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Southwest Airlines Is Launching New Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous for Easy Vacations, Chef’s Tables, and Beach Resorts

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A table with 18 seats wrapped around an open kitchen. A swim-up room steps from Palm Beach. An afternoon under a palapa on Eagle Beach followed by dinner from a chef serving an eight-course tasting menu a few miles away. The Caribbean island of Aruba has developed a particularly easy vacation formula, one where a beach-resort […]

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Caribbean Photo of the Week: Brimstone Hill, St Kitts

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The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Michael Blake, who sent in this lovely shot of the Brimstone HIll Fortress in St Kitts. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of the […]

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Strong Momentum for St Kitts Tourism 

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It’s been a strong start to the year for tourism in St Kitts, with a number of accolades and a growing number of stay over arrivals.  “We are thrilled with the ongoing success that St. Kitts has received over the past year,” said Ellison “Tommy” Thompson, CEO of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority. “Our new campaigns […]

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The Island of St Kitts Is Hot Right Now — And Travelers Are Flocking

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It’s one of the most diverse tourism destinations in the Caribbean: luxury resorts, vibrant rainforests, centuries-old distilleries, uncrowded beaches and arguably the Caribbean’s premier farm-to-table movement.  There’s a reason, after all, travelers have been drawn to St Kitts, an island that has expertly repositioned its brand as a different kind of authentic travel hotspot in […]


Strong Momentum for St Kitts Tourism 

A new hotel has broken ground on the island of St Kitts, with the launch of the Hotel Indigo.  The hotel, developed by Troy Property Investment, is breaking ground after a 10-year delay on the project.  The 42-suite property will be set in the Potato Bay area of St Kitts’ popular Frigate Bay. Hotel Indigo […]

This St Kitts Resort Now Has a Topgolf Swing Suite

There’s a new way to golf in St Kitts, with the island’s first-ever Topgolf Swing Suite. The Park Hyatt St Kitts luxury resort has unveiled the amenity, one of just a two resorts in the Caribbean to have one (the other one is at the Ritz-Carlton, St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands).  It’ a […]

This is the Caribbean’s Greatest Swimming Event

The Caribbean’s greatest swimming event is back again in April, with the return of the annual Nevis to St Kitts Cross Channel Swim.  The four-kilometer race, which crosses the narrows between the two islands, will be held on April 6, 2024.  The swim begins at Oualie Beach and crosses the “Narrows,” a small strait separating […]

The Cool List: the Coolest Hotels in the Caribbean for 2024

They’re different. They’re fun, they’re colorful, they’re unique. They’re themselves. The Caribbean has no shortage of cool hotels and in this, Caribbean Journal’s 12th annual Cool List, we highlight the places that hit you in a different way, that do their own thing and make you feel inevitably, endlessly, impossibly, cool.  From beachfront hideaways in […]

The 25 Best Caribbean Beach Bars for 2024

What is the first thing you want to do after you land at an airport in the Caribbean? For many, it’s a pretty simple answer. Make your way, by car or boat, to your sandy chair, cocktail in hand, at a Caribbean beach bar. Because there is something about finding yourself at that rum-covered bar […]

The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean - 2024

Don’t be fooled: there is a formula to creating a great restaurant. It’s the same formula we use to evaluate the region’s best places to eat. You see, every great restaurant is built on three core pillars: food, service and ambience. Superlative restaurants check the boxes in all three, reminding that a great restaurant is […]

The Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2024, From Tiny Beach Towns to Hidden Gems

Maybe you’ve been to the Caribbean a dozen times. Maybe you’re planning your first Caribbean vacation. The Caribbean continues to reinvent itself, to rewrite its story. The Caribbean just keeps getting better. As the region comes off what was a record-breaking year for just about every destination in the Caribbean, most projections show an even […]

JetBlue Just Launched Nonstop Flights to St Kitts 

JetBlue just kicked off its first-ever nonstop service to the island of St Kitts, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The landmark service from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport touched down at St Kitts’ Robert L Bradshaw International Airport in St Kitts on Thursday.  The new flights will be operating three times each week, with […]