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Copa Launching Flights Between Panama City and San Francisco

Above: a Copa plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Copa Airlines is planning to launch daily nonstop flights between Panama and San Francisco, Calif., the company announced. The US city will be the Panama-based carrier’s 12th US destination. “Copa Airlines […]

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Secrets Resort to Open in Panama

Above: the soon-to-debut Secrets in Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff AMResorts’ regional expansion is showing no signs of slowing down. After deals for new properties in Aruba and Mexico, parent company Apple Leisure Group announced the signing of a […]

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Rum Journal: Copacabana Rum

Don Pancho. It’s more than a name. It is legend. Francisco “Don Pancho” Fernandez has had one of the rum industry’s storied careers, one that has taken him from Cuba, where he served as a Maestro Ronero for a decade, […]

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Panama’s Copa Airlines Just Paid $6.6 Billion for New Planes

Above: a Boeing 737 MAX By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the Caribbean Basin’s leading carriers is getting bigger. Panama-based Copa Airlines recently agreed with Boeing on the purchase of 61 new 737 MAX 8 and 9 aircraft. The […]


Making Caribbean Business Better

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor “With the widening of the Panama Canal and construction of a second canal in Nicaragua, a significant increase in trade and investment can be expected in the Caribbean Basin. So, improving competitiveness of local firms […]


Starwood Planning to Open New W Hotel in Panama

Above: Panama City By the Caribbean Journal staff Starwood is planning to debut a new W Hotel in the region, the company announced. The W Panama is slated to open in 2017 near the Zona Rosa neighbourhood of Panama City. […]

Hilton Worldwide Expands in Panama

Above: the new Hampton by Hilton Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Basin’s hotel boom is surging. Hilton Worldwide announced the opening of its latest hotel in the region this week, the new Hampton by Hilton Panama in […]


Strong 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica and Panama

Above: a map of the quake (graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook Costa Rica and Panama on Saturday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake, which occurred at a depth of […]


Caribbean Photo of the Week: Panama Hats in Puerto Rico

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from CJ reader Peter Stuart, who sent in this photo of the Ole Panama Hat shop in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Do you have a great photo of the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com […]

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Earthquake Shakes Panama, Colombia

Above: a map of the quake (graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff An earthquake caused shaking in the border region between Panama and Colombia late Thursday evening, according to data from the United States Geological Survey. The 5.1-magnitude quake […]


First Hyatt Hotel Opens in Panama

Above: the new Hyatt Place hotel in Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff The first Hyatt Place hotel has opened in Panama. The Hyatt Place Panama City/Downtown is the first Hyatt-branded hotel to enter the Panamanian market, and the latest […]


BCQS Expanding to Panama

Above: Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff Property and development consultants BCQS International is expanding its reach into Panama. The firm announced Tuesday that it would be joining forces with Edward McGrath & Associates in Panama. The companies are embarking […]