The Caribbean hotel industry is entering a new phase. New airport projects are reshaping airlift patterns, development pipelines continue to expand across the region, and investors are watching closely as construction costs, insurance dynamics, and demand trends evolve heading into 2026. To better understand how industry leaders are thinking about the next cycle, Caribbean Journal […]
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 across the region average 60 percent annually and tourism represents some 15 percent of regional […]
Above: President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly is set to arrive in Nassau tonight following his trip to Panama and Venezuela. The President, who signed a series of cooperation agreements in the two countries, will meet with members of the Haitian community in the Bahamas and then pay a […]
Above: Grenadian World Champion sprinter Kirani James By the Caribbean Journal staff The CARICOM Council on Human and Social Development has agreed to establish a regional task force on sports tourism, following the group’s meeting in Guyana last week. The task force would develop a strategy for harnessing the Caribbean’s potential in sports to aid […]
