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At Bequia’s Newest Resort, You Can Stay in a Solar-Powered Tent With a Hot Tub

Coming in May, there will be a completely different way to experience the island of Bequia: an authentic glamping resort. Wild Lotus Glamping, which had been for years on Valley Church Beach, is now coming to the Grenadines, with a […]

Four Seasons Opens Adults-Only “Luxury Tented” Resort in Mexico

Four Seasons has opened its first-ever “luxury tented” resort with a tiny new hotel in Mexico. And it’s an all-inclusive. The new, adults-only Naviav, A Four Seasons Resort, Punta Mita, Mexico is set in the heart of the Punta Mita […]

The Bahamas’ Key Incentives for Potential Hotel Investors

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from two tailored subscription options: Caribbean Journal Invest for comprehensive investment news or Caribbean Journal Travel Advisor for targeted content for travel agents and advisors. Subscribe today to […]

Leading U.S. Law Firm POTENTE Is Expanding to the Caribbean

Leading law firm Potente is moving to the Caribbean, as the region’s hospitality and investment market continue to stay active even amid the pandemic. The California-headquartered firm, which has offices in San Diego, Beverly Hills, Palm Springs, Mexico City and […]

STR: March Data Shows Extent of Pandemic’s Impact on Caribbean Hotels

By Rico Louw Client Account Manager, STR HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—Showing the harsh impact of COVID-19 travel limitations and mitigation efforts, Caribbean hotels reported double-digit declines in occupancy and revenue per available room (RevPAR) during March, according to data from STR. […]

In Jamaica, a New Look at Treasure Beach’s Potential

Best known as the home to the Jakes Resort, the Jamaican destination of Treasure Beach is getting new attention from the country’s tourism officials. Jamaica Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett says Treasure Beach is a unique destination offering “rustic experience where […]

Maximizing Jamaica’s Potential

AS I listened to the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s recent review of the Jamaican economy, I thought to myself that we have become a nation that is too used to mediocrity. The PIOJ estimated that the Jamaican economy grew by 0.9 […]

Bahamian Government Says Potential Buyers Emerging for Baha Mar

Government confident in sale By Alexander Britell NASSAU — Could the Baha Mar soon have a new owner? Potential buyers have begun to emerge for the stalled megaresort project, which had been slated to open in late 2014 but shuttered […]

Costa Rica Is Getting Its First Luxury “Tent” Resort

By the Caribbean Journal staff A new kind of resort is coming to Costa Rica. Nayara Hotels is planning to open its third hotel in the country, but this time with a twist: it will consist of 24, 945-square-foot tents. […]

How Caribbean Youth Are Turning Digital Content Into a Business

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Role-Models are Essential When you talk with Caribbean youth about the possibilities and hope that working online offers, you have to give them real-life examples to hang their dreams on and help them to […]

The Caribbean’s Energy Potential

By Jorge Familiar CJ Contributor ENERGY SECURITY is at the top of the agenda for Caribbean leaders and it has been for some time. With an average cost of electricity four times higher than in rich nations such as the […]

Op-Ed: Can Jamaica Realize Its Potential?

By S Brian Samuel Op-Ed Contributor ECONOMISTS CANNOT read the future, no matter what they say; but they can read the past. And one thing we know from the past is that markets continually go through economic cycles. Booms and […]

“For Us In the Caribbean, Climate Change Is An Existential Issue”

By the Caribbean Journal staff Climate change poses a “clear, present and potent threat to our survival,” St Lucia’s Minister for Public Service, Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology, Dr James Fletcher. The Minister, who was speaking to the opening […]

How Caribbean Media Content Is Being Disrupted By Digital

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor What is Content? The much maligned but highly useful Wikipedia defines content creation as: “the contribution of information to any media and most especially to digital media for an end-user/audience….” Today, content comes in […]

Forbes: Designing for Mobile Digital Content in the Caribbean

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Marriage of Social & Mobile My desktop is only for traditional work, no Facebooking, Tweeting or Instagraming. Note, though, that I do use these social networks for what I call virtual work. I know, […]

Cuba: US Condemns “Arbitrary Detentions” of Pro-Democracy Activists

Above: the US State Department’s Harry S Truman building By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Department of State issued a statement Thursday condemning Cuba’s government following reports of “arbitrary detentions by Cuban authorities.” The detentions reportedly included dozens […]

13 Potential Caribbean Tech Hubs

COULD a Caribbean city develop into a Silicon Beach? As the Caribbean seeks to develop, it will need to be creative — and part of that means both attracting creative people and companies to its shores and supporting creative people […]

Can Haiti Close Its Tent Camps By 2015?

Above: a tent camp in Haiti following the earthquake(UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Can Haiti close its tent camps by next year? The International Organization for Migration says it’s possible. The number of people in Haiti displaced by […]

IMF: “Tentative Signs” of Gradual Economic Recovery in Jamaica

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Is Jamaica on the road to recovery? Not quite, but there are signs of life, according to the International Monetary Fund completed its second review of the country’s economic performance under […]

Haiti: United Nations Says Tent Camp Population Down to 172,000

Above: a tent camp in Haiti in 2011 (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The number of Haitians living in tent camps as a result of the 2010 earthquake has fallen to 172,000, according to the United Nations’ […]

Haiti Releases Short List of Potential Developers For Ile a Vache

Above: Ile a Vache By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government has released a short list of four developers for a potential development on the island of Ile a Vache. The list, released through the Ministry of Tourism, includes four […]

Taiwan President: St Kitts and Nevis Has “Great Tourism Potential”

Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis has great potential as a tourism destination, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said during the conclusion of his two-day visit to the federation. Ma was speaking during […]

Does the Tourism Industry Get the Attention it Deserves in the Caribbean?

By the Caribbean Journal staff In spite of tourism’s massive contribution to the Gross Domestic Product of the Caribbean, it “does not get the priority attention it deserves” in the Caribbean, according to US Virgin Islands Tourism Commissioner and Caribbean […]

Antigua: No Intention to Reengage With International Monetary Fund

Above: Antigua (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the successful completion of its Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund, Antigua has no plans to reengage with the IMF, according to Finance Minister Harold Lovell. Antigua will maintain […]

Montserrat, Dubai Firm Sign Letter of Intent on Hotel Project

Above: Montserrat By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade’s recent visit to the United Arab Emirates resulted in a letter of intent involving the planned hotel project at Little Bay. The Montserrat Development Corporation, a delegation of which […]

Haiti: Number of People Living in Tent Camps Down 79 Percent Since 2010

Above: tent housing in Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The number of people still living in tent camps in Haiti as a result of the 2010 earthquake has fallen 79 percent since a 2010 high of 1.5 […]

Premier Rufus Ewing Warns of Potential for “Chaos” in Turks and Caicos

Above: the Karibe Convention Centre in Haiti (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PORT-AU-PRINCE — The current state of the affairs in the Turks and Caicos Islands has the potential to throw the territory “into chaos,” Premier Dr Rufus Ewing said […]

Brazil, Guyana Hold Discussions on Potential Coast Guard Partnership

Above: President Donald Ramotar meets Brazilian Vice Admiral Ademir Sobrinho, joined by Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana Luiz Seixas De Andrade (left) By the Caribbean Journal staff Brazilian Vice Admiral Ademir Sobrinho recently made his first visit to neighbouring […]

The Caribbean’s Most Exciting New Rooftop Bar Is In Antigua