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Where to Go Right Now in The Bahamas, From Nassau to Tiny, Under-the-Radar Islands

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The Bahamas is open for business after Hurricane Melissa — and the islands have never been better. From Nassau to San Salvador, flights are running, resorts are open, and the sea is that impossible shade of turquoise that never stops changing color. Travelers are finding the country at its most balanced moment: lively but uncrowded, […]

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Winair’s New Flights Mean You Can Island-Hop to Three More Caribbean Islands 

Caribbean Islands Hopping in Saint Lucia

Island hopping. It’s what we all dream about. Boarding a tiny plane, jaunting from destination to destination, just a small suitcase and a big dream. A few days of dining in Grand Case, then a hiking adventure in Dominica, then a beach getaway in Antigua.  It’s easier said than done, of course. But if you […]

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Sandals Saint Vincent, Grenada Resorts “Remain Open” 

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After being in the path of Hurricane Beryl, the Sandals St Vincent and Sandals Grenada resorts both “remain open,” Caribbean Journal has learned.  Guests at both all-inclusive resorts are “already enjoying many of the resort amenities as we work to get back to normal,” the company said in a statement.  While Hurricane Beryl threatened to […]

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Hurricane Beryl Update: Storm Moves into Caribbean Sea 

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Hurricane Beryl has moved into the Caribbean Sea after impacting St Vincent and the Grenadines and parts of Grenada.  The now-160-mph storm is expected to remain a powerful hurricane as it moves across the water, although for the next few days it will not be making landfall with any Caribbean island or country.  What’s not […]


Sandals Saint Vincent, Grenada Resorts “Remain Open” 

An upstart regional carrier has created a new air link between three islands in the Eastern Caribbean: Martinique, St Vincent and Saint Lucia.  The airline, Air Adelphi, is now offering shared charter service that opens up new pathways to the three islands.  That includes thrice-weekly service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between St Vincent and […]

This Top Barbados All-Inclusive Resort Is Open

The Club, Barbados, one of the island’s top all-inclusive resorts, is officially open again.  The resort has reopened under parent company Elite Island Resorts’ vaccination policy, which requires proof of vaccination for all guests 16 and over.  “We’re open, and our guests are having a wonderful time in the Bajan sun night now,” the resort […]

Sandals' New Caribbean All-Inclusive Will Have Overwater Villas

Sandals Resorts International is opening its newest Sandals in the Caribbean next year, with the debut of the new Sandals St Vincent. St Vincent and the Grenadines will be Sandals’ ninth destination in the Caribbean; the property will be the 18th Sandals resort in the region. It had initially been planned as a Beaches resort, […]

Caribbean Mourns Sandals Resorts Founder Gordon “Butch” Stewart

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor  The Caribbean is mourning one of the titan’s of the region’s tourism industry, with the passing of Gordon “Butch” Stewart, the founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts International.  Stewart was 79. Stewart was known for creating the all-inclusive giant, Sandals Resorts International, which began in Jamaica before becoming a region-wide […]

LIAT Begins Caribbean Relaunch

Caribbean airline LIAT has resumed its commercial schedule, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The carrier, which is currently under administration, will be operating flights to a “limited number of destinations,” according to a company statement.  That will include flights on five days per week to seven destinations, including Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St Kitts […]

Making Caribbean Tourism Sustainable — And What It Means

By Julie Bielenberg CJ Contributor ST VINCENT – It was perhaps fitting that the Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism was delayed by a storm. What was then-Tropical Storm Dorian delayed the beginning of the recent Caribbean Tourism Organization’s 2019 sustainability conference at the Beachcombers Hotel in St Vincent, highlighting the need for a more sustainable […]

Where to Stay in St Vincent and the Grenadines

By Bob Curley CJ Contributor St Vincent and the Grenadines isn’t your typical Caribbean vacation destination. The lush, volcanic island of St Vincent is by far the largest land mass in this archipelago nation, yet may be the least visited despite its innumerable waterfalls and hidden coves that provided the backdrop for the Pirates of […]

Saint Lucia Set to Begin Airport Transformation Project

By the Caribbean Journal staff Saint Lucia will soon begin work on its highly-anticipated transformation of Hewanorra International Airport, according to Prime Minister Allen Chastanet. Work will begin in the coming weeks, he said at a press briefing this week. The $175 million project officially broke ground over the winter. The project will be supervised […]