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Travelers Are Flocking to Turks and Caicos Right Now, With Record Arrivals, New Hotels, and Six New Flight Routes

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If it feels like everyone you know is going to Turks and Caicos right now, it’s not your imagination. The destination just posted the highest first-quarter visitor arrivals ever recorded, welcoming 203,587 stayover visitors between January and March, a 5 percent increase over the same period last year. That comes on the heels of a […]

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Marriott Is Opening a New Resort in Turks and Caicos 

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South Caicos is a pristine, beach-filled, untouched eight-square-mile gem in the heart of Turks and Caicos’ “sister islands.” While the island is already home to the popular Sailrock Resort, little South Caicos is about to get a boost from the world’s largest hotel company.  Marriott has announced the sining of the former East Bay Resort […]

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This Turks and Caicos Resort Is Rebranding

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The East Bay Resort on the island of South Caicos in Turks and Caicos is set for a major rebranding and redevelopment effort, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The nearly 100-room resort is closing on Sept. 9 to undertake a “significant” renovation project, one that will result in both a new look and a new name: […]

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Turks and Caicos’ Sailrock Adds New Villa 

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By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Sailrock South Caicos, a luxury villa resort and residential community in the Turks and Caicos Islands, is launching several new luxury villas with a range of configurations and homesites.  Among these is the Five-Bedroom Garden Estate Villa, to be located on a secluded beachfront site in the private […]


This Turks and Caicos Resort Is Rebranding

“Bigger is better” doesn’t always apply to Caribbean resorts, and in Turks and Caicos some of the best places to vacation are relatively pint-sized. Turks and Caicos has a rather diverse hotel product, from the “main” island of Providenciales to more remote destinations like South and Middle Caicos. And that includes some rather lovely smaller […]

Popular Caribbean Beach Resort Sold

A top boutique resort has been sold in Turks and Caicos, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The East Bay resort, an all-inclusive boutique resort on the island of South Caicos in Turks and Caicos, was sold to JEM Worldwide, a Cayman Islands-based company.  JEM has a portfolio of three dive resorts in the Cayman Islands.  […]

South Caicos Villa Lists for $11.425 Million 

A villa at the Sailrock resort in South Caicos, Turks and Caicos has hit the market, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The Garden Estate Villa has listed for $11.425 million with Robert Greenwood at Regency Christie’s Realty Turks and Caicos Islands.  Garden Estate sits on 7.32 acres of beachfront, with just under 300 linear feet […]

The Turks and Caicos Real Estate Market Is Booming

It’s one of the hottest real estate markets in the wider Caribbean: the Turks and Caicos, which has seen a dramatic surge in activity amid the pandemic. That’s been the result of mostly high-net-worth buyers looking to escape large cities in the US or at least find added optionality with a property in the British […]

How to Visit Turks and Caicos Right Now

The Turks and Caicos Islands officially reopened for tourism last summer, one of the first destinations in the Caribbean to do so.  Since then, the destination has become one of the region’s most sought-after vacation options amid the pandemic, combining a safe reopening with the TCI’s built-in space and social distancing — particularly its world-famous beaches.  […]

Turks and Caicos Expands Testing Capability

Turks and Caicos has expanded its testing capacity for travelers who need to meet the CDC’s new requirements.  The destination says it has “exponentially increased” its testing facilities in response to the new CDC order, which requires all travelers returning to the United States to show proof of a negative test taken and received within […]

Turks and Caicos Is the Caribbean’s Hottest Villa Destination

It’s always been a rarefied, exclusive beach destination; and as more and more travelers seek seclusion and privacy amid the pandemic, the Turks and Caicos Islands is seeing a surge in villa rentals.  And with top Caribbean villa destinations like St Barth currently closed (although that’s likely to change soon), travelers are increasingly looking to […]

Turks and Caicos’ Sailrock Joins AMEX Fine Hotels and Resorts

Turks and Ciacos’ Sailrock Resort has joined American Express Fine Hotels and Resorts, the property announced this week.  The South Caicos resort is now part of the collection of luxury hotels that offer benefits to holders of American Express’ Platinum and Centurion cards.  “It is an honor for Sailrock to be included in this exclusive […]