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This Barbados Hotel Is Exactly 267 Steps From One of the Island’s Best Beaches, With Sunbeds, Cocktails, and a Different Kind of Vacation

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It’s 267 steps from your room to the sand at The Rockley in Barbados. Maybe 268, depending on where you start walking. Maybe 265 if you cut across the pool deck. Either way, it’s the right amount. Enough distance to head back upstairs for another coffee or a colder drink. Close enough that you’re still hearing the water at […]

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The First-Ever SLS All-Inclusive Resort Is Opening Near Cancun in November 

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The pool parties. The nightlife. The sleek, crisp design. The chef-driven restaurants.  The always-energetic vibes.  They’re all signatures of the SLS brand. One thing the SLS brand has never been known for? All-inclusive resorts.  But that’s about to change next month with the debut of the first-ever SLS all-inclusive, with the November debut of the […]

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10 Terrific Resorts to Visit in and Around Cancun, Mexico

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No destination has been hotter in the Caribbean Basin in the last three years than Cancun, the Mexican Caribbean’s tourism epicenter. The pandemic has only seemed to deepen travelers’ love affair with the area, with more and more new flights coming in and new hotels seeming to pop up every week.  Navigating Cancun’s massive hotel […]

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World of Hyatt Adds Cancun All-Inclusive Options 

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Hyatt is making a big push in the all-inclusive space, buoyed by its purchase last year of Apple Leisure Group.  And now the company is beginning to add all-inclusive options to its World of Hyatt loyalty program.  That will include the addition of the Dreams, Zoetry, Sunscape brands, along with the soon-to-debut Vivid Hotels and […]


10 Terrific Resorts to Visit in and Around Cancun, Mexico

Cancun’s newest all-inclusive resort is officially open in the hottest corner of Cancun, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The highly-anticipated new Garza Blanca Resort and Spa Cancun just held its grand opening.  The TAFER Hotels and Resorts property is set on a remote stretch of beach in increasingly popular Playa Mujeres, often dubbed the “New Cancun.” […]

La Colección Is Expanding in the Mexican Caribbean

La Colección Resorts by Fiesta Americana is expanding in the Mexican Caribbean, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The resort company is adding a pair of new resorts on the coast, including the new Navy Tulum, a boutique resort, and a new Live Aqua Beach Resort in Playa Mujeres.  The former is already open, and the latter […]

New Cancun All-Inclusive Set for Grand Opening

The newest resort in Cancun’s Playa Mujeres area is set for its grand opening in February.  The Garza Blanca Resort and Spa, part of the TAFER Hotels and Resorts portfolio, will mark the occasion in February 2022.  The Garza Blanca, which held its soft opening in the spring, is set on Playa Mujeres Beach, with […]

All-Inclusive Secrets Cap Cana Reopens in the Dominican Republic

The Secrets Cap Cana resort has officially reopened in the Dominican Republic’s most exclusive enclave.  The 457-room all-inclusive resort began welcoming guests again on July 15.  The move comes after the Dominican Republic relaunched its tourism industry on July 1.  The adults-only property has reopened under parent company AMResorts’ new “CleanComplete Verification” health and safety […]

All-Inclusive Finest Punta Cana Planning December Debut

Excellence Resorts is planning to debut its new Finest Punta Cana resort in December.  The property has a targeted opening date of Dec. 18, 2020, according to the company’s Web site.  It will be the second property for Excellence’s all-ages Finest brand, along with the existing Finest Playa Mujeres on the Caribbean coast of Mexico.  […]

Melia Is Opening a New Paradisus Resort in Playa Mujeres

Spanish hotel giant Melia Hotels International is opening another new resort in Mexico, the company announced. The new Paradisus Playa Mujeres will open its doors in the summer of 2020, according to Melia.  The all-inclusive property will include a total of 498 rooms, each with views of either tropical gardens or the Caribbean sea.  Amenities […]

15 Hot New Hotels for the Caribbean in 2020

The Caribbean hotel sector is, in a word, buzzing. New hotels seem to be popping up every week, and it’s not just the traditional hotel hubs. Sure, there are new Caribbean hotels on the way in places like the Dominican Republic and Cancun, but a wave of developers are betting big on destinations from Dominica […]

A “New” Cancun Rises in the Mexican Caribbean

It’s not Isla Mujeres. Nor Playa del Carmen. The hottest destination on Mexico’s Caribbean Coast is Playa Mujeres — a.k.a. Costa Mujeres — a booming new resort area about a half-hour north of Cancun’s Hotel Zone and 45 minutes from Cancun International Airport. Until fairly recently, this area near Puerto Juarez was known primarily as […]

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