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Dominican Republic Keeps Rewriting Tourism Records, Topping 8 Million Visitor Mark By August

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The Dominican Republic continues to rewrite its own records, welcoming 8,005,257 visitors in the first eight months of 2025, according to new data released by Tourism Minister David Collado. The figure represents a 49 percent increase compared to the same period in 2019, a 13 percent jump over 2023 and a 2.8 percent rise against […]

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15 Punta Cana All-Inclusive Resorts You Can Visit Now

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No other destination in the world is as closely associated with all-inclusive resorts as  Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. The beach destination on the east coast of the Dominican Republic hosts around 5 million visitors in a typical year, and dozens of its 100-plus resort hotels are all-inclusives where you’ll pay one price for […]

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Two More All-Inclusive Jamaica Hotels Reopening in October

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Two more all-inclusive Jamaica hotels are reopening next month, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Both the Royalton Blue Waters Resort and Spa and Royalton White Sands Resort and Spa will be relaunching on Oct. 1, parent company Blue Diamond Resorts confirmed this week.  Blue Diamond has already reopened three of its resorts in Jamaica, with the […]

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Two New All-Inclusive Resorts Break Ground in the Dominican Republic

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A pair of new Temptation-branded resorts has broken ground in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The adults-only Temptation Miches Resort and the Temptation Grand Miches Resort both broke ground this week in the increasingly popular development destination of Miches. The groundbreaking, headlined by new Dominican Republic Luis Abinader, is the first major […]


Two More All-Inclusive Jamaica Hotels Reopening in October

Providenciales’ Ocean Club Resorts have become the first-ever hotels in Turks and Caicos to receive Green Globe certification.  The Grace Bay Beach properties are comprised of the Ocean Club and Ocean Club West resorts.  “Ocean Club Resorts strives to be a happy and healthy travel environment for guests to continue to enjoy in the years […]

Royalton Reopening Three Punta Cana Resorts in October

Blue Diamond Resorts is reopening three of its Royalton-branded resorts in Punta Cana in October, Caribbean Journal has learned.  On Oct. 1, the company will be relaunching the Royalton Punta Cana Resort and Spa; the Royalton Splash Punta Cana Resort and Spa; and the Hideaway at Royalton Punta Cana, all in the Dominican Republic’s most […]

The Turks and Caicos Hotels You Can Stay At Right Now

Visitors to Turks and Caicos have to jump through a number of COVID-19 related hoops before being allowed to travel to the islands. Those who make the cut, however, will find more than two dozen hotels and resorts ready to welcome them back, particularly on the island of Providenciales. Preauthorization by the Turks and Caicos […]

The Caribbean's Newest Gin Comes Right From the Beach in Grenada

In 2010, Jim Jardine decided it was time to slow the pace of his hectic life as software development professional in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Of all the options laying before him, owning a gin distillery on the Caribbean island of Grenada was far off his radar. After traveling 4,000 miles to plant roots in Grenada, […]

Belize Now Planning to Reopen for Tourism in October

A few weeks after postponing its tourism reopening, Belize has announced a new planned reopening date of Oct. 1, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The country on the Caribbean coast of Central America will be reopening its Philip Goldson International Airport on that date, as part of Belize’s five-phase tourism reopening strategy.  Travelers will only be […]

Sandals Just Reopened Another Resort in Saint Lucia

Sandals Resorts International has reopened another of its resorts in Saint Lucia, Caribbean Journal has learned.  This week, Sandals relaunched its Sandals Regency La Toc resort, a 331-room property on a 220-acre estate on the western coast of the island.  “The travel industry was one of the hardest hit, but we vowed to our core […]

CJI Conversation: Jason Erickson of TSG Water Resources

It’s the most essential part of any hotel or resort project in the Caribbean: the water plant.  Plainly, hotels and resorts can’t exist without the necessary water infrastructure — and developing it can be particularly challenging in island environments.  For years, TSG Water has been at the forefront of the industry, either designing, building or upgrading […]

Palladium Reopening Four Mexico Resorts in October

Spain-based Palladium Hotel Group is reopening four of its resorts in Mexico next month, Caribbean Journal has learned.  On Oct. 2, the company will be reopening its Grand Palladium White Sand Resort and Spa, Grand Palladium Colonial Resort and Spa, Grand Palladium Kantenah Resort & Spa, and TRS Yucatan Hotel. All of the properties will be relaunching under […]