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Southwest Airlines Is Launching a Big Caribbean Expansion, With New Nonstop Flights to Aruba, Jamaica, St. Thomas, and Punta Cana 

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The water along Eagle Beach has a luminous blue that seems to go on forever. In Montego Bay, the hills rise behind a sweep of resorts, beaches and old sugar-estate country. On St. Thomas, ferries leave the harbor for St. John, sailboats cross Pillsbury Sound and Magens Bay curves around one of the Caribbean’s most […]

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Apple Vacations Launching People-to-People Tours in Cuba

Above: Cuba By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Apple Vacations is launching a new People-to-People Educational programme featuring two different tours to Cuba. The tours, which will launch July 9, will give travelers the opportunity to “immerse” themselves in Cuban culture through personal interaction with the people of Cuba, including artists, farmers, health-care professionals, children and […]

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How to Have the Ultimate Caribbean Kitesurfing Vacation

Above: kitesurfing in the BVI (Photos: Owen Buggy) By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Saba Rock Resort has announced an exciting new opportunity for thrill-seekers visiting the British Virgin Islands. In addition to a four-night stay in a double-occupancy suite, the special features a private helicopter ride from the Virgin Gorda resort to the island of […]

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Airbnb’s Top Caribbean Markets

Above: Guadeloupe (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff AirBnb recently made a high-profile move into Cuba, but the shared-economy travel giant has actually maintained a large presence in the Caribbean for some time. But what are the company’s largest markets in the region, in terms of number of rental property listings? Caribbean Journal ran […]


How to Have the Ultimate Caribbean Kitesurfing Vacation

Above: Cable Beach (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell NASSAU — It was the same time each night. The waves would slow, and the sky would turn bright orange to the west. The beach, lively during the afternoon, would fall to a whisper. A large cloud would stick around to chaperone. And then the […]

15 Great Summer Vacations in the Caribbean For 2014

It’s one of the region’s best-kept secrets: the Caribbean is an even cooler place in the summer. It might be the summer breezes, or the emptied-out beaches or the great deals. But when you’re planning your summer vacation, look no further than the Caribbean. The beach is just as cool, the water is warmer, swimming […]

Caribbean's First Margaritaville Vacation Club Coming to St Thomas

Above: a rendering of the Margaritaville Vacation Club in St Thomas By Alexander Britell ST THOMAS — The island of St Thomas will soon be home to the first-ever Margaritaville Vacation Club resort. The $100 million project, which broke ground earlier this year, will be the first Margaritaville-branded timeshare for Wyndham Vacation Ownership. It is a […]

Five Places For a Last-Minute Caribbean Christmas Vacation

Maybe you feel like trading pine trees for palm trees next week. Even if you do, it’s not always easy to find a room in what is the early stage of peak season in the Caribbean, with many deals and packages blacked out after Dec. 20. But if you’re planning a last-minute Christmas vacation, you […]

Unique Vacations Names New President

Above: the Sandals Emerald Bay in Exuma By Alexander Britell Unique Vacations has named Ellen Bettridge its new president. Bettridge, who had previously served as president of the Americas for luxury cruise line Silversea, will be based in Miami, beginning in the post on Jan. 6. Unique Vacations is the exclusive representative for Sandals Resorts […]

United Vacations Adds St Lucia

Above: Gros Piton in St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff MLT Vacations’ United Vacations brand is now offering vacation package to St Lucia, the company announced Monday. The news follows the announcement that United Airlines would be adding nonstop service between Newark and St Lucia beginning in July. That service will be operated on […]

The 10 Best Caribbean Summer Vacations For 2013

It’s summertime! The weather’s heating up, work is slowing down, and it’s time for a vacation — to the Caribbean, of course. One of the best kept secrets in the Caribbean is that summer trade winds and island breezes can make for some very cool conditions by day and night.  If you are by the […]

MLT Vacations Adds Three Resorts in Dominican Republic's Samana

Above: the Grand Bahia Principe Cayacoa in Samana By Alexander Britell MLT Vacations’ United and Delta Vacations are adding three new resorts in the Dominican Republic’s Samana. The company announced the move during the DATE tourism conference in Punta Cana last week. Delta and United Vacations will be adding the Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado, the […]