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How Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Found Inspiration on a Tiny Caribbean Island 

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“He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land.” It’s one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s most iconic speeches: “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” his address to striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn. on April 3, 1968.  And it was born on the tiny island […]

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Frontier Is Adding New Nonstop Flights to Punta Cana

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Frontier Airlines is ramping up its expansion to the Dominican Republic with a new route from Miami to Punta Cana, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Frontier will be launching new twice-weekly flights between Miami and Punta Cana beginning on March 8.  The nonstop flights will be operating on Mondays and Fridays.  “We eagerly look forward to […]

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Frontier Continuing Caribbean Expansion With New Cancun Flights

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Frontier is ramping up its Caribbean expansion. The carrier is set to expand its regional network out of Miami International Airport, with plans to launch new service to Cancun, Mexico.  Beginning March 11, 2021, Frontier will be running year-round, four-times-weekly flights between Miami and Cancun.  The new flight joins another new route launching this week, […]

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Eastern Airlines Is Launching Flights to the Dominican Republic

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The revived Eastern Airlines is back in the Caribbean.  The new iteration of the once-legendary carrier is set to launch expanded Caribbean flights in December with service to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  Eastern Airlines will be launching twice-weekly flights from both Boston and Miami to Santo Domingo.  On Dec. 17, Eastern will be operating flights […]


Frontier Continuing Caribbean Expansion With New Cancun Flights

United Airlines is kicking off a new Caribbean expansion headlined by the launch of new service to destinations including the Dominican Republic and Belize.  That includes the launch of new nonstop service from Denver to Belize City, Belize, along with new service from Denver to San Jose, Costa Rica.  On Dec. 17, United will be […]

The Dominican Republic Has a New “Tourism Recovery” Plan

New Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader Corona has announced the formation of a “tourism recovery plan” for the Caribbean’s most popular travel destination.  Abinader himself will be leading the plan, which aims to protect the “health, welfare and safety of tourists as well as promote a sustainable recovery of the tourism sector,” according to a […]

CJI Conversation: Greg Norman on His Next Caribbean Projects

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor Former No.1 golfer in the world and renowned golf course architect, Greg Norman, recently chatted with Caribbean Journal Invest (CJI) on his latest Caribbean projects, as well as what it takes to design the perfect golf course. Here’s what the golfing legend, commonly known as the “Great White Shark,” had […]

Here Are the Dominican Republic Hotels That Are Open Right Now

The Dominican Republic has more hotels currently open to international visitors than any other Caribbean destination, and there are more to come if all continues to go well with the country’s COVID-19 reopening. The Dominican Republic initially reopened to tourism on July 1, and beefed up its entry requirements on July 29 by adding a […]

The State of Dominican Republic Real Estate

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor Anders Bogebjerg, owner and founding partner of real estate company Group Palmera in the Dominican Republic, began his company in 2013 with just one villa. Before his company started renting the Punta Cana villa on Vrbo, Airbnb, etc., it spent seven-to-eight months overseeing the complete renovation of the property, which […]

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 […]

Air France Relaunching St Maarten, Punta Cana Flights

Air France is adding more Caribbean routes to its flight schedule in September an October, the carrier said this week. The newly-relaunched flights will include routes from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport will operate to Havana, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo and St Maarten. Air France will be serving almost 170 destinations worldwide by the end […]

United Adding More Flights to Dominican Republic, Cancun

United Airlines is adding 35 routes across the Caribbean and Latin America in August, the carrier said this week.  That includes new flights to Cancun from Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Newark and San Francisco.  United is also increasing its flights from Houston and Cancun and Houston and Panama City.  “We’re taking the same data-driven, realistic […]