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This Hotel on One of the Caribbean’s Most Iconic Beaches Costs Less Than $200 a Night (And It Has Bungalows)

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It’s the most famous view in Martinique: a sweeping volcanic-sand beach fringed by coconut palms, and rising from the sea just offshore, the sheer volcanic silhouette of Diamond Rock. And right now, you can wake up on that beach for $177 per night. That’s the current starting rate at Diamant Les Bains, the beachfront residence hotel […]

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A New Ritz-Carlton Reserve Just Opened in Mexico With 91 “Sanctuaries” and a 28,000-Square-Foot Spa

Siari is now open.

Riviera Nayarit has a major new entry in the ultra-luxury space. Siari, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, is now open, bringing one of the brand’s most ambitious projects to Mexico’s Pacific coast. The property sits inside Nauka, a private 920-acre enclave positioned between the Sierra Madre foothills and a long stretch of protected shoreline. Designed by Mexico City […]

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The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Is Adding Miami as a New Homeport for Winter Caribbean Sailings

The Ilma ship.

The cruise industry is seeing a surge of interest in small-ship travel — yachts and boutique vessels that trade scale for intimacy, skipping the mega-ports in favor of hidden harbors and quieter coastlines. It’s a trend that’s reshaping the way travelers experience the Caribbean, where smaller ships are opening up destinations that feel more personal, […]

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Ritz-Carlton's Caribbean Resort Pipeline

ritz-carlton caribbean pipeline includes resorts like nizuc, above.

We’re in the midst of a full-fledged luxury hotel boom in the Caribbean, with luxury hotels seemingly popping up all over the region with a growing frequency at a rate we really haven’t seen since the heart of the pandemic, when a huge infusion of capital went into large developments across the region. That includes […]


The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Is Adding Miami as a New Homeport for Winter Caribbean Sailings

The newest Ritz-Carlton Reserve resort project in the Caribbean is breaking ground soon, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The new project would join the existing Dorado Beach a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Puerto Rico as the only two such resorts in the wider region.  So where is it? It’s on the island of Eleuthera, set at […]

A New Ritz-Carlton Project Is Coming to the Caribbean 

Just a few months after the announcement of a new Ritz-Carlton development in St Kitts, another new project is now in development, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The new project will be coming to one of the hottest development areas of the Caribbean.  It’s called the Ritz-Carlton, Playa Jackson, and it’s set for the north […]

This Aruba Resort Has a New Pop-Up “Sun Club” on the Beach With a Live DJ and Rosé

There are beaches, and then there are beaches in Aruba. If you haven’t experienced it, you’re missing out on some of the most spectacular sugar-white sand and calm, brilliant turquoise water. It’s the kind of beach where you want to pull up a chair and an umbrella right into the ocean and spend the later […]

Eric Ripert’s Legendary Caribbean Eatery Has a New Chef de Cuisine

It’s the most legendary place to eat in Grand Cayman, a destination that’s long been one of the culinary capitals of the Caribbean: Blue by Eric Ripert, the only Caribbean eatery by the world-famous French chef.  Now the recently-relaunched Blue, which is located in the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman resort, has named Michele Tenzone as its […]

St Regis Is Opening Its New Resort This Week on Palm Beach in Aruba

If you know Aruba, you know Palm Beach. It was the original home of tourism on the island, and, in many ways, it remains the “town square” of the island’s tourism district, from its most iconic hotels (including the lovely Boardwalk, one of our favorite stays on the island) to a number of its most […]

Ritz-Carlton Is Opening a New Caribbean Residential Resort 

It’s the biggest trend in Caribbean hotels right now: the residential resort or, more specifically, the branded residential resort.  Since the pandemic, the demand for Caribbean real estate and residential projects has never been stronger, and that’s been led by one company: Marriott, whose portfolio of residential resorts in the Caribbean keeps growing, particularly under […]

A New Ritz-Carlton Resort Project Is Coming to the Caribbean

Another new Ritz-Carlton resort is coming to the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The newest Ritz-Carlton project will be breaking ground next year as a residential resort.  So where is it?  It’s in one of the Caribbean’s up-and-coming luxury destinations: the island of St Kitts.  The new Ritz-Carlton St Kitts will be set on […]

Ritz-Carlton Is Reopening Its San Juan, Puerto Rico Resort 

It was the crown jewel of San Juan’s hotels: the nearly 420-room Ritz-Carlton, San Juan, set in the heart of the beachfront neighborhood of Isla Verde and home to a popular casino, too.  Then came the storms of 2017. The iconic luxury resort closed its doors after the twin hurricanes of Irma and Maria, and […]