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Is This San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Next Big Luxury Hotel?

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A Floating Soca Party Is Coming Soon to St Thomas

When the UberSoca Cruise docks in St. Thomas on Nov. 19, the harbor won’t just welcome a ship — it will transform into a full-scale celebration of Caribbean culture. The arrival of the Norwegian Encore cruise ship will turn the waterfront into a festival of color, sound, and flavor as thousands of soca fans join […]

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Here’s How to Fly to Puerto Rico’s Tiny, Beach-Filled Caribbean Islands

Playa Flamenco. The Bioluminescent Bay. The wild horses. El Blok. These are some of the memories you capture when you stay on the tiny islands of Culebra and Vieques off the coast of Puerto Rico. While both islands have long been on the minds of travelers, getting to either of them has never been particularly […]

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Avelo Is Doubling Its Puerto Rico Flights

Ultra-low-cost carrier Avelo, which in the beginning stages of a broader Caribbean expansion, is doubling its flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal has learned. The airline, which is operating the only service between New Haven, Conn. and Puerto Rico with its Tweed Airport-Luis Munoz Marin International Airport flights, is doubling its frequency to […]

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JetBlue Is Launching New Flights From San Juan, Puerto Rico to St Croix This Winter

JetBlue is set to kick off a brand-new route to St Croix in the US Virgin Islands, Caribbean Journal has learned. It’s the newest way to get to the culinary capital of the US Virgin Islands, which is hotter than ever thanks to a renewed tourism branding push and a buzzing gastronomic movement. The new […]

Avelo Is Doubling Its Puerto Rico Flights

Puerto Rico’s Hotel Miramar, a boutique property between Condado and Old San Juan, is now under new management, Caribbean Journal has learned. The hotel is now managed by Remington Hospitality, which has been steadily growing its footprint in the Caribbean region in the last two years. The boutique property will soon be getting a “refresh,” […]

This Fast-Growing Airline Is Adding a New Destination in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico’s high-volume tourism hub is, unsurprisingly, San Juan. It’s where the vast majority of travelers go on their vacations, and it’s an urban, cosmopolitan getaway with some beaches tucked in. But Puerto Rico is so much more. That includes the west coast, with its colorful, funky, fun-loving towns like Rincon and Aguadilla. It’s the […]

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Cheap Flights: JetBlue Has Puerto Rico Fares Starting at $63

This is what the travel industry calls the “shoulder season.” It’s after Labor Day, summer has come to a close, the kids are back in school and it’s another three months until the Caribbean really heats up for the holidays. It’s also one of the best times to travel all year in the Caribbean: hotels […]

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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 […]

JetBlue Is Adding Daily Nonstop Puerto Rico Flights From a New Market

In recent years, the Caribbean has begun tapping into emerging source markets in the United States, concentrated in the Midwest and California. But another area is becoming increasingly important for island destinations in the Caribbean: New England. In the last few years, more and more carriers have added new flights and routes from cities in […]

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New Leadership for This San Juan, Puerto Rico Hotel

It’s one of the signature places to stay in San Juan, Puerto Rico’s hottest neighborhood: the Condado area of the capital.. And now the popular resort has named a new leadership team, anchored by Mariano Formariz as its new general manager. The new GM was most recently the area general manger for Marriott in Peru, […]

Caribbean Airlines Just Launched Its First Flights to Puerto Rico

The Caribbean aviation sector is hotter than ever: new flights, new routes and new-entry airlines have turned what was a quiet, lethargic sector into a competitive intra-regional market. The Caribbean, which in the wake of LIAT’s demise was largely devoid of any notable competition, has seen more and more airlines adding intra-regional flights, from JetBlue […]

Frontier Airlines Just Launched Its First-Ever Barbados Flights

It’s the newest “Caribbean” airline. With intra-regional travel long a challenge in the region, US-based ultra-low-cost carrier is stepping in to fill the void, thanks to a new crew base in San Juan. This week, Frontier just launched its first-ever flights to Barbados, with nonstop service out of San Juan. The flights are running three […]