Cancun is home to one of the busiest airports in the wider region, and now it has a signature hotel. Hyatt Place Cancun Airport has officially opened, becoming the first Hyatt Place in Quintana Roo and expanding Hyatt’s presence in one of Mexico’s busiest travel hubs. The new-build hotel sits adjacent to Cancun International Airport […]
Above: a Tocata TBM plane like the one above was involved in the crash By the Caribbean Journal staff A unresponsive private plane crashed in Jamaica on Friday, causing a brief scare around the northern Caribbean and the United States. The plane originated in Rochester, New York and was bound for Naples, Fla. until it […]
Above: a LIAT ATR-42 plane By the Caribbean Journal staff LIAT has taken delivery of its sixth new ATR-42 plane, part of a major refleeting for the Caribbean air carrier. The plane was flown across the Atlantic from Toulouse, France, arriving in Antigua on Sunday. In a statement, LIAT Acting CEO Julie Reifer-Jones said the […]
Above: a new LIAT plane By the Caribbean Journal staff LIAT shareholder governments Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica and Barbados have signed off on a $65 million loan from the Caribbean Development Bank. The loan, which was first announced in July, will cover a 13-year period. Co-financing in the amount […]
