KSL Capital and Rodina’s Tortuga Resorts launched its Caribbean push in June with its $2 billion purchase of Playa’s real estate portfolio in the Caribbean and Mexico. Now, it seems to be aiming higher, with a new CEO to lead the charge. Tortuga Resorts has appointed seasoned hospitality and private-equity executive Leo Schlesinger as its […]
The Caribbean’s most exclusive island is the new home of a major Caribbean rum event. Caribbean Journal’s Caribbean Rum Awards, the region’s leading celebration of premium rums, is coming to St Barth from Nov. 6-10. The second edition of the event will be highlighted by a panel of spirits experts judging some of the most […]
The growth of cask-finished rums has skyrocketed in recent years, as more and more distillers look to add new personalities and characters to rums. It’s a reminder of the power of the barrel to imbue flavor, of the importance of the years rums spend in wood after their brief sojourns in pot and column stills. […]
