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Jamaican PM, Barbados’ Rihanna Make Time List of 100 Most Influential People
Above: Jamaican PM Portia Simpson Miller and Bajan singer Rihanna By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Bajan-born singer Rihanna have been named to Time Magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in the […]
Relaunching Bob Marley’s Classic “Exodus”
This June, The Marley Family, Island Records and UMe will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bob Marley & the Wailers’ classic Exodus album. The band’s ninth studio album was released on June 3, 1977, featuring a new backing band, and […]
Jamaican Prime Minister Vows to Cut Red Tape for Foreign Investors
Above: Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller met this weekend with more than 200 members of the business community in Philadelphia at a ceremony given in her honour. Simpson […]
Ozzie Guillen: Ignorance or Arrogance?
Above: Marlins Park in Miami’s Little Havana By Dr Andy Gomez Op-Ed Contributor For the last couple of weeks, it has been a bit tough for the Cuban-American community in South Florida. First, it was the Pope’s visit to Cuba, […]
Op-Ed: Kathie Klarreich: Investigative Reporting on Haiti, by Haitians
By Kathie Klarreich Op-Ed Contributor For nearly two years, the battle cry over what is happening to the billions of dollars of aid money earmarked for Haiti’s reconstruction has resounded on the front pages of some of the world’s most […]
Ilio Durandis: Haiti Does Need an Army
Above: a UN training exercise in Haiti (UN Photo/Victoria Hazou) By Ilio Durandis Haiti’s army was disbanded in 1995, shortly after the first return from exile of President Jean Bertrand Aristide. Ever since, the reinstating of the army has been […]
Editorial: A New Destiny for Haiti?
Above: Michel Martelly A Caribbean Journal Editorial Haiti has always been surrounded by volatility, a frequent, unfortunate victim in the Caribbean sea – all too often abused, both by its own leaders, and those from abroad. Its former dictator, Francois […]
Antigua, Aruba Top Caribbean Islands for Millennials Right Now
Before successful Caribbean advisor Amanda Bisack, owner of Travelista Travels, entered the travel industry, she worked as a hip-hop dancer, commercial print model and actress. Bisack has had spreads in Women’s Health Magazine, People’s, Forbes, Model Airplane, White House Black […]
More Americans Are Buying Caribbean Passports
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made Americans look at Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs in a different light. What was once considered a perk is now being viewed as a means to escape […]
Royalton Grenada to Reopen in November
Blue Diamond’s Royalton brand is reopening its Grenada resort in November, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Royalton Grenada will officially reopen on Nov. 29, the company confirmed this week. The all-inclusive resort had just opened for the first time before […]
Nigel Spence: The Recipe for the Perfect Pig
This year, with the pandemic and shutdowns in place, I finally got around to reading a lot more of the trade magazines I have piled up in my desk and revisiting so many recipes and notes I have jotted down […]
Rum Journal: A Conversation With Robert Burr
If you like rum, if you’ve found your way into the mysterious, wonderful world of rum, it’s likely you’ve come across the name Robert Burr. For years, Burr has been one of the world’s greatest champions of rum, spreading its […]
Turks and Caicos Airport Lounge Completes Upgrade Project
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The VIP Flyers Club, a private airport lounge at the airport in Providenciales, Turks & Caicos, has completed a $150,000 renovation program. The project includes upgraded lounge offers, along with many new enhancements, including the […]
The Latest Caribbean Shopping Trends
Taking a look at shopping, retail the latest Caribbean Shopping trends for cruise visitors By Bill Panoff Op-Ed Contributor Shopping and retail in the Caribbean cruise industry have developed and grown tremendously over the years. As the cruise and travel industries evolve […]
At These Caribbean Hotels, You Don’t Need a Room Key
Finding keyless Caribbean hotels By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor A hotel room with no key? What?! At first thought, relaxing in a room you can’t lock from the outside seems practically impossible. But consider this: If you’ve tucked away […]
There Is a Bar at Ernest Hemingway’s Home in Cuba
By Alexander Britell SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA — There should be a bar here. Here at Finca Vigia, the hillside farm where Ernest Hemingway spent three decades of his life, nothing has changed. Hemingway’s house became a museum just about […]
A Look into the History of Puerto Rico Tourism
A new photographic look By Dana Niland CJ Contributor In celebration of World Tourism Month and the 67th anniversary of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company’s Que Pasa magazine, the PRTC has unveiled the exhibition “Que Pasa!: A look into the history of Puerto Rico tourism.” […]
The Caribbean’s Most Thrilling Landing
Landing on the world’s shortest commercial runway By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor “It’s gonna be rough!” the Winair clerk warns me when I tell him that this will be my first time flying into Saba. I’ve just arrived from […]
Nigel Spence: A Culinary Lesson For Thanksgiving
With the Thanksgiving holiday on the horizon, our thoughts turn to winter and the procurement of a bird worthy of gracing our holiday table for the big feast. We begin scouting cookbooks and food magazines for new twists on traditional […]
Medical Tourism in the Caribbean
By Paul Hay CJ Contributor The fifth “Global Ministerial Summit” was held in Washington, DC on Sept. 21. Ministers of health, tourism and economic development, trade commissioners, and health attachés from 25 nations gathered to discuss medical tourism challenges and […]
Caribbean Design: Steve Fox on Outdoor Living in the Caribbean
By Steve Fox CJ Contributor ONE OF the first questions we ask a new client when embarking on the design process is: do you want to use air conditioning in your new home? For some, there’s no debate; the house […]
Caribbean Concierge: The St Regis Bahia Beach Resort in Puerto Rico
Above: Jossell Louie Velazquez CJ’s Caribbean Concierge talks to the hospitality pros who help make Caribbean travel work. The latest edition talks to Jossell Louie Velazquez, Chef Concierge at the St Regis Bahia Beach in Puerto Rico and member of […]
Jamaica and The Future of Television
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Dwindling Audiences for TV The King is dead. Long live the King! I will get back to this. Free to air TV stations and cable operators, in particular hardwire cable, have reason to be […]
A New Vision For St Maarten Tourism?
Above: St Maarten By the Caribbean Journal staff Is it time for a St Maarten to reinvent its tourism strategy? That was the call made by Edward Dest, acting director of tourism for St Maarten at the recent Annual Overseas […]
What Tourism Means to the Caribbean
By Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace CJ Contributor In recent weeks, I have examined challenges facing the Caribbean tourism industry, and the solutions that are necessary to bring the sector forward — including one proposal — the creation of a “United States of […]
Vanderpool-Wallace: The Missing Link For Tourism in the Caribbean
By Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace CJ Contributor TOURISM MINISTERS and Commissioners and their counterparts in the private sector in the Caribbean have come to see that the region’s tourism industry is vastly underperforming compared to the potential that they see. Hotel occupancies […]
St Lucia’s Pitons-Perfect Resorts
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon I’VE BEEN VISITING ST LUCIA for more than a decade now, and on each trip I find more reasons to return. Everyone I’ve met there has been warm and sincere; the landscape, particularly in the south, is […]
Durandis: The Media, the United Nations and Leadership in Haiti
By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor The lack of excellent leadership in Haiti over the years is the primary reason why the United Nations is in Haiti. It was after the removal of a democratically-elected government in 2004 and at the […]
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