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A Different Kind of Theme Park Just Opened on the Island of Cozumel

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Just south of San Miguel, along Cozumel’s busy western shoreline, a new beachfront park has opened with a clear purpose: give visitors a place to spend an entire day on land without leaving the coast. The project is called KUZÁ Beach & Adventure Park, and it represents one of the most ambitious single tourism developments […]

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The Caribbean’s Best All-Inclusive Resorts For Families

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor It takes more than just a playground and a children’s menu to guarantee a good time at a family all-inclusive. Here are the Caribbean resorts where we’d vacay with our own kin – and you should, too. Beaches This trio of classic family all-inclusives pairs adult-appreciated perks such as […]

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St Martin's Belmond La Samanna Names New General Manager

Above: Belmond La Samanna in St Martin By the Caribbean Journal staff The Belmond La Samanna resort in St Martin has named Michael SChoonewagen as its new general manager. Schoonewagen comes to the property after nearly five years at the St Regis Bora Bora. “Michael’s luxury industry expertise and global perspective makes him an ideal […]

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Island Bites: St Martin's Le Soleil

Above: Le Soleil in Grand Case (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell GRAND CASE — Every once in a while, you have that “wow” moment at a restaurant — when you take a bite, close your eyes and forget, for a moment, precisely where you are. That happened to me on a recent visit to the […]


St Martin's Belmond La Samanna Names New General Manager

Above: Grand Case Beach (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell GRAND CASE — Bobbing in turquoise water, Ti’ Punch in hand on a shiny Sunday morning. It’s at moments like these when you’re reminded of those oft-repeated component parts of a Caribbean trip: sun, sand and sea. Yes, St Martin has them. But even […]

Virgin Gorda's Rosewood Little Dix Bay Names New Executive Chef

Above: Rosewood Little Dix Bay in Virgin Gorda, BVI By the Caribbean Journal staff The Rosewood Little Dix Bay resort in Virgin Gorda has named Torsten Rumprecht its new executive chef. Rumprecht will lead the culinary team at the British Virgin Islands property, including the resort’s Sugar Mill, Pavilion and Beach Grill restaurants. The chef […]

Island Shop: Five Perfumes Made in the Caribbean

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Rum, coffee and straw baskets are classic Caribbean keepsakes but locally produced scents also make evocative souvenirs. Get a noseful of these five fragrances, guaranteed to bring back memories of your tropical trip. Goombay, Bahamas This unisex scent from Freeport, Grand Bahama perfumery Fragrance of the Bahamas combines spices […]

Eight Great Beach Bars in St Maarten/St Martin

It’s easy to think that the beach bar might have been invented on Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. For some, legend has it that when St Maarten and St Martin was divided between the French and Dutch they did it by first getting inebriated at the beach in Oyster Pond then circumnavigating the island by walking the shoreline. The […]

Expedia: St Maarten, St Martin See Jump in Travel Demand

Above: Oyster Pond in St Martin (Caribbean Journal photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Travel demand for St Maarten/St Martin jumped by almost 20 percent last year, according to a new report from the Expedia Group. Several countries showed particularly strong growth in demand, including Brazil, which saw a more than 100 percent increase in […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: Mullet Bay in St Martin

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Silvia, a Caribbean Journal reader in St Martin, who took this snapshot of Mullet Bay in St Martin. Do you have a great photograph of the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line. It could be the next Caribbean Photo of the Week! — CJ

Earthquake Causes Shaking in St Martin, St Barth, Anguilla, Puerto Rico

Above: a map of the quake (graphic: United States Geological Survey) By the Caribbean Journal staff A 5.0-magnitude earthquake caused shaking across the northeastern Caribbean on Saturday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake’s epicentre was about 36 kilometres east-northeast of St Barth and about 77 kilometres north-northeast of Basseterre, St Kitts […]

The Caribbean's Best Hotels For Food

Some countries are culinary destinations; some islands are culinary destinations; and some hotels are culinary destinations. The Caribbean is full of such hotel properties — the ones that view cuisine as integral to hospitality (and sometimes even more than that). These are the places where the food alone is worth the trip. It’s time for our […]