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Bonaire’s Big Travel Summer Continues

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With its turquoise waters, legendary dive sites and easygoing Dutch Caribbean vibe, Bonaire has become one of the region’s fastest-growing escapes, with a tourism renaissance for most of the last three years. That demand showed no signs of slowing in Aug. 2025, when the island welcomed 14,435 stayover visitors — a 15.6 percent increase over […]

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Top Caribbean Resort Sold; Will Join Hyatt Portfolio 

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A top all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean has been sold, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The St James’s Club Morgan Bay Resort has been sold to Mullen Real Estate Capital, a Caribbean and Latin America hospitality investment and asset management company.  Mullen Real Estate Capital has signed an agreement with Apple Leisure Groups’s AMR Collection […]

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Dreams Is Opening Another Resort in Punta Cana 

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Apple Leisure Group’s AMR Collection is expanding with another Dreams-branded resort in Punta Cana, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new all-inclusive Dreams Flora Resort and Spa is slated to open at the end of 2022, accordion to the company.  It will be the sixth Dreams-branded resort in Punta Cana and 29th overall.  The property will […]

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A New All-Inclusive Just Opened In the Hottest Corner of Cancun

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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.” […]


Dreams Is Opening Another Resort in Punta Cana 

There’s a new ownership structure at Turks and Caicos’ Wymara Resort and Villas, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  Longtime Wymara managing director Bruce Maclaren has purchased the shares of former co-owner Rob Ayer.  To complete the transaction, Maclaren partnered with Sitrling Global Financial as an equity investor.   “I have always been passionate about Wymara […]

This Top St Thomas Resort Now Has a “Baby Concierge”

Families with young children are all to familiar with the experience: the extra carry-on bags, the worn pack ’n plays.  But now one of the Caribbean’s top resorts has debuted a specialized program that aims to make traveling with kids, well, more luxurious.  The Ritz-Carlton, St Thomas calls it a “Baby Concierge,” and it’s the […]

Cliffside Puerto Vallarta Villa Heads to Auction 

By Dana Niland  A luxe villa in Puerto Vallarta’s One & Only Mandarina is headed to auction, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  Concierge Auctions, in cooperation with John-Paul Mahony, is auctioning a cliffside Mexico property with 6,500-foot-high mountain views overlooking Playa Canalan.  The eight-bedroom estate – with six of the eight rooms boasting ocean views […]

Where Prince William and Kate Middleton Stayed in The Bahamas

Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, concluded their Caribbean tour this week with a trip to The Bahamas.  And that included a stay at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The couple stayed at the luxe The Cove at Atlantis Paradise Island for the final leg of […]

Puerto Rico’s Top Golf Resort Just Got Better

Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Puerto Rico Golf and Beach Resort, the top golf resort in Puerto Rico, has unveiled a new golf leadership team for the Rio Mar Country Club —  along with a variety of new golf offerings and noteworthy developments for 2022.  The Rio Mar Country Club has enlisted a broad new management […]

American Airlines Joins Bonaire Rum Week

The Caribbean’s most exciting new rum festival has added a new partner: American Airlines. American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, which operates nonstop service from Miami to Bonaire, is a new partner to the weeklong Dutch Caribbean rum festival. “We’re so excited to have American Airlines on board for Bonaire Rum Week 2022,” said Alexander […]

Sandals to Debut New Curacao All-Inclusive in June 

Sandals Resorts International will be opening its highly-anticipated new resort in Curacao in June.  The new Sandals Royal Curacao, set at the former Santa Barbara resort in one of the island’s most stunning locations, is now taking reservations beginning June 1, 2022.  It will become the 16th Sandals resort, and the ninth destination in the […]

Secrets to Open New All-Inclusive in Playa del Carmen 

Secrets is set to open its newest all-inclusive in the region next month, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new Secrets Moxche Playa del Carmen will open its doors on April 18, according to Apple Leisure Group’s AMR Collection, which is now part of Hyatt.  It’s the latest in a growing all-inclusive expansion for Hyatt and […]