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Disney Cruise Line Is Coming to the Dominican Republic

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Disney Cruise Line is set to make its debut in the Dominican Republic, with confirmed arrivals scheduled for Puerto Plata between November and December, according to Dominican Port Authority (Apordom) executive director Jean Luis Rodríguez. The news marks a notable milestone for the country’s fast-growing cruise sector — and another sign of Puerto Plata’s rising […]

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Wyndham Just Opened a New Hotel in Tulum

It began as a boho-chic beach town, but now Tulum is quickly becoming a tourism powerhouse, with a brand-new international airport and an expanding hotel pipeline.  The latter includes a who’s who of major brands, from Marriott to Kimpton to, most recently, Wyndham, which just opened the new Wyndham Tulum.  The property is set between […]

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The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean - 2025

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No region in the world has a more diverse or dynamic culinary continuum than the Caribbean. Just about every cuisine on earth is represented, often in wonderfully, intoxicatingly fused expressions. Across the breadth of the Caribbean Basin, you will find an unmatched gastronomic mosaic. And if you’ve been to the region recently, you know that […]

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A New All-Inclusive Villa Resort Just Opened in Tulum With Private Infinity Pools, Butler Service and a Pizza Bar 

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Tulum began life as a quiet beach town. Then the yogis and the Bohemians came, morphing the area into a hip, cool hotspot. In recent years, the trend has been toward big hotel brands like Hilton and Hyatt and bigger resorts, a far cry from the town’s roots.  But the newest resort in Tulum is […]


The 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean - 2025

Los Cabos has been one of the fastest-growing hotel markets in the Caribbean-Mexico region in recent years, with a host of new brands opening their doors in the destination.  That will soon include Hilton’s Conrad brand, following the signing of a deal to bring a new Conrad to Los Cabos in 2027.  Residential resorts remain […]

JetBlue Says It’s Transitioning Its Tulum Flights From Year-Round to Seasonal 

Tulum has been one of the region’s bright spots in recent years, transforming from a boho-hip getaway to a tourism powerhouse. This year, the Mexican Caribbean destination opened its first international airport to much fanfare and new service from just about every major airline.  Now, a major airline is slowing things down in Tulum. JetBlue […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: On the Beach in Tulum, Mexico

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Marcus Weitzman, who sent in this very pretty shot of the beach at his hotel in Tulum. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of […]

Where to Stay in Tulum Right Now, From All-Inclusive Beach Resorts to Jungle Hotels

There was a time not so long ago when “sleepy” was commonly applied to the beach town of Tulum. That was before pop-up boho chic restaurants and hotels put this small community on Mexico’s Riviera Maya on the global tourism map for reasons other than its ancient ruins, and today Tulum has grown into a […]

In Tulum, A Different Kind of All-Inclusive Beach Resort 

It’s no secret that Tulum is just about the biggest thing in travel right now now, with a brand-new airport, a wave of new hotels and sizzling tourism numbers.  But the newest resort to open its doors in the area is far more like the ones that used to dominate Tulum: small, beachfront, boutique — […]

Cancun Passenger Traffic Continues Decline 

Passenger traffic continues to decline at Cancun International Airport, with the largest single-month slowdown in traffic in more than a year.  That’s according to newly-released data from ASUR, which manages the airport.  Overall traffic in Cancun was 2.476 million in June, an 8.3 percent decline compared to the same month in 2023.  For the year, […]

Delta Is Adding More Nonstop Flights to Tulum

Nowhere in the Caribbean has been hotter than Tulum in the last year, a trend only strengthened by the opening of the area’s first-ever International airport earlier this year.  That immediately let to a host of brand-new routes from the United States to Tulum, on every major carrier from United to Jetblue to Delta. (That […]

JetBlue Just Started Its First Nonstop Flights to Tulum

The beach shacks. The organic eateries. The Maya history. The spas. Yes, the all-inclusive resorts, too. Talk to anyone in the travel industry, and they’ll tell you Tulum is just about the hottest thing going right now, a once-quiet Mexican Caribbean beach village that has turned into a sizzling, sought-after getaway.  And now it’s easier […]

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