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Kimpton’s Soon-to-Debut All-Inclusive Resort in the Riviera Maya Has Four Pools, Swim-Up Rooms — and an Opening Date 

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More and more big brands have been getting into all-inclusive, from Marriott to Hyatt to even SLS and W. The category has been filling up with names that built their reputations elsewhere, each bringing a slightly different take on what an all-inclusive stay should look like. Kimpton is next. Set within a dense mangrove reserve […]

News

A Very Strong, Very Good Rum From The Bahamas

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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 pirates have actually found their names adorning bottles of rum (the most famous being Captain Henry […]

News

Carnival Is Planning Two Major New Cruise Projects in The Bahamas

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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 agreement with the government of The Bahamas to build two significant new projects: one, a new […]

Opinion

Editor’s Note: Abaco, Grand Bahama and the Comeback to Come

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By Alexander Britell On Sept. 8, 1932, the biggest storm ever recorded in Abaco pummeled the island, destroying hundreds of homes and killing 10 people, just enough to land it on page 22 of the Sept. 9 edition of the New York Times. Today, Hurricane Dorian and its landfall in Abaco and Grand Bahama are […]


Carnival Is Planning Two Major New Cruise Projects in The Bahamas

By the Caribbean Journal staff The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Ken McCallum, who sent in this lovely shot from the Club Med Columbus Isle on San Salvador in The Bahamas. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your […]

VIDEO: A Moment on the Beach in San Salvador

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor They call it Bahama blue. But really, is should be Bahama blues, because the sapphire seas that wash this corner of the Caribbean can’t be described in a single word – simply because they aren’t a single color. In this part of the world, water is turquoise, aquamarine, Wedgewood, […]

A New Way to Get to This Island in The Bahamas

By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s best known as the island where Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the New World. But the beach-filled island of San Salvador in The Bahamas has long been under the radar of even the most passionate Caribbean aficionados. Now, it’s getting easier to get there. Bahamas national carrier […]

7 Reasons to Visit Club Med Columbus Isle

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor The French pioneers of the all-inclusive vacation, Club Méditerranée (Club Med) has 70 resorts all over the world, including half a dozen in the Caribbean (in Cancun, Mexico; the Turks and Caicos Islands; the Bahamas; Guadeloupe, Martinique; and the Dominican Republic). We recently visited the company’s Bahamian hotel, Club […]

This Caribbean Airport Is Expanding

One Bahamian island could soon get a major boost thanks to a major expansion of its airport. San Salvador in the Out Islands is undergoing a $1.5 million expansion and upgrade project, following damage from Hurricane Joaquin last year. “We decided to do the expansion to accommodate the traffic that is expected through the direct […]

Caribbean Home: Your Own Private Island Off San Salvador

Above: High Cay By the Caribbean Journal staff You might call it Columbus’ private island. The cliffs of High Cay, near the Bahamian island of San Salvador, were quite possibly the first thing Columbus saw when he reached the New World. Now it can be yours — for $3.2 million. Nassau’s HG Christie has the […]

Bahamas’ San Salvador, Crooked Island Begin Rebuilding

The National Emergency Management Agency and the National Repairs and Reconstruction Unit have issued contracts for the rebuilding of homes on Crooked Island, San Salvador and Long Island, the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015. On Thursday and Friday, Captain Stephen Russell, Director of NEMA, and Melanie Roach, head of the NRRU, […]

Club Med to Expand in San Salvador As Part of Major Hotel Project

Above: the signing ceremony in San Salvador By the Caribbean Journal staff Club Med is expanding its resort on the Bahamian island of San Salvador, following the signing of an agreement with the government. Club Med, the government and Sand and Ocean Investments Limited signed an agreement Monday that will pave the way for a […]

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