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This Caribbean Island Has a UNESCO World Heritage Site With Sailing, History, and Boutique Hotels

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You can feel the history on the corner of this Caribbean island before you even step through the gates. The stone walls rise from the water’s edge, flanked by tall masts and the gentle sway of yachts. This is Nelson’s Dockyard, the heart of English Harbour in Antigua, and one of the Caribbean’s most evocative […]

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Nassau, Bahamas Has a Brand-New Cruise Port 

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The Caribbean’s top cruise destination has unveiled a completely reimagined destination in the heart of the Bahamian capital: after three years, the new Nassau Cruise Port is open.  The new-look port in Nassau has a sixth cruise berth, a new terminal building, and an array of offerings including a Junkanoo museum; event and entertainment spaces, […]

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A New Cruise Port Is Coming to The Bahamas 

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The region’s most popular cruise destination is getting a major new port, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Azul Destinations and Calypso Cove Destinations have broken ground on a new cruise port on the island of Long Island.  The new Crystal Cove Cruise Port project will feature what Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis called an “expensive port […]

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Major Redevelopment Planned for Saint Lucia Cruise Port 

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Global Ports Holding has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Saint Lucia for a 30-year concession to operate the cruise port in Saint Lucia.  GPH, which also operates the Antigua and Nassau cruise ports, says it is planning a “material upgrade” of the cruise port facilities, including the expansion of the existing […]


A New Cruise Port Is Coming to The Bahamas 

Antigua is projecting a “promising” cruise season in 2022-2023, according to officials at the Antigua Cruise Port.  The Port is forecasting 345 calls for a total of 616,419 passengers by the end of the peak cruise season.  And January 2023 is set to be the busiest month, with 79 calls and 135,810 passengers.  “In comparison […]

Carnival Cruise Line to Restart Five More Caribbean Ships

Carnival Cruise Line is set to restart five more ships for the Caribbean, the company said this week.  That includes the Nov. 1 relaunch of Carnival Valor, which will kick off four and five-night sailings out of New Orleans.  On Nov. 14, Carnival Legend will restart out of Baltimore, with Carnival Pride launching new service […]

A Cruise Rebirth in Port Royal, Jamaica

Jamaica’s historic town of Port Royal is in the midst of a cruise rebirth.  The Naval Dockyard at Port Royal is slated to receive at least 10 cruise ship calls over the next three months, according to the Port Authority of Jamaica.  The plan is to reposition Port Royal as a destination for larger ships, […]

Caribbean Cruises Are Back: Celebrity Kicks Off 7-Night Sailing in St Maarten

The first Caribbean cruise in more than a year officially set sail this weekend in St Maarten.  Celebrity Millennium kicked off a seven-night sailing from the Port of St Maarten on Saturday, a return for the cruise industry in the Caribbean after 15 months — and the first cruise in North America in the same period. […]

St Kitts Is Reopening for Cruise Tourism This Summer

St Kitts will be reopening its popular cruise port to cruise ships this summer, beginning with the return of Seabourn Odyssey, Caribbean Journal has confirmed.  Seabourn will be sailing seven-day itineraries beginning in late July, with additional planned stops in Antigua, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Maarten. It’s the […]

The Dominican Republic Has Big Plans for the Port of Manzanillo

The Dominican Republic has major plans to transform the Port of Manzanillo in the far northwestern corner of the country.  The country’s new president, Luis Abinader, has announced a new project that would dramatically expand the port and its surrounding areas, he said during a visit this week.  “We have a master development plan that […]

Carnival’s P&O Cruises to Homeport New Ship in Antigua

Continuing a growing trend of major cruise lines home-porting in the Caribbean, Carnival’s P&O Cruises brand has finalized negotiations to homeport a new mega-ship in Antigua.  The Arvia ship, which is currently under construction, will join the fleet in December 2022.  “We are thrilled to partner with P&O and the Antigua Ministry of Tourism in […]

Saint Lucia Begins Work on $175 Million Airport Transformation

The long-awaited redevelopment of Saint Lucia’s Hewanorra International Airport has begun.  The $175 million project, which will see the transformation of the island’s busiest airport, had been in the works for more than a decade until breaking ground last year.  It will cover improvements to the airside, a 100-foot air traffic control tower, five passenger […]