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The Bahamas’ Undiscovered Island

Caribbean Moment: A Walk on the Beach in The Bahamas

It’s still one of the great secrets of The Bahamas: the tiny island of San Salvador. This tropical getaway, most famous as the site of Columbus’ first landing in the New World, is almost impossibly pristine, home to some of …

Caribbean Moment: Sunset in San Salvador, The Bahamas

It’s the most relaxing, beautiful island you’ve never heard of. This is San Salvador, the island made famous by Columbus’ first landfall in the New World, today a remarkably beautiful, endlessly serene, impossibly laid back island at the far eastern …

The Ultimate Caribbean Scuba Diving Destination

First there was Christopher Columbus, met by the waters of Guanahani in 1492. And then, 530 years later, there was SpongeBob. SpongeBob is a 25-pound Nassau Grouper that calls Long Bay home, the most famous current resident of a bay …

Club Med’s Bahamas All-Inclusive Resort Reopens This Week

For years it was arguably the signature all-inclusive resort in The Bahamas: the Club Med Columbus, the beach resort on the remote island of San Salvador. And now, for the first time since the onset of the pandemic, the property …

The Best All-Inclusive Hotels in The Bahamas

The Bahamas doesn’t have an overwhelming number of all-inclusive hotel options, but what the archipelago nation lacks in quantity it more than makes up in variety. Basic to high-end, intimate to extravagant, the Bahamas has an all-inclusive to match almost …

San Salvador Beach Villas List for $4.1 Million

A boutique villa community on the island of San Salvador in The Bahamas has hit the market, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The Guanahani Beach Villas, a collection of four beachfront bungalows (with a total of four bathrooms) on …

Bahamas Eyes Partner to Operate, Update Airports on Seven Islands

The Bahamas is looking for a private partner to update, operate and maintain a portfolio of eight airports across the country. The country is set to launch a Request for Pre-Qualifications for The Bahamas Airport PPP Program. This story …

Crystal Is Adding More New All-Inclusive Cruises to The Bahamas

Crystal Cruises is adding three more cruises to its popular Bahamas-focused itineraries, Caribbean Journal has learned. This fall and winter, the luxury cruise line will kick off three new itineraries, beginning with a cruise from New York City to …

Crystal Adds More Bahamas Cruises

Crystal Cruises’ ground-breaking Bahamas cruises have expanded, Caribbean Journal has learned. The all-Bahamas itineraries, which includes stops in ports like San Salvador, Great Exuma and Long Island, are now operating from three homeports: Nassau, Bimini and Miami. The “Bahamas …

The Club Med Resorts of the Caribbean, Explained

Club Med helped pioneer the concept of all-inclusive vacations in the 1960s and 1970s, and people of a certain age doubtless remember the hotel chain’s jingle from the time: “The Club Med vacation/The antidote for civilization.” Originally a no-frills …

Solar-Powered Caribbean Beach Resort Hits the Market

A new boutique Caribbean beach resort has hit the market, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. Snow Bay, a four-unit luxury beach resort built on the Bahamian island of San Salvador in 2019, has been listed for $2.95 million with …

Crystal Cruises Breaks Single-Day Record With Bahamas Launch

Crystal Cruises set a new single-day record for bookings with the launch last week of its new cruises in The Bahamas. The company said almost 4,000 guests reserved staterooms or suites for one of its new seven-night voyages that …

Crystal Is Relaunching Cruises in The Bahamas This Summer

Luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises will soon become the first cruise line to return to the Caribbean since the pandemic, with a new Bahamas-only itinerary exclusively for vaccinated travelers. The program, which launches this summer, is called Bahamas Escapes, …

The Bahamas Launches “BEATS” Extended-Stay Program

More and more Caribbean destinations are launching extended stay programs for those able to work remotely — in other words, offering the chance to live on an island for a year. But the newest remote work program in the region …

New Six Senses Resort Planned in The Bahamas

A Six Senses-branded resort is being planned for the island of San Salvador in The Bahamas, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The project by Caribbean Luxury Real Estate Development Group would be set on a 1,500-acre site in San …

Club Med to Reopen All-Inclusive Caribbean Resorts

All-inclusive brand Club Med will be reopening four of its resorts in the wider Caribbean region in October, Caribbean Journal has learned. The company’s regional relaunch will include the reopening of the Club Med Cancun, Club Med Punta Cana …

A Very Strong, Very Good Rum From The Bahamas

The history of rum is intertwined with the history of the Caribbean — particularly that infamous (and somehow lastingly romantic) age of rum-fueled pirates. But for all the stories of Caribbean pirates and treasure-seekers, a surprisingly small number of …

Carnival Is Planning Two Major New Cruise Projects in The Bahamas

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Corporation is undertaking a major investment in The Bahamas, with plans for two major new cruise developments in the country that could mean $180 million in new investment. The company has signed an …