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Cancun Is Getting a New Adults-Only, All-Inclusive Oceanfront Resort

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The Mexican Caribbean’s hottest destination is about to welcome a brand-new kind of adults-only all-inclusive resort. Next month, Secrets Mirabel Cancun Resort and Spa will officially open in the heart of Cancun’s Hotel Zone, just eight miles from the airport. For travelers seeking the combination of oceanfront indulgence and easy access, this new Hyatt property […]

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A New General Manager for Two Barbados Hotels

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By the Caribbean Journal staff UNNA Resorts has appointed a new general manager for its pair of hotels in Barbados, the Saint Peter’s Bay Luxury Resort and Residences and the Port Ferdinand Yacht and Beach Club. The company has named Joerg Roterberg as the hotels’ new group general manager. “I am delighted to return to Barbados […]

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St Maarten Is a Resurgent Caribbean Hotspot

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By Alexander Britell St Maarten tourism is booming. The Dutch Caribbean hotspot is seeing a massive rebound in tourism arrivals, according to newly-released data for the first half of 2019. St Maarten reported 171,543 stayover visitors in the first six months of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. That represented a whopping 131 […]

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Marriott’s New All-Inclusive Platform Will Launch in Punta Cana

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By Alexander Britell Marriott International is getting into the all-inclusive game, with plans to debut a new all-inclusive platform that will begin with five new resorts in the wider Caribbean-Mexico region. In a major foray into the increasingly competitive all-inclusive sector,  the company said it had signed management contracts with developers who will invest more […]


St Maarten Is a Resurgent Caribbean Hotspot

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean’s fastest-growing resort company is continuing to ramp up its development pipeline in the wider region. Apple Leisure Group has already signed six resort management deals in the Caribbean-Mexico region this year through its AMResorts brand, whose portfolio now includes nearly 9,000 rooms. The Mexico and Caribbean expansion includes […]

A Huge New Dominican Republic All-Inclusive Project

By the Caribbean Journal staff Palace Resorts is planning a significant expansion in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean Journal has learned. The all-inclusive resort company is planning to add an additional 1,200 rooms at its planned Moon Palace Punta Cana in the area of Macao. The new Moon Palace Punta Cana initially contained a 2,150-room hotel, […]

Cancun Is Getting a New Adults-Only Resort

By the Caribbean Journal staff The soon-to-debut Planet Hollywood Beach Resort Cancun in Mexico is adding another major component to the project: an adults-only resort. Planet Hollywood Hotels and Resorts has announced plans to open a 380-suite “upscale oasis” for adults only that will be part of the wider all-inclusive Planet Hollywood Cancun complex in […]

Aruba’s Divi Village Names a New GM

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Divi Resorts has named a new general manager for its Divi Village and Divi Dutch Village hotels in Aruba, the company announced this week. The hotel company has tapped Ferry Zievinger for the role, which will take effect Sept. 1. The move comes after Divi recently named a new general […]

This Company Is Adding Two New Cuba Resorts

By the Caribbean Journal staff A leading Asian resort company is in the midst of a major expansion in Cuba. Archipelago International, the largest independent hotel company in Southeast Asia, is adding two resorts in Cuba, the company said. Archipelago has already signed a management contract for the rebranded Grand Aston Cayo Las Brujas Beach […]

Wyndham’s $100 Million Dominican Republic Hotel Push

By the Caribbean Journal staff Development firm Profusion Group is planning a $100 million expansion of Wyndham’s La Quinta brand across the Dominican Republic. The plan is to develop a portfolio of eight hotel projects across the Dominican Republic, set in four tourism zones: Punta Cana, La Romana, Boca Chica and greater Santo Domingo. Profusion […]

How to Live Right on the Water in Turks and Caicos

By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos has quietly become one of the Caribbean’s centers for luxury real estate development — and now there’s yet another project on the way. This time it’s The Launch, the newest addition to Providenciales’ Long Bay beach, a stretch of sand made famous by The Shore Club resort. The […]

Divi Aruba Phoenix Names New General Manager

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Divi Aruba Phoenix resort has named a new general manager. Divi Resorts has appointed Pearl Lake to the role, effective Aug. 1, Caribbean Journal has learned. Lake had previously been serving as the resort’s Rooms Division Manager. A local of Aruba, Lake has spent 12 years at the Divi […]