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This Up-and-Coming Caribbean Island Has Sandals’ Newest All-Inclusive Overwater Bungalows

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It begins with the journey. Saint Vincent is not one of the big-name Caribbean islands, not the one with endless direct flights and resorts lined up shoulder to shoulder. It’s different, quieter, more remote. When you arrive, the mountains rise up sharply from the coast, the rainforest dripping into the sea. The roads wind slowly […]

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Barbados Is One of the Caribbean’s Hottest Destinations

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By Alexander Britell Barbados continues to be one of the hottest tourism destinations in the Caribbean. The island has seen a 5.2 percent year-over-year jump in stayover visitor arrivals in the first seven months of 2019, according to new data from Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, the country’s destination marketing organization. That included a total of […]

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Sunwing Is Returning to Tobago

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Sunwing is returning to Tobago for the upcoming winter season, according to a statement from the Canadian travel company. The move comes after what Sunwing called an “immensely successful” inaugural season in the 2018-2019 peak winter season. Sunwing, which will be running flights from Toronto to Tobago from Dec. 19 […]

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Planet Hollywood Cancun Plans March 2020 Debut

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Sunwing has revealed the launch date for its new Planet Hollywood Beach Resort in Cancun. The all-inclusive hotel in the Mexican Caribbean is slated to open March 1, 2020, the company said this week. The new hotel, set in Costa Mujeres on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, will include 898 […]


Sunwing Is Returning to Tobago

By the Caribbean Journal staff The largest independent hotel management company in the United States is set for a major Caribbean expansion — at some of the hottest properties in the region. Dallas-based Aimbridge Hospitality has announced the addition of six Caribbean resorts to its growing management portfolio, the company said this week. That includes […]

Five Ways to Experience Grenada

Grenada is one of the most deliciously diverse destinations in the Caribbean, with the aroma of its native spices wafting through the air and redolent in the fresh local cuisine served everywhere from local roadside stands to the finest hotels. Beaches, waterfalls, rushing rivers and colorful reefs provide a sublime backdrop for active outdoor adventures […]

Club Med to Debut New Dominican Republic Resort in November

By the Caribbean Journal staff A highly-anticipated new Club Med resort is set to open in the Dominican Republic in November. The new Club Med Miches Playa Esmeralda, the first of Club Med’s “Exclusive Collection” in the Americas, will officially open Nov. 23, the company said this week. The property is set on 93 acres […]

Jamaica's Couples Sans Souci Plans Major Renovation

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Couples Sans Souci resort in Jamaica is planning a major renovation, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Ocho Rios-area all-inclusive property will be launching a $7 million renovation project that will begin May 1, 2020. The project is slated for completion in late October 2020, according to the resort. Couples […]

5 All-Inclusive Adults-Only Hotels to Try Right Now

Whether you’re on your honeymoon or just want a tranquil getaway for you and yours, the Caribbean is filled with terrific adults-only resorts, many of them of the all-inclusive variety. That combination has proven to be particularly popular with travelers, marrying the quiet and seclusion of the adults-only concept with the effortless convenience of all-inclusive […]

Turks and Caicos’ Beach Enclave Names New Marketing Director

By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caios’ Beach Enclave has named a new director of sales and marketing. The luxury brand, which is behind several residential resort developments in Providenciales, has appointed Valerie Lund to the role, group director Joshua Torai announced. Lund was most recently with sales consulting firm Inspire Journeys. “There is […]

A Hotel Boom Is Coming to Montego Bay, Jamaica

By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s major tourism hub of Montego Bay is set for a full-fledged hotel boom.  Some 6,000 new hotel rooms are coming to the destination on the northwestern coast of Jamaica over the next five years, according to Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.  That number is likely to include surrounding areas […]

Hyatt Opens New Resort in Puerto Rico

By the Caribbean Journal staff Hyatt Hotels has officially made its debut at the Coco Beach development in Puerto Rico. The company’s newest Caribbean resort is The Resort at Coco Beach, a Hyatt Affiliated Hotel, a rebranding of the former Gran Melia Puerto Rico resort in Rio Grande. For now it’s called an “affiliated hotel,” […]