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Jamaica’s 8 Million-Visitor Plan: A New Tourism Push Targeting Latin America, India, and the Middle East

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Jamaica is setting a big marker for where it wants tourism to go next. The island’s Government has unveiled a strategic roadmap for the 2026/2027 fiscal year designed to significantly diversify the island’s tourism source markets and position Jamaica to reach 8 million annual visitors and $10 billion in tourism earnings by 2030. It’s an […]

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Tulum Is About to Welcome Its First Nonstop Flights from the US

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It was a tiny beach town, tucked amid mangroves and Mayan ruins, the stomping ground of yogis and artists and creative types.  In the last decade, though, the Mexican Caribbean town of Tulum has exploded, surging into one of the hippest, most in-demand places to visit in the Caribbean Basin.  What was once the home […]

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Santo Domingo Has Its First Marriott-Branded Hotel  

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Just a few weeks after Marriott opened its new Courtyard Marriott in the Dominican Republic’s capital, the company has debuted another new hotel in Santo Domingo.  The new Santo Domingo Marriott Hotel Piantini is the first classic Marriott-branded hotel in the city, with designs by Boris Pena Architects and 207 rooms with views of the […]

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New Marriott All-Inclusive Resorts Planned for Costa Mujeres

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A pair of new Marriott-portfolio all-inclusive resorts are in development in Costa Mujeres, the Mexican Caribbean hotspot often dubbed the “New Cancun.” AB Living has announced a pair of new all-inclusive resorts in Costa Mujeres in partnership with Marriott: the JW Marriott All-Inclusive Resort and Residences and the W All-Inclusive Costa Mujeres Resort and Residences.  […]


Santo Domingo Has Its First Marriott-Branded Hotel  

It was arguably the most high-profile resort on the Dutch side of St Maarten: the Westin Dawn Beach resort, set on one of the most beautiful shorelines on the island and the area’s most famous branded hotel.  Then that unwelcome guest named Irma showed up and for nearly seven years the resort sat in varying […]

Marriott: St Regis Aruba Resort Anticipated to Debut in 2024 

The highly-anticipated new St Regis resort in Aruba is anticipated to open in 2024, according to parent company Marriott International.  The luxury resort is slated to make its debut before the end of this year, according to a recently-released pipeline of anticipated luxury openings for the year 2024.  The hotel does not have a set […]

Marriott Is Opening a New All-Inclusive Resort in the Dominican Republic 

Marriott is set to open its first-ever Marriott-branded all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic early next year, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The company will be adding the former Sunrise Miches Beach Resort to its All-Inclusive by Marriott Bonvoy portfolio, with plans to open the resort in the first quarter of 2025.  That will include what […]

Marriott Is Rebranding Three All-Inclusive Resorts in Barbados 

Marriott is set to rebrand three all-inclusive resorts it owns in Barbados this year.  The company will be adding the Treasure Beach, The House and Waves resorts into its Autogrpah Collection brand.  Marriott acquired the Elegant Hotels portfolio in 2019, helping to kick off its foray into the all-inclusive space with its All-Inclusive by Marriott […]

A New All-Inclusive W Hotel Is Opening This Year in Punta Cana 

The first-ever all-inclusive W Hotel in the Caribbean is opening this year in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The hotel, part of a broad expansion for parent company Marriott International, is on the list of expected 2024 openings in the region for the brand.  The hotel in the Dominican Republic’s most popular […]

Marriott Just Opened a New Hotel in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 

Marriott has just opened its second Courtyard-branded hotel in the Dominican Republic’s fast-growing capital, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The company has debuted the new Courtyard by Marriott Santo Domingo Piantini, a development by Real Hotels and Resorts.  The hotel, which welcomed its first guests this week, has 160 rooms in the Piantini neighborhood of Santo […]

Marriott Is Opening a Resort in St Maarten 

It might be one of the quietest hotel openings of the year in the Caribbean — but it’s also one of the most significant.  While it’s somehow managed to fly under the radar, Marriott is set to debut its JW Marriott brand at the former Westin Dawn Beach resort in St Maarten as early as […]

Marriott Is Opening a New Resort in Turks and Caicos 

South Caicos is a pristine, beach-filled, untouched eight-square-mile gem in the heart of Turks and Caicos’ “sister islands.” While the island is already home to the popular Sailrock Resort, little South Caicos is about to get a boost from the world’s largest hotel company.  Marriott has announced the sining of the former East Bay Resort […]

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