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Ocean Signature Resorts Is Making Big Changes to Its All-Inclusive Resorts, With New Rooms in Punta Cana, a New Cancún Resort Name, and an Adults-Only Jamaica Debut

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A private pool outside your suite in the Riviera Maya. A swim-up room in Punta Cana. A familiar resort in Jamaica entering a new adults-only chapter. Another longtime Mexican Caribbean property getting a new name, redesigned rooms, and a reimagined premium section. Those are some of the changes coming across Ocean Signature Resorts as the […]

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Sunwing Is Adding Two New Routes to St Maarten

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Canadian travel giant Sunwing is adding a pair of new routes to St Maarten, Caribbean Journal has learned.  On Sept. 30, the carrier will launch new flights between Toronto and St Maarten.  That will be followed on Nov. 4 by the launch of flights between Montreal and St Maarten.  Both of the new routes will […]

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Celebrity Equinox Relaunches Caribbean Cruises

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Celebrity Cruises has relaunched another ship in the Caribbean.  The brand’s Celebrity Equinox ship officially restarted Caribbean cruises this week with a sailing out of Fort Lauderdale.  Equinox is visiting ports including St Maarten, St Thomas and Nassau, The Bahamas, this week; it will be rotating Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries, according to the company.  […]

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St Maarten Continues Cruising Rebound

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Long one of the Caribbean’s busiest cruise ports, St Maarten is in the midst of a full-fledged cruising comeback.  Six cruise ships will be calling at Port St Maarten through the end of this month alone, according to officials.  That includes Celebrity Cruises’ Edge and Summit; Seabourn’s Odyssey; and Windstar’s Star Breeze ships.  Seabourn Odyssey […]


Celebrity Equinox Relaunches Caribbean Cruises

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Cheryl Livingston, who sent in this delightful shot of Little Bay in St Maarten.  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 photo.  It […]

Two New Ways to Fly Nonstop to St Maarten

Frontier Airlines keeps ramping up its Caribbean expansion, and now the low-cost carrier has debuted two prominent new routes to Dutch Caribbean hotspot of St Maarten.  Frontier has launched its first-ever flights from Miami to St Maarten, part of a wider expansion to the Caribbean out of Miami International Airport.  The new flights are now […]

Ritz-Carlton’s First Caribbean Cruise Will Homeport in Puerto Rico

The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s first Caribbean cruises will set sail out of Puerto Rico.  The Port of San Juan will be home to the high-end cruise line’s first voyages in the region.  The Evrima, the first of three company yachts, will make its maiden voyage in the Caribbean in November 2021.  ““The selection of the […]

Saint Lucia Set for First Cruise Ship Call Since Pandemic Began

Saint Lucia is set for the return of cruise tourism to the island this week.  Celebrity Millennium will call on Port Castries on June 29, marking the beginning of the gradual reintroduction of cruise tourism to Saint Lucia.  Celerity Millennium is currently sailing itineraries out of Port St Maarten. It was the first cruise ship […]

Celebrity Cruises Launches First Cruise From U.S. in 15 Months

Celebrity Cruises has officially kicked off the first cruise form the United States in 15 months.  The Celebrity Edge ship began a sailing from Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, the first cruise ship to sail from a U.S. port in more than a year.  The ship is sailing a seven-night cruise to the Caribbean, with stops […]

Seabourn Plans July Relaunch in the Caribbean

Luxury cruise line Seabourn will relaunch its Caribbean cruises in July, the company said this week. The company’s Seabourn Odyssey ship will kick off Caribbean cruising in Bridgetown, Barbados on July 18. Seabourn is opening its Seabourn Odyssey voyages to any guests that are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Sailings will include a series of seven-day […]

Frontier Launches New Flights to The Bahamas

Frontier Airlines has launched its newest nonstop service to the region, with flights from Miami to Nassau, The Bahamas.  The inaugural flight from Miami to Nassau kicked off with much fanfare. It’s Frontier’s first-ever service to The Bahamas.  The new flights are operating four times each week, with service on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.  […]

New Nonstop Flights to St Maarten

American Airlines has launched its newest Caribbean route, with nonstop service from Dallas-Fort Worth to St Maarten.  The new flights, which launched this week, are operating every week on Saturdays.  American Airlines is operating the service on Airbus A321 aircraft, with plans to operate through at least the end of the summer.  American Airlines continues […]