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Frontier Just Launched Two New Nonstop Routes to Cancun, Mexico

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Frontier Airlines has officially launched two new nonstop routes to Cancun, expanding its low-cost international network with fresh service from the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. The airline is now operating weekly nonstop flights from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Airport to Cancun.  Both routes are part of Frontier’s continued push to add […]

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This Top Saint Lucia All-Inclusive Is Open Again

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One of the leading all-inclusive resorts in Saint Lucia is open again, Caribbean Journal has learned. The BodyHoliday, the wellness-focused all-inclusive, is back and welcoming guests. The 155-room resort is famous for including a free spa treatment every day of a guest’s stay. Parent company SunSwept Resorts, which also operates the resort’s sister property, Rendezvous, […]

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Sandals Just Reopened Both of Its Resorts in Barbados

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Sandals Resorts International has completed the reopening of its two all-inclusive Barbados resorts: Sandals Barbados and Sandals Royal Barbados.  The two resorts officially relaunched this week, meaning the company has now reopened all of its resorts in the Caribbean, with the exception of Sandals Royal Bahamian in Nassau, which is currently in the midst of […]

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Sandals Reopening Barbados Resorts in May

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Sandals Resorts International is set to reopen both of its resorts in Barbados next month.  The all-inclusive company will be relaunching both its Sandals Royal Barbados and Sandals Barbados resorts.  Sandals has nearly completed its Caribbean-wide reopening; one other resort, Sandals Royal Bahamian in Nassau, which is in the midst of a major renovation, is […]


Sandals Just Reopened Both of Its Resorts in Barbados

Jamaica is set for a wave of new hotel projects over the next few years, according to Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.  The island is set for some $2 billion in new projects yielding more than 7,000 new hotel rooms, Bartlett said this week.  That includes 2,000 hotel rooms set to be developed by Princess […]

Sandals Planning Renovation at Bahamas All-Inclusive Resort

Sandals Resorts International is planning a major renovation at its Sandals Royal Bahamian resort in Nassau, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The property will undergo a multimillion-dollar renovation project ahead of its planned November 4 reopening, according to the company.  The renovation will include a “reimagining” of more than 200 rooms and suites at the Cable […]

Sandals Is Opening Three New Caribbean Resorts

Sandals Resorts International is opening three new resorts in the Caribbean, two under the Sandals Brand and another under the Beaches brand, Caribbean Journal Invest has exclusively learned.  The all-inclusive leader will be transforming two properties it acquired from Playa resorts last year: the former Jewel Dunns River Beach Resort & Spa in Ocho Rios […]

8 Must-Visit Luxury Hotels in Grenada

Grenada’s travel rules require visitors to remain at their resort for five days after arrival, and while you can travel freely around the island after that if you get a negative test result, honestly we’d be OK with spending even longer getting pampered at one of these resorts in Grenada, an island that’s become one […]

Jamaica’s Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort Is Expanding

The Sandals Royal Caribbean resort in Jamaica is set to complete an expansion project, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Montego Bay property is adding 48 new rooms, according to Sandals Resorts International.  That rooms, which will be available starting Dec.15, will include 12 new Crystal Lagoon Hideaway Swim-Up Club Level Junior Suites, along with 36 […]

Caribbean Hotel Outlook Conference Set for March 30

The Caribbean Hotel Outlook virtual conference is free for Caribbean Journal Invest subscribers. To register for the conference, click here. If you’re not a CJI subscriber, click here. A major new virtual conference will look at what’s ahead for the Caribbean hotel industry in 2021. Caribbean Journal Invest’s Caribbean Hotel Outlook will run on March […]

Unique Vacations Expands Leadership Team

Unique Vacations, the affiliate for the worldwide representative for Sandals Resorts International, has announced an expanded leadership team.  That includes Maggie Rivera as chief communications and strategy officer; Tony Cortizas as senior Vice President of brand development; Gray Sadler as executive Vice President of sales and industry relations; Tonya Hawryluk as senior Vice President of […]

In Jamaica, the Caribbean’s Ultimate Swim-Up Suites

What is a “rondoval”? The dictionary description of the word this marketing term comes from is “rondavel,” a round Southern African building with a peaked roof. But at the Sandals South Coast resort in Jamaica, it might just be called the ideal room for a sensual but socially distanced couples Caribbean getaway. Or, you can […]