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Sandals’ All-Inclusive Dunn’s River Resort Just Reopened, Beginning Jamaica’s Tourism Comeback

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This short film is a quick look into the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River, shot on location this weekend. Ocho Rios has a new electricity this week, the kind that signals a turning point for the island of Jamaica. After weeks of preparation and tight coordination across communities and tourism partners, the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River has officially […]

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A New Caribbean Private Island Residential Resort Project

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Montage Cay, the new private-island development by Montage Hotels and Resorts, has launched homesite sales, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The private-island residential resort, which will debut on Matt Lowe’s Cay in Abaco in 2023, has launched seven estate homesites.  The homesites range from $3 million to $7 million; turn-key residences range from $14 million […]

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OBMI CEO Douglas Kulig on Design, Sustainability and Antigua's Development Boom

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By Alexander Britell From the British Virgin Islands to Turks and Caicos, OBMI has designed some of the Caribbean’s leading hotel and real estate developments over the last few decades.  And OBMI continues to push forward, most recently with the new Rosewood Half Moon Bay and Waldorf Astoria projects in Antigua.  To learn more about […]

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Rosewood Antigua Adds Piet Boon to Design Team

By the Caribbean Journal staff The highly-anticipated Rosewood Half Moon Bay Antigua has named renowned designer Piet Boon to lead the interior design and other concepts for the project. Regional player OBMI is handling the architecture for the project. Studio Piet Boon will “introduce a new understated contemporary design by layering the sensibilities of traditional […]


OBMI CEO Douglas Kulig on Design, Sustainability and Antigua's Development Boom

By K Denaye Hinds CJ Contributor HOW DOES one identify one Caribbean Island from another? For the unassuming traveler wanting to have a great time in a sun-filled destination, how do they differentiate? How are our islands achieving unity as a region, but diversity within our tourism products, services and offerings? When we think about […]

Consultants Begin Work on Antigua Sustainable Tourism Development Plan

By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua is beginning to ready its new Sustainable Tourism Development Plan, with consultants OBMI and T&L Europraxis working on the project. The team, which will deliver the plan and all related master planning and business planning, met last week with Tourism Minister John Maginley and Antigua’s cabinet. “The Strategic Tourism […]

Sustainable Caribbean: Corporate Social Responsibility and Caribbean Tourism

By K Denaye Hinds CJ Contributor ENSURING THE LONGEVITY of Caribbean resorts and the surrounding communities in which they operate goes hand in hand. The unique advantage of island tourism is the potential direct and indirect impact that can be realized throughout the townships and parishes of the Caribbean. No longer does managing a tourism […]

Tim Peck: For a Sustainable Tourism Model, Look to Antigua

Above: Carlisle Bay, Antigua By Tim Peck The Caribbean tourism industry waits with bated breath for the announcement of the OECS Common Tourism Policy on October 1. As the first policy of its kind for our region, a tourism blueprint will be established to guide the industry’s future development and allow tourism to continue playing […]

OBMI's Tim Peck Talks Scrub Island and Luxury Development

Tim Peck is the chairman of design firm OBMI and is the company’s former CEO for the Caribbean region. OBMI has long been a major player in the region, in master planning, resort design and development consulting. Peck, who makes his home in the British Virgin Islands, is a member of the Royal Institute of […]