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The Caribbean Travel Awards 2026

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When the final tallies come in, more than 35 million people will likely have visited the Caribbean as overnight guests in 2025 — around 4 percent more than the previous year, and about 3 percent more than in 2019. That’s along with another 38 million arriving on a cruise ship. In other words, travelers continue […]

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The Bahamas Has a New Jet-Set Hotel in Nassau 

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Sidney Poitier. Sean Connery. The Beatles.  They were all here, during the days when when Nassau wasn’t just the place to be in The Bahamas: it was the spot in the whole Caribbean. This was the epicenter: Cable Beach, one of the most beautiful stretches of sand you’ll ever lay your eyes upon, where the […]

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You Can’t Travel to Nassau, The Bahamas Without Visiting Graycliff

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They say this is the oldest street in Nassau, so old it was here before there was a Nassau.  It was here just up the hill from the harbour when this seafront city was called Charles Town, and then when Nicholas Trott became a governor-turned pirate and built the city’s first Anglican Church.  It was […]

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This Hotel Has the Best Wine List in the Caribbean 

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It’s no surprise that the home of the third-largest private wine cellar in the world is also the best wine list in the Caribbean.  That’s precisely the case at legendary Nassau, Bahamas hotel Graycliff, whose remarkably broad collection of wine (and spirits) recently took home six awards from The World of Fine Wine”’s World’s Best […]


You Can’t Travel to Nassau, The Bahamas Without Visiting Graycliff

Michelin-starred Chef Michael White has officially opened his new restaurant in The Bahamas: Paranza.  The Italian eatery has opened its doors at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort.  Paranza is a “love letter to Italy” by the renowned chef, whose Italian eatery in New York, Marea, earned three Michelin stars.  The menu focuses on seafood, fro […]

Travelers Are Flocking to Nassau Paradise Island in The Bahamas 

During the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) recent Caribbean Week in New York City, Joy Jibrilu, CEO of the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board, shared the latest hotel and flights news coming out Nassau in The Bahamas. The verdict? Travelers are flocking in big numbers to Nassau Paradise Island as the destination reclaims its position as one of […]

Nassau’s Big Summer Festival Is Back 

Nassau Paradise Island’s big summer festival is back this year, with the highly-anticipated return of the Goombay Summer Festival.  The beloved event is making its return to the island after a hiatus of more than a decade, when the Goombay Summer Festival was exclusively held in the Out Islands of The Bahamas.  This return to […]

New Flights From Los Angeles to Nassau, The Bahamas

The Western United States has become an increasingly important source market for the Caribbean in recent years, leading to a new trend of nonstop flights from the West Coast and Mountain West of the United States since the travel paradigm shift of the pandemic. Now one of the region’s most popular destinations is getting its […]

This Top Chicago Restaurant Is Expanding to Paradise Island

Since 2005, Carnival has been one of the top culinary hotspots in Chicago, with a mix of Pan-Latin fare and hand-crafted cocktails. Now it’s coming to The Bahamas.  The first-ever Caribbean outpost of Carnivale is opening next year at the new Hurricane Hole Superyacht Marina on Paradise Island, a 15,000-square-foot eatery with a Bahamian twist.  […]

The Caribbean’s Best New Cocktail Bar Is in The Bahamas

Lisa carefully places tiny purple flowers on the top layer of ice in a Big Major Smash She slides over the drink, served with jeweled ice inside a pink porcelain pig, a new twist on’ iconic Goombay Smash cocktail.  It isn’t the sort of cocktail you may not be used to seeing in the Caribbean; […]

Michael White’s Atlantis Paradise Island Eatery to Open This Summer  

Another Michelin-star chef is opening an eatery at Atlantis, with the new Paranza opening its doors this summer.  Chef Michael White, whose Marea eatery won two Michelin stars and Al Fiori earned one star, joins a growing number of top celebrity chefs with restaurants at the Paradise Island resort.  That includes Nobu Matsuhisa, Jose Andres, […]

Why Pitbull Is Coming to Atlantis Paradise Island 

Another music superstar is coming to Atlantis Paradise Island for a concert on the beach.  Grammy-award-winning legend Pitbull will be performing at the resort’s Casuarina Beach on May 28, part of the hotel’s Music Making Waves concert series.  The Bahamas concert will feature many of Pitbull’s most popular songs, from “Give Me Everything” to “I […]