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JetBlue Has New Nonstop Flights to St. Maarten, the Dual-Destination Caribbean Island With Food, Fun, and Picture-Perfect Beaches

A beach on the French side.

Sunset cocktails along the boardwalk. An afternoon of shopping in Philipsburg. Dinners in Grand Case that stretch late into the night — St. Maarten is just a fun place to be — and the Caribbean island has a way of making even simple rituals feel like part of its identity. With JetBlue’s new nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale, travelers now […]

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This Riviera Maya Food Festival Has Michelin-Starred Dinners, Jungle Concerts, and Storytelling

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It begins with the scent of woodsmoke rising into the jungle sky, somewhere between Playa del Carmen and Tulum. You walk past limestone paths and hanging lanterns, the air thick with the sound of marimba and the heat of open flame. A plate is passed to you—earthy, fragrant, unfamiliar—and for a moment, everything else disappears. […]

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How to Vote for The Bahamas Travel and Sustainability Awards 2025

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The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, in collaboration with Caribbean Journal, is proud to announce the return of the Bahamas Travel & Sustainability Awards for its third year. These awards serve is a platform to recognize, honor and celebrate Bahamian stakeholders and industry partners who have made significant contributions to our sustainable development […]

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This Caribbean Island Is Hosting the World’s Most Luxurious Rum Festival

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The Caribbean’s most luxurious rum festival is back — and it’s happening on one of the region’s most exclusive islands. Think of it as a kind of Cannes for Caribbean rum: a full-fledged St Barth Rum Week. The Caribbean Rum Awards St Barth is officially set for November 10-16, 2025, marking the eighth edition of […]


How to Vote for The Bahamas Travel and Sustainability Awards 2025

Guadeloupe isn’t one island—it’s a self-contained archipelago of six inhabited isles (and countless islets and cays), each with its own rhythm, landscape, and identity. Set in the French Caribbean, Guadeloupe is unified by a strong Creole and French heritage, yet offers a surprisingly diverse range of experiences just a ferry ride away. Whether you’re hiking […]

Barbados Is Making It Easier — And Cheaper — to Visit The Island This Fall, With Free Car Rentals and Discounted Hotels

Barbados has officially extended its “Say Hello to Barbados” summer campaign, offering travelers a range of incentives for travel this fall. Visitors can now book eligible trips through June 30 for stays between September 1 and October 30, 2025. At the center of the campaign is a stay-seven-nights, pay-for-five offer available at participating hotels and […]

One of The Most Beautiful Places in The Bahamas Is a Pristine Island You’ve Never Heard of 

There’s pristine, and then there’s Acklins. This remote island in The Bahamas is one of the most beautiful places in the region — and one that remains far off the map of travelers, with stunning flats, beaches and world-class bonefishing. I’m on a flats boat, gliding through shallow sandbars and breathtaking aquamarine hues. There’s no […]

The U.S. Virgin Islands and the Future of Caribbean-American Travel Relations

As global travel continues its robust rebound, the Caribbean stands at a pivotal moment. In 2024, the region welcomed over 34 million visitors, a 14 percent increase over the previous year, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), for its part, experienced a record-breaking 2.6 million visitor arrivals inthe post hurricane […]

This Caribbean Hotspot Has a New Travel Agent Program 

It’s one of the hottest destinations in the Caribbean right now, with surging arrivals after decades off the travel radar.  And now it’s got a brand-new travel agent program.  If your clients are asking for fresh Caribbean options, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) wants to put extra rewards on the table for selling the […]

I Love This Tiny Caribbean Fishing Village With Stunning Beaches and World-Class Food at the Edge of a Rainforest

You may know the tiny fishing village of Deshaies in Guadeloupe for its alter ego: Saint Marie, the fictional island in the popular BBC series “Death in Paradise,” in which a series of UK-based detectives are sent to solve crimes in the heart of the Caribbean.  But the real Deshaies is one of my favorite […]

Martinique: The Caribbean Island Most Americans Still Overlook

The beaches. The food. The rainforests. The bakeries. The art. The Caribbean island of Martinique remains one of the great undiscovered destinations in the region for American travelers, and now it has regular flights this summer from Miami. Americans, you see, have yet to explore the layered, diverse tourism product on this island in any […]

Arajet Just Launched San Juan-Santo Domingo Flights 

The Dominican Republic has made growing local aviation a major priority in recent years, and one airline is the fruit of those efforts: Arajet, the fast-growing carrier which has been adding flights both around the region and across the ocean.  The airline has officially launched its new service between San Juan and Santo Domingo.  For […]