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Caribbean Photo of the Week: A Perfect Sunset in St Barth

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The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Linda Slawson, who sent us this beautiful shot of sunset from the Hotel Christopher in St Barth. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of […]

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The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean 2020

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The number of world-class Caribbean restaurants continues to multiply, making this landmark selection, which first launched back in 2013, more and more difficult each year.  The Caribbean food sector continues to send a strong message to the world that this is, truly, one of the world’s great food regions, with arguably the most diverse cuisine […]

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How to Get to Anguilla This Winter

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Anguilla is one of the region’s buzziest luxury destinations — and if you’re heading there for the winter tourist season, there’s one great way to get there.  The Caribbean’s leading luxury airline has relaunched its service to the island of Anguilla.  Tradewind Aviation, which operates scheduled flights to some of the Caribbean’s most exclusive destinations […]

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Puerto Rico Is Getting a Wave of New Nonstop Flights on Spirit

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Puerto Rico’s airlift boom will continue in 2020 with the launch of another wave of new routes from low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines.  Spirit, already one of the leading carriers to Puerto Rico, has announced plans to launch more new daily nonstop flights to San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.  That will be highlighted by […]


How to Get to Anguilla This Winter

Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines is adding more new routes to the Caribbean next year — to The Bahamas, Cozumel and Puerto Rico. The company, which has been rapidly expanding its Caribbean network over the past several years, has announced plans to launch three new routes to the Caribbean for the summer of 2020.  That will be […]

Puerto Rico Air Traffic is Surging

In another strong sign for Puerto Rico’s tourism industry, the island’s biggest air hub had a significant traffic surge in November.  Mexico-based ASUR, which manages San Juan’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, reported a 20.2 percent increase in passenger traffic in November, compared to the same month in 2018.  That amounted to a total of […]

Cancun Air Traffic Showing Improvement

Cancun International Airport had another solid month in November, the latest data from parent company ASUR show.  After what was a sluggish year for most of 2019, the airport has picked up steam in recent months.  Indeed, traffic in Cancun last month rose by 2.5 percent, compared to the same month in 2018.  That was […]

Royal Caribbean Reveals Newest Caribbean Cruises

Royal Caribbean has unveiled its newest cruises for the 2021-2022 Caribbean cruise season, the company announced.  Two of the line’s massive ships, Symphony of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, will be sailing across the Eastern and Western Caribbean in the summer of 2021.  That will include a series of seven-night cruises, with Symphony […]

Silver Airways Expands Dominica Flights

Silver Airways has increased its flights to the island of Dominica, according to the Discover Dominica Authority.  The airline, which has hubs in Fort Lauderdale and San Juan, Puerto Rico, has added three new flights between San Juan and Dominica each week.  That means Silver is now operating daily flights to the island.  Silver has […]

Allianz: Punta Cana Tourism Is Rebounding

The Dominican Republic’s tourism hub of Punta Cana is seeing a massive rebound in tourism demand, according to a new report from Allianz Global Assistance.  The travel insurance giant said analysis of nearly 2.4 million flight itineraries showed that the number of Americans traveling to the Dominican Republic for Thanksgiving has nearly quadrupled in size […]

Silver Airways, American Airlines Sign Codeshare Agreement

Fresh off a newly-launched codeshare agreement with Delta Air Lines, Caribbean carrier Silver Airways has announced a similar agreement with American Airlines.  That means travelers can book tickets that combine segments on American Airlines and Silver on a single ticket.  It also means travelers can check their bags right through to their final destination.  The […]

Carnival Adding New Caribbean Cruises From San Juan

Carnival’s Carnival Fascination cruise ship is adding new Caribbean cruises out of its homeport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  In 2021, the ship will add three new seven-day Caribbean cruises out of San Juan, each of which will include stops at five different Caribbean destinations.  The new cruises will include stops at Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, […]