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Southwest Airlines Is Launching New Daily Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous for Sand, Beach Bars and Gourmet Eateries

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The approach into Princess Juliana International Airport is one of the most recognizable arrivals in the Caribbean. Jets descend low over the bright water of Simpson Bay before touching down just beyond the edge of Maho Beach, where travelers gather along the sand to watch aircraft pass overhead. Within minutes of leaving the airport, the […]

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JetBlue Launches Another New Caribbean Mint Route

By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of Saint Lucia is the latest to benefit from JetBlue’s expansion of its Mint premium cabin service in the Caribbean. JetBlue launched its newest Mint route to the region this week with a new flight from Boston Logan to Saint Lucia’s Hewanorra International Airport. Mint, JetBlue’s new premium […]

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Bermuda Lays Out Tourism Goals

By the Caribbean Journal staff Bermuda has completed its new National Tourism Plan, laying out its goals through the year 2025. The plan has set an acronym, AGILITY, to cover what Bermuda calls seven pillars: awareness and relevance; “greener”; infrastructure; local involvement; innovation, teams and groups and year-round. The last has long been a challenge […]

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JetBlue Is Adding Fresh Food to Caribbean Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue is upping its culinary game in the Caribbean beginning this month. The New York City-based carrier plans to launch a new fresh food offering on select Caribbean routes, with its EatUp Cafe menu now available on flights longer than four hours from both New York and Boston. That includes […]

Bermuda Lays Out Tourism Goals

By the Caribbean Journal staff Low-cost European carrier Norwegian is launching a new route to the French Caribbean this fall. Beginning in October, Norwegian will operate three weekly nonstop flights between Montreal and Guadeloupe. The flights, which will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, will run through March 2019, according to Guadeloupe tourism officials. The […]

Another Reason to Visit Caribbean Week in New York

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor This year’s Caribbean Week will be hotter than ever, with the best of the region on display in New York from culinary superstars to the hippest fashion. The vibrant culture of the Caribbean will be on display in the Grand Ballroom at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel, as five Caribbean […]

Disney Launching Bermuda Cruises Next Year

By the Caribbean Journal staff Disney Cruise Line’s long-awaited debut in Bermuda will come next year, according to the Bermuda Tourism Authority. Disney will be sailing five-night cruises that feature two days in Bermuda, beginning in the fall of 2019. Bookings are already open to the public, according to the BTA. All of the Bermuda […]

Delta Launching New York-Antigua Flights

By Alexander Britell Another major carrier is adding service to Antigua and Barbuda. Delta Air Lines has announced plans to launch a new route between New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport and Antigua. The new service, which will operate weekly on Saturdays, will launch Dec. 22. The announcement comes soon after American Airlines announced […]

Norwegian Launches Booking for Nonstop Martinique Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Norwegian Air Shuttle is returning to Martinique for the upcoming fall and winter tourist season, Caribbean Journal has learned. The carrier has already launched bookings for the new air service, which will resume Oct. 28 from New York’s John F Kennedy Airport and Oct. 31 from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. […]

Bermuda Tourism Continues Strong 2018

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Bermuda tourism industry is off to a strong start for the year, with leisure air arrivals and leisure air visitor spending both up in the first quarter over last year’s, which proved part of a record-breaking 2017. The first three months of 2018 mark the ninth consecutive quarter that […]

JetBlue Names New President, COO

By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue has named a new president and chief operating officer, the company announced this week. The New York-based air carrier has named Joanna Geraghty to the role, in which she will report directly to JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes, who had been serving as both president and CEO. The move is […]

JetBlue’s Big Cuba Expansion

By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue is making a major expansion in service to Cuba, the carrier announced on Tuesday. JetBlue will be launching the first-ever nonstop flights between Boston and Havana beginning this November, with weekly flights on Saturdays. JetBlue has also announced plans to expand with up to three daily flights between Fort […]

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