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Sandals’ All-Inclusive Dunn’s River Resort Just Reopened, Beginning Jamaica’s Tourism Comeback

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This short film is a quick look into the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River, shot on location this weekend. Ocho Rios has a new electricity this week, the kind that signals a turning point for the island of Jamaica. After weeks of preparation and tight coordination across communities and tourism partners, the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River has officially […]

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Expedia: Jamaica Travel Demand Rising

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Almost three months after reopening its borders for international tourism, Jamaica continues to see an increase in travel demand, according to new data from Expedia. Searches for Jamaica’s travel hub of Montego Bay on Expedia Group’s digital platforms rose 15 percent last month, the travel company said this week. Jamaica has received more than 40,000 […]

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Sonesta Is Expanding to Puerto Rico

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Sonesta is undertaking a major brand expansion in the United States that will include its first hotel property in Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The expansion is the result of a transaction with Service Properties Trust, which will transfer 103 InterContinental Hotel Group properties it owns to Sonesta branding.  That will include the […]

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Expedia: Punta Cana Leading Caribbean Travel Demand

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Caribbean destinations are showing resilience amid the challenges of COVID-19, led by the tourism hub of Punta Cana, according to a new report from Expedia Group.  Searches for Caribbean destinations on Expedia Group sites had a positive increase last month, driven in large part by the Dominican Republic, long the region’s most popular destination by […]


Sonesta Is Expanding to Puerto Rico

United Airlines is launching its newest Caribbean route next month, new scheduled service from Newark to St Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.  United will be operating the route four times each week, with roundtrip service on Sundays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, according to the company.  The new flights will kick off Sept. 3.  […]

Puerto Rico Reopens for Tourism, Then Begins Rollback

Puerto Rico officially reopened for tourism on Wednesday, with a host of health and safety protocols for incoming travelers, and on Thursday promptly began a rollback of much of its service industry. On Thursday, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced announced that the island’s bars, casinos and theaters would be closed, reduced restaurant capacity to a […]

From Turks and Caicos to Puerto Rico, New Yorkers Are Migrating to the Caribbean

Even in the midst of a pandemic, villa sales in the second quarter in the Turks and Caicos Islands actually eclipsed the numbers from the same period in 2019.  A strong part of that, Regency Christie’s International Real Estate senior broker Robert Greenwood told Caribbean Journal Invest, came from an increasingly important demographic in the […]

American Airlines Begins Big Caribbean Relaunch

American Airlines kicked off a major relaunch of service to the Caribbean on Tuesday, resuming flights to a host of reopened destinations across the region.  American resumed eight routes from Miami on July 7, including service to Santo Domingo, Santiago, Punta Cana and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; along with flights to […]

JetBlue Is Adding New Flights to St Thomas, Puerto Rico

JetBlue is launching a Caribbean expansion beginning in August, with new routes to Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.  Beginning Aug. 6, JetBlue will be operating a new route from Philadelphia to San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport “up to once daily,” the carrier said this week.  In October, JetBlue […]

Dominican Republic to Reopen for Tourism July 1

The entire country of the Dominican Republic will open up for international tourism beginning July 1, according to Lucien Echavarria, director at the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic. In an exclusive interview with Caribbean Journal, Echavarria said about 40-50 percent of the country’s hotel inventory would open its doors in July, with the […]

St Barth to Reopen for Tourism on June 22

The Caribbean’s most glamorous destination is reopening for tourism, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The French Caribbean island of St Barth is reopening for travel and tourism on June 22, according to Bruno Magras, president of the island’s territorial council.  “Whether you are visiting an island friend or local resident, returning to spend time in your […]

What’s Next for the Puerto Rico Hotel Industry

It was a major step for the reopening of Puerto Rico’s tourism industry this week as the destination reopened all of its nearly 15 golf courses, including the popular course at the Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve hotel, which is currently taking reservations for tee times.  This is perhaps Puerto Rico’s most positive tourism news […]