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American Airlines Is Adding Nonstop Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous for Its Blue Water, Waterfront Resorts, and Unmistakable Character

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Some islands are defined by scale; Bimini is defined by stories. It’s the closest Bahamian island to the U.S., but it has always carried an outsized place in the Caribbean imagination — a strip of land where writers, activists, fishermen and wanderers have all left their mark. With American Airlines launching the only nonstop flights […]

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Caribbean Airlines Relaunches Suriname, Curacao Flights

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Caribbean Airlines has relaunched a pair of intra-regional routes.  That includes the restart of flights between Port of Spain, Trinidad and Paramaribo, Suriname, which operate on Mondays, Tuesday and Wednesdays.  It also includes relaunched service between Trinidad and Curacao Interantional Airport, with the Port-of-Spain-Curacao route operating on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Caribbean Airlines will operate both […]

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American Airlines Launches Miami-Suriname Flights

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American Airlines has officially launched flights to its newest Caribbean destination: Suriname.  The carrier is the first and only U.S. carrier to offer nonstop service to the CARICOM Member State, with five flights each week from Miami to Paramaribo.  American is operating the route on its Airbus A319 aircraft.  “In 2021 we have continued to […]

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American Airlines Launching First-Ever Flights to Suriname

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American Airlines is launching its newest flights to the Caribbean Community: Suriname.  The CARICOM member state becomes the ninth country American Airlines serves in South America.  The new flights are operating five times per week from Miami to Suriname’s capital, Paramaribo, according to the carrier.  American is running the service on Airbus A319 aircraft.  The […]


American Airlines Launches Miami-Suriname Flights

Caribbean Airlines has officially launched its first-ever charter cargo service, with the inaugural flight taking off this weekend.  The flight was used to move “essential supplies” from Guyana to Cuba, according to the company.  The aim of the service is to help islands experiencing reduced cargo capacity due to the closure of borders amid the […]

Miami’s Big Caribbean Food Festival Is Back

By the Caribbean Journal staff Miami’s biggest Caribbean food festival is back again this year when Caribbean305 returns for its third edition. This year, the culinary and cultural celebration will take place at Mana Wynwood in the heart of Miami’s hippest neighborhood, with flavors from more than a dozen Caribbean destinations. Caribbean305 will feature chefs […]

Miami’s Big Caribbean Cook-Off

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Some of the Caribbean leading culinary professionals are gearing up for the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Taste of the Caribbean event. The big Caribbean cook-off will take place June 21-23 at the Hyatt Regency Miami. Held in conjunction with the association’s annual industry conference, the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange […]

Copa Adding First-Ever Flights to Suriname

By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama-based Copa Airlines is launching its first-ever flights to Suriname, the carrier said this week. The new roundtrip service, which will begin operating in July, will operate twice weekly between Panama City and Paramaribo. Suriname will become the 81st city in Copa’s network. We are confident that this new route […]

Trinidad and Tobago Wins Caribbean's Top Culinary Competition

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s national culinary team took home the top honors in the latest edition of the Taste of the Caribbean competition in Miami last week. The team beat out 11 other national culinary teams from around the Caribbean in the annual event run by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism […]

Data Privacy in the Caribbean: What’s Next

By Gerard Best CJ Contributor Data privacy will be among the items topping the agenda at an upcoming Caribbean Internet Governance Forum to be held by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) in Suriname this month. The meeting is part of an effort by several Caribbean countries to establish and strengthen policies to ensure that Internet […]

Miami’s Must-Visit Caribbean Food Event: Caribbean305

By the Caribbean Journal staff In just its second year, the Caribbean305 event has become one of the country’s top Caribbean fetes for foodies. And it’s coming up soon. This year’s Caribbean305 returns to the Treetop Ballroom at Jungle Island in Miami, aiming to highlight the art of Caribbean cooking and all things Caribbean. The […]

Suriname Is Seeing a Tourism Surge

By the Caribbean Journal staff It may be far off the radar of most travelers, but Suriname was one of the fastest-growing destinations in the Caribbean Community last year, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The country on the northern coast of South America (and CARICOM member state) reported a total of […]