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The Caribbean Travel Awards 2026

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When the final tallies come in, more than 35 million people will likely have visited the Caribbean as overnight guests in 2025 — around 4 percent more than the previous year, and about 3 percent more than in 2019. That’s along with another 38 million arriving on a cruise ship. In other words, travelers continue […]

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The Former Ritz-Carlton, Cancun Is Officially a Kempinski

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The former Ritz-Carlton, Cancun has officially opened its doors as a Kempinski.  The resort has been operating as the Grand Hotel Cancun Managed by Kempinski.  And while there was some confusion over when the Kempinski brand would actually take over, the resort announce the change on social media last week.  The resort is now the […]

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The 20 Best Hotels in Puerto Rico 

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Puerto Rico has never been hotter, buoyed by a pandemic-era boom that filled its hotels to capacity and put a new travel spotlight on the destination. It seems like new flights routes launch just about every week to the island, the airport is dizzyingly busy as travelers finally start to realize just how diverse, vibrant […]

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The Former Ritz-Carlton, Cancun Is Becoming a Kempinski 

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Kempinski is set to open its third luxury hotel in the Caribbean next week, with a new resort in Cancun.  Kempinski is taking over the former Ritz-Carlton, Cancun, which removed Ritz-Carlton as its brand over the summer.  In the interim, the hotel has been operating as the “Grand Hotel Cancun managed by Kempinski.” The brand […]


The 20 Best Hotels in Puerto Rico 

The inaugural season of the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection in the Caribbean will feature heavily in St Maarten.  Ritz-Carlton’s new ultra-luxe cruise line will include significant home-porting for its Evrima ship out of Port St Maarten for the 2022-2023 cruise season.  The ship will be sailing several of its cruises from St Maarten across the Caribbean […]

Is Ritz-Carlton Returning to This Caribbean Island? 

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to Caribbean Journal Invest Is Ritz-Carlton making a return to one of its longtime Caribbean strongholds? Just as Hard Rock Hotels & Resorts recently began construction on a hotel that will be apart of a mixed-used facility in St. James Parish in Jamaica, it also just found out who one […]

The 7 Best Luxury Resorts in Cancun

Cancun once had a reputation as an inexpensive all-inclusive destination. Now, the famous beaches of the Hotel Zone boast one of the best collections of luxury resorts in Mexico and the Caribbean as a whole, as Cancun continues to draw travelers in massive numbers from around the world. Here are the most stylish, elegant, and […]

Four Seasons Is Starting a Luxury Caribbean Cruise Line

Following the lead of competitor Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is getting into the ultra-luxury cruise business. The company has announced the launch of Four Seasons Yachts, a new ultra-luxe “yacht” fleet that will kick off operations in 2025. “Four Seasons Yachts brings our legendary service and innovation to the seas with the launch […]

The Ritz-Carlton, St Thomas Just Added a Topgolf Swing Suite

Topgolf has opened its first-ever Swing Suite in the Caribbean at the Ritz-Carlton, St Thomas.  The new suite is a private sports entertainment space featuring access to 80 18-hole virtual golf course, along with 10 additional virtual games for parties of up to eight people.  The suite comes with a customized food and beverage menu, […]

The Caribbean’s Top Food Festival Is Back at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman

The premier culinary event in the Caribbean is making its return to the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman.  Cayman Cookout, the beloved food festival hosted by Eric Ripert, is returning from Jan. 12-16, 2023.  The event is back after a two-year hiatus, gathering some of the world’s top chefs, including José Andrés, Adrienne Cheatham, Master Sommelier Aldo Sohm, Andrew […]

Caribbean Tourism Organization Names New Chairman 

The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization has named a new chairman.  The organization has elected Cayman Islands Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan to the role, following its annual general meeting in Grand Cayman this week.  The meeting was held as part of the CTO’s Business Meetings at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman.  Bryan assumes the chairmanship of the […]

Mandarin Oriental Is Opening a New Resort in the Caribbean

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Mandarin Oriental’s second Caribbean resort is now in development, joining its existing Caribbean property in Canouan in the Grenadines. Earlier this month, co-developers Melkonian Capital Management and RAL Development Services announced the launch of sales for The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Grand Cayman, a new residential resort. Caribbean […]