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This Anguilla Resort Has New Dining, a Beach Café, and a Reimagined Oceanfront Escape

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Aurora Anguilla Resort & Golf Club is entering the new season with a slate of additions that further define its position as one of the region’s leading luxury resorts. The Anguilla property has introduced a new Mediterranean restaurant, reopened its Merrywing Beach enclave, launched a family-friendly café, and added themed dining events at its signature […]

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This Uncrowded Caribbean Island Has Pristine Beaches, Mystical Rock Formations and Jaw-Dropping Luxury Villas 

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You know it the moment you begin to descend toward the water. You see them: the towering, imposing, giant boulders, scattered all over the landscape as if a giant were playing marbles. This is The Baths, and it’s a mystical, otherworldly, astonishingly beautiful corner of the Caribbean island of Virgin Gorda, a natural rock formation […]

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Tradewind Aviation Is Adding More Capacity to St Barth and Virgin Gorda 

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Leading Caribbean luxury airline Tradewind Aviation is ramping up its capacity to two of the Caribbean’s most sought-after luxury destinations this winter, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Tradewind is adding what it called “extensive additional capacity” to St Barth out of San Juan, now available for booking through April 2025.  The carrier is also planing daily […]

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This British Virgin Islands Villa Just Hit the Market for $32.5M

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Particularly since the pandemic, the Oil Nut Bay community on Virgin Gorda has been one of the hottest real estate destinations in the wider Caribbean.  Set on the North Sound in the so-called “Billionaires’ Playground” of the BVI, it’s home to some seriously stunning villas. And now one of the is on the market in […]


Tradewind Aviation Is Adding More Capacity to St Barth and Virgin Gorda 

One of the Caribbean’s most exclusive residential resorts is set to debut a new overwater spa, Caribbean Journal has learned. Oil Nut Bay in Virgin Gorda is set to debut its new Sundara Spa + Studio, with an opening planned for January 2025.  The new overwater space will include a flexible studio or yoga, pilates […]

From Anguilla to St Barth, How to Fly to the Caribbean’s Top March Events 

Some of the Caribbean’s most beloved events are on the agenda this month, from the St Barth Bucket Regatta to the Moonsplash Music Festival in Anguilla.  And there’s one great way to reach all of them: flying Tradewind Aviation.  Tradewind is the only airline that flies to Anguilla, St Barth and Virgin Gorda, all of […]

Long-Shuttered British Virgin Islands Resort to Reopen, Rebrand

The former Biras Creek Resort, which has been closed since the summer of 2015, is planning to reopen as a residential resort destination, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The resort is being rebranded as “Biras Marina & Resort” with plans for a multi-phased opening, according to a spokesperson for the project.  The resort, perhaps best known […]

A New Culinary Event in Virgin Gorda, BVI 

The British Virgin Islands is ramping up its food programing for 2024 with plans for a special culinary festival in Virgin Gorda next month.  The food festival, set at the Nail Bay Sugar Works National Park, will run on Saturday, March 16. Many of the island’s top eateries will be on hand, from Coco Maya […]

The Best Way to Fly to This Hotspot in the British Virgin Islands  

It’s home to the Caribbean’s “Billionaire’s Playground,” ringed by some of the most exclusive private destinations on earth, and home to some of the top luxury villas and resorts in the Caribbean.  But getting to Virgin Gorda hasn’t always been a glamorous experience. Until now.  Enter Tradewind Aviation, the luxury airline that operates routes to […]

The 5 Best New Overwater Bungalow Resorts in the Caribbean  

For decades, overwater bungalows were the exclusive specialty of the South Pacific.  Not anymore.  More and more overwater resorts are starting to pop around the Caribbean, from the islands of Panama to the heart of the Dutch Caribbean.  And while the early Caribbean overwater pioneers were often relegated to remote locales, the newest, hottest overwater […]

Tradewind Aviation Is Launching Flights to Virgin Gorda, BVI

It’s one of the most sought-after luxury destinations in the entire Caribbean: Virgin Gorda, the jewel of the British Virgin Islands and home to stunning luxury resorts like Rosewood Little Dix Bay and Oil Nut Bay (along with an impressive collection of villas). Now it’s about to get much easier to travel there.  Tradewind Aviation, […]

From Aruba to St Thomas, 12 Caribbean “Water’s Edge” Hotels 

You know the sound. You open the door to your balcony or patio and it’s there, the maritime metronome, the gentle roll or vigorous froth of the waves right near your room.  But it’s not always so easy to find. Even at many beachfront (or waterfront) resorts, there’s often quite a distance between your room […]