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Southwest Airlines Is Launching a Big Caribbean Expansion, With New Nonstop Flights to Aruba, Jamaica, St. Thomas, and Punta Cana 

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The water along Eagle Beach has a luminous blue that seems to go on forever. In Montego Bay, the hills rise behind a sweep of resorts, beaches and old sugar-estate country. On St. Thomas, ferries leave the harbor for St. John, sailboats cross Pillsbury Sound and Magens Bay curves around one of the Caribbean’s most […]

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Nevis Eyes More High-End Cruise Ships

Above: Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis is projecting a 38 percent increase in cruise ship calls, according to Tourism Minister Mark Brantley. The Minister said the island received 34 cruise ship calls, with 47 cruise ship calls expected for this year. That won’t mean an equivalent increase in passenger numbers, however, […]

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UNESCO: Haiti Shipwreck Not Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria

Above: a survey of the site (Photo: UNESCO) By the Caribbean Journal staff While their initial discovery received global attention, the remains of a shipwreck off the coast of Haiti do not belong to Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria ship, according to UNESCO. The remains were first discovered by underwater explorer Bill Clifford, who first visited the […]

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After a Maritime Ordeal, Grenadians Return Home from Venezuela

By the Caribbean Journal staff Following a government effort that involved long hours of negotiations and thousands of dollars in costs, 35 passengers have returned to Grenada after their ship went adrift of the Venezuelan coast. The MV Amelia A, which was traveling Sep. 15 from Trinidad to Grenada, had engine failure and went off […]