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Marriott Is Opening a Resort in St Maarten

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American Airlines Just Launched New Nonstop Flights to a Caribbean Island Known for Its Colorful Capital, White-Sand Beaches, and Cosmopolitan Energy

Curaçao is an island you understand by moving through it. In Willemstad, commuters cross the floating Queen Emma Bridge while water taxis cut across the harbor below. Conversations switch between Papiamentu, Dutch, Spanish and English in the space of a few blocks. Fishing boats still dock near the city center, and neighborhood restaurants fill with […]

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Seabourn’s New Cruises in the Caribbean

Luxury boutique cruise line Seabourn has released its new itineraries for 2018 in the Caribbean. The carrier’s Seabourn Odyssey will operate Caribbean cruises in the fall 2018 season, with a total of 18 seven-day Caribbean cruises between Bridgetown, Barbados and Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. Each of the cruises will offer both a “Caviar in the Surf” […]

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British Virgin Islands Forms New Council With European's Caribbean Territories

By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands has signed an agreement to form a new body aimed at fostering greater cooperation between the British and Dutch territories in the Caribbean. The Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Council includes the BVI, Anguilla, Aruba, Bonaire, Cayman, Curacao, Montserrat and Sint Maarten as members, with Saba […]

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Curacao, Sint Maarten Could Become Associate Members of CARICOM

Above: Curacao (Photo: Curacao Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM’s Council of Ministers has agreed to establish a working group to look at issues pertaining to the organization’s associate members, and two territories, Curacao and Sint Maarten, have expressed interest in joining. There are currently five associate members of CARICOM: Anguilla, Bermuda, the British […]

British Virgin Islands Forms New Council With European's Caribbean Territories

By the Caribbean Journal staff There was an earthquake early this morning with an epicentre in the Saint Martin region of the Leeward Islands felt across the area, including Anguilla, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe and Sint Maarten. The quake, which registered at 4.7 on the Richter scale, was one of a series of similarly-rated earthquakes worldwide, […]