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These 10 Caribbean Islands Are Small, Quietly Cool, and Full of Personality

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Riding a flats boat through the mangroves, the engine cut low, water so clear you can see the bottom slide past. Walking a beach long enough that the footprints behind you disappear before you reach the next bend. Standing at the edge of a dock while a resident grouper circles below, close enough that you […]

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A New Hyatt All-Inclusive Is Opening Near Cancun 

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The new Hyatt Zilara Riviera Maya is slated to open its doors on Dec. 1, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new adults-only resort, part of the Playa Hotels and Resorts portfolio, will feature 291 suites in a beachfront in the increasingly popular town of Puerto Morelos.  Puerto Morelos is the heart of what’s considered the […]

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A New All-Inclusive Resort Just Opened its Doors in Cancun 

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It’s one of the best-known hotel brands in Mexico: Royal Resorts, which operates a portfolio of six family-friendly beach resorts on the Yucatan’s Caribbean coastline.  That includes the renowned Grand Residences Riviera Cancun in Puerto Morelos, a resort celebrated often in these pages, and one of the leading hotels in all of Mexico.  And now […]

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The 10 Best Caribbean Beach Towns to Visit in 2022

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A parade of cafes at the edge of the sand; tiny bars and art galleries; a soundtrack of clacking plates and mopeds and afternoon laughter, silent and loud in all the right ways. Across the wider Caribbean one can find some of the most charming beach towns in the hemisphere; they’re not quite cities, they’re […]


A New All-Inclusive Resort Just Opened its Doors in Cancun 

Dreams has opened its newest all-inclusive resort in the Mexican Caribbean, Caribbean Journal has confirmed.  It’s called Dreams Sapphire Resort and Spa, and it’s a rebranding of the former Now Sapphire Riviera Cancun.  The family-friendly resort, which is part of Apple Leisure Group’s new AMR Collection, is set in the increasingly popular beach town of […]

A New All-Inclusive Beach Resort Is Coming to Cancun

The most highly anticipated new all-inclusive in Cancun in years has revealed its opening date, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Royal Uno All-inclusive Resort and Spa, the newest addition to the Royal Resorts portfolio, is slated to open its doors on Feb. 28, 2022, the company confirmed this week.  The 540-room resort is the follow […]

A New Executive Chef at the Grand Residences Riviera Cancun

The Grand Residences Riviera Cancun, one of the leading luxury resorts in Mexico, has named a new executive chef.  The 144-suite Puerto Morelos property, which is part of Wyndham’s new Registry Collection, has named Guide de la Mora to the role.  He will be leading a host of new culinary projects, including a new onsite […]

Wyndham Continues Caribbean Expansion With Riviera Cancun Resort

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts has continued its expansion a new hotel collection and another new property in the Caribbean.  The company has unveiled its new Registry Collection portfolio, kicking things off with the addition of the Grand Residences Riviera Cancun resort in Puerto Morelos.  The resort, long considered one of the most prominent hotel properties […]

A New Dreams All-Inclusive Is Coming to the Mexican Caribbean

AMResorts is expanding its Dreams brand in the Mexican Caribbean, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Now Sapphire Riviera Cancun is being rebranded as the new Dreams Sapphire Resort and Spa, according to Apple Leisure Group.  The resort will officially rebrand on Oct. 22, 2021, according to AMResorts.  The resort, set in the increasingly popular beach […]

Hyatt Is Opening Another All-Inclusive in the Caribbean

Playa Hotels and Resorts will be opening a new Hyatt all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean later this year.  The new, family-friendly Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun on the Caribbean coast of Mexico will have a total of 438 rooms.  The resort will be set in the increasingly popular beach town of Puerto Morelos, best known as […]

Puerto Morelos Beach Hotel Joins Preferred

One of the hottest new hotels in Mexico has joined Preferred Hotels and Resorts’ LVX Collection, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Fives Oceanfront, a 93-suite boutique hotel in the increasingly popular beach town of Puerto Morelos, is now part of the collection.  The hotel is part of a three-hotel portfolio of properties by TM Real […]

AMResorts Debuts Renovated Cancun All-Inclusive

Apple Leisure Group subsidiary AMResorts has officially reopened the transformed Now Sapphire Riviera Cancun all-inclusive in Mexico.  It’s the first AMResorts property to reopen since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the company said.  The property, set in the beach town of Puerto Morelos outside of Cancun, began welcoming its first guests on June 15.  The property […]

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