the Aruba Marriott

It’s Aruba’s biggest export, but you’ll also find aloe in abundance on the Dutch Caribbean island. But what you don’t know is that aloe juice can also find its way into a classic rum cocktail. That’s what happens at the Aruba […]

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Haiti Marriott Project Receiving $26.5 Million in Financing From IFC

Above: a rendering of the hotel By the Caribbean Journal staff The Marriott hotel project in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince is receiving $26.5 million in financing from the IFC. Turgeau Developments SA, which is sponsored by Digicel, will be receiving the funding […]


Construction Moving Forward on $52 Million Guyana Marriott Project

Above: construction on the Marriott hotel project in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Construction is making progress on the new $52 million Marriott project in Guyana, according to Romesh Budhram, the construction manager on the project. Work first launched […]


A New Beachfront Bar in Puerto Rico

Above: the Courtyard Isla Verde Beach Resort By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico’s Carolina has a new beachfront bar, following the opening of the Sirena Restaurant & Bar at the Courtyard Isla Verde Beach Resort near San Juan. The […]

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Jamaica: $200 Million in Spending on Riu, Marriott, Fiesta Projects in 2013

Above: the Riu Palace in Negril By the Caribbean Journal staff There will be an injection of more than $200 million USD in Jamaica’s tourism sector in 2013, according to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. The Prime Minister, who was […]


Haiti: Digicel, Marriott Break Ground on Port-au-Prince Hotel Project

Above: a rendering of Marriott’s Haiti hotel project By Alexander Britell Marriott and Digicel broke ground on their new Haiti hotel project Wednesday morning. The 175-room hotel is a partnership between the hotel company and the telecom giant. “We saw […]


Marriott Names First-Ever Regional President for Caribbean, Latin America

Above: the Scrub Island resort in BVI, part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection By the Caribbean Journal staff Marriott has named company veteran Craig Smith as its first-ever president for the Caribbean and Latin America, citing the “increasing importance” of the […]