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Hyatt Just Opened a New All-Inclusive in Cancun With Swim-Out Rooms, Plunge Pool Suites, and a Private Rooftop Bar 

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First there was Saint Lucia. Then Aruba. Then in the Dominican Republic. Now Secrets has opened its fourth all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean this year, with this week’s debut of the new Secrets Mirabel Cancun.  The newest resort by Hyatt’s adults-only all-inclusive brand is the latest addition to Cancun, with 487 rooms, smack in the […]

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JetBlue Just Launched a New Flight to St Maarten

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JetBlue has launched its newest service to the Caribbean with a new route from Newark to St Maarten, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new route, which kicked off this week, is operating weekly on Saturdays. “We are very happy to see another JetBlue gateway open to St. Maarten with Newark. This has been an ongoing […]

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Sunwing Airlines Returns to the Caribbean

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Canada’s Sunwing Airlines has officially returned to the Caribbean.  The first Sunwing flight to the Caribbean since March landed this weekend in Punta Cana, part of a return to what the company is calling “responsible travel.” Sunwing will be running twice-weekly flights from Toronto to Punta Cana this winter, along with twice-weekly flights from Toronto […]

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Chris Blackwell on Bob Marley, James Bond and Jamaica

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If a fortune teller had stirred her tea leaves left instead of right one day in 1962, the world outside of Jamaica might never have heard of ska, reggae, or Bob Marley. That’s how close legendary record producer and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell came to choosing to chase stardom in Hollywood rather than following […]


Sunwing Airlines Returns to the Caribbean

Southwest Airlines has kicked off its newest international route, with new service from Phoenix to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  The move marks the reestablishment of the carrier’s service to Puerto Vallarta, with daily nonstop flights from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.  Southwest is also operating daily flights from Phoenix to Los Cabos, Mexico.  “Our schedules for […]

Sandals South Coast Resort Reopens in Jamaica

Sandals Resorts International has reopened another resort in the Caribbean, this time its newly-transformed Sandals South Coast resort in Jamaica.  The all-inclusive resort has relaunched with a new kind of hotel room for the brand: the Swim-Up Rondoval Suites, which include private plunge pools set with swim-up access to what the company bills as the […]

Zoëtry Montego Bay Resort Reopens in Jamaica

One of Jamaica’s top wellness resorts has reopened its doors with the relaunch of the Zoëtry Montego Bay Jamaica resort.  The all-inclusive Rose Hall-area resort welcomed back its first guests this weekend.  The reopening of the 49-suite property means parent company AMResorts has now reopened all four of its properties in Jamaica, including the Breathless […]

From Jamaica to Cancun, WestJet Is Returning to the Caribbean

Canadian leisure carrier WestJet is returning to the Caribbean in October, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Beginning Oct. 4, West Jet will be relaunching flights to a host of Caribbean destinations, including Kingston, Montego Bay and Cancun.  That will include routes from Toronto to Kingston and Montego Bay in Jamaica and Cancun, Mexico. WestJet is also […]

JetBlue Adding New Flights to Jamaica, Puerto Rico

JetBlue is continuing its plans for a major expansion in the Caribbean this winter season, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The company’s recently-announced Caribbean push will also include a trio of new routes from Raleigh-Durham to the wider region.  That will include headlined by new daily flights from Raleigh-Durham to Montego Bay, Jamaica beginning Nov. 19.  […]

Swoop to Relaunch Montego Bay, Cancun Flights

Canadian low-cost carrier Swoop will be relaunching its service to popular Caribbean destinations including Cancun and Montego Bay, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Swoop will relaunch its operations at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Oct. 25, with plans to resume flights to a host of destinations including Mexico and Jamaica. The Toronto-Cancun flights will operate up […]

From Aruba to St Maarten, JetBlue to Launch Big Caribbean Expansion

JetBlue is set to launch a major Caribbean expansion in November, the carrier announced this week, with new routes across the region from Aruba to St Maarten.  On Nov. 19, JetBlue will be launching seven new nonstop routes to the wider Caribbean region, all out of Newark Liberty International Airport.  That will include one daily […]

Expedia: Jamaica Travel Demand Rising

Almost three months after reopening its borders for international tourism, Jamaica continues to see an increase in travel demand, according to new data from Expedia. Searches for Jamaica’s travel hub of Montego Bay on Expedia Group’s digital platforms rose 15 percent last month, the travel company said this week. Jamaica has received more than 40,000 […]