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There’s a New Spa Resort in Cabo San Lucas

There’s a new spa resort in the heart of Cabo San Lucas’ tourist corridor. The new Vista Encantada Spa Resort and Residences is the latest project by Mexico Grand Hotels. The boutique all-inclusive resort has just 36 suites, all of …

Marriott Is Opening a New Resort in Belize

A hot new resort is coming to one of the Caribbean’s hottest hotel destinations: Belize. The new Alaia Belize is set in the bustling destination of San Pedro Town in Ambergris Caye, a residential resort community that will be part …

A Dazzling All-Inclusive Resort in Cancun

“Luxury all inclusive” is a term that invites immediate skepticism. If you’ve ever stayed at a Four Seasons or a Ritz-Carlton or an Aman resort, you know there’s more to a five-star resort experience than offering top-shelf liquor at a …

A New Five-Star Resort in the French Caribbean

It was long the best resort in Guadeloupe, but now the chic La Toubana resort has taken things to another level. La Toubana, set in the hip beach town of Sainte Anne, has officially become the first five-star resort in …

Anguilla’s Expanded Malliouhana Returns This Week

The recently-expanded Malliouhana, Auberge Resorts Collection resort in Anguilla is set to reopen for the season this week. The luxury Meads Bay-area resort will relaunch Nov. 1 with a total of 63 rooms, an expansion from its prior total of …

Mexico Has a New Destination All-Inclusive Resort

A major new luxury all-inclusive resort has officially opened its doors on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. It’s called Atelier Estudio Playa Mujeres, the latest resort to debut in the up-and-coming destination of Playa Mujeres northeast of Cancun. The complex …

Barbados’ Colony Club Relaunches Its Spa

The Colony Club, an Elegant Hotels luxury resort on the west coast of Barbados, has unveiled its redesigned spa. Colony Club’s renovated spa will now include three treatment rooms – two single rooms and one couples’ room, along with an …

Kempinski’s First Caribbean Resort Is Open in Dominica

The hottest Caribbean hotel opening of 2019 is here. Kempinski’s first-ever Caribbean resort has officially opened its doors in the north of Dominica. The 151-room Cabrits Resort and Spa Kempinski Dominica resort is a monumental new addition to an island …

St Martin Is Getting a Major New All-Inclusive Resort

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean’s fastest-growing hotel brand is coming to the French side of St Martin. The highly-anticipated Secrets St Martin Resort and Spa will be making its debut on Feb. 1, 2020, Caribbean Journal has learned. …

A New Look at Saint Lucia’s Bay Gardens Beach Resort

By the Caribbean Journal staff Saint Lucia’s popular Bay Gardens Beach Resort and Spa is nearing the completion of a major renovation process. The 78-room property has completely refurbished all 18 garden-view rooms, along with 24 beachfront rooms and 20 …

Windstar Cruises Continues $250M Fleet Upgrade

By the Caribbean Journal staff Windstar Cruises has announced the cutting of the first steel on the transformation project of its MS Star Legend cruise ship. The company is redesigning and upgrading the ship as part of a $250 million …

Punta Cana Is Getting a New Beach Resort

By Alexander Britell La Collecion Resorts, best known for its large portfolio of properties in Mexico, is expanding in Punta Cana. The brand’s parent company, Posadas, has announced plans to open its first Live Aqua-branded beach resort in Punta Cana. …

Grenada Is Getting a Major New All-Inclusive Resort

By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada is set for the 2020 debut of a major new all-inclusive resort from the Royalton Luxury Resorts brand. The new property, which.represents a transformation of the former Grenadian by Rex resort, is slated to …

Club Med to Debut New Dominican Republic Resort in November

By the Caribbean Journal staff A highly-anticipated new Club Med resort is set to open in the Dominican Republic in November. The new Club Med Miches Playa Esmeralda, the first of Club Med’s “Exclusive Collection” in the Americas, will officially …

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A Huge New Dominican Republic All-Inclusive Project

By the Caribbean Journal staff Palace Resorts is planning a significant expansion in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean Journal has learned. The all-inclusive resort company is planning to add an additional 1,200 rooms at its planned Moon Palace Punta Cana in …

This Company Is Adding Two New Cuba Resorts

By the Caribbean Journal staff A leading Asian resort company is in the midst of a major expansion in Cuba. Archipelago International, the largest independent hotel company in Southeast Asia, is adding two resorts in Cuba, the company said. Archipelago …

A Top Caribbean Hotel Reopens in Dominica

By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the Caribbean’s leading sustainable hotels has officially relaunched in Dominica. The Jungle Bay Eco Villas has been reborn in Soufriere in southern Dominica, an important step for Dominica’s resurgent tourism industry. The popular …

A Must-Visit Food Festival in St Barth

By Dana NilandCJ Contributor The sixth annual St Barth Gourmet Festival has announced the eight featured guest chefs for this year’s event. The guest chefs attending the festival include Chef Arnaud Faye, Relais & Châteaux La Chèvre d’Or; Chef Eric Bouchenoire, Joel …