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The Best-Kept Secret in Costa Rica Is a Margaritaville Beach Resort With a Swim-Up Bar and an All-Inclusive Option

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The Pacific shifts its nature throughout the day at Playa Flami: at sunrise, it is soft and reflective; by afternoon it deepens into a richer blue that brightens the entire shoreline. This is the setting that defines Margaritaville Beach Resort Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica, a beachfront refuge in Guanacaste where Pura Vida meets a refined […]

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Marriott Taps Alma as New Social Agency for the Caribbean

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Marriott International has tapped Miami-based Alma as its new social media agency.  Alma, which is based in Miami’s Coconut Grove, will be leading the company’s multilingual and multicultural social media strategy in the wider region.  The award-winning agency is part of DDB Latina. “We are incredibly excited about the opportunity to work with alma and are confident […]

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Delta Launching New York-Bogota Flights

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Delta Air Lines is launching new flights from New York City to Bogota, the carrier said Monday. The new daily service will launch Dec. 21 out of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. “We are looking forward to providing daily nonstop service to the largest Colombian community living in […]

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Ritz-Carlton, St Thomas Names New GM

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By the Caribbean Journal staff The soon-to-relaunch Ritz-Carlton, St Thomas has named a new general manager to oversee its reopening. The property has tapped Akis Neocleous as its new general manager, in which role he will had all operations. Neocleous most recently served as the GM of the W Panama. Previous stops have included hotels […]


Delta Launching New York-Bogota Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff One of Marriott’s hottest hotel brands is coming to the Caribbean. The luxury boutique brand that was the brainchild of legendary hotelier Ian Schrager will be coming to the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Marriott has signed a deal for an Edition to be set in the Kanai luxury community in […]

Marriott Opens Renaissance Cancun Resort

By the Caribbean Journal staff Marriott has kicked off 2019 with a new addition in the Caribbean. The travel giant’s Renaissance Hotels brand has officially debuted its new Renaissance Cancun Resort and Marina, anchoring the new marina in Puerto Cancun. The 180-room Mexican Caribbean property, which Marriott is describing as a “lifestyle resort,” is the […]

Vieques, Puerto Rico Is Getting a Major New Hotel

By the Caribbean Journal staff A major new hotel project is underway on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico, a big boost for an island with a tourism industry still reeling from the storms of 2017 and whose flagship hotel, the W Vieques, remains shuttered. The new project is called Zafira St Clair (using […]

Marriott Opening Three New Luxury Dominican Republic Resorts

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s northern coast is about to get a transformative hotel investment. Marriott International is planning to partner on a $350 million project in Puerto Plata that would add three new luxury resorts to the area. That would likely include a Ritz-Carlton, a W and a Luxury Collection property, […]

There’s a New W Hotel in Costa Rica

By the Caribbean Journal staff There’s another new W in the wider Caribbean region, thanks to the debut this week of the W Costa Rica Reserva Conchal. The first-ever W in Costa Rica is set in a 2,300-acre nature reserve near the surf town of Tamarindo. The property, designed by Mister Important Design and the […]

W Is Opening a Costa Rica Hotel

By the Caribbean Journal staff W Hotels is set to open its newest hotel in the Caribbean Basin next month: the new W Costa Rica, Reserva Conchal. The newest W in the region is slated to debut in November, with 151 guest rooms along with W brand including its signature Living Room. Other amenities will […]

Auberge Opening Punta Mita Resort in 2020

By the Caribbean Journal staff Fast-growing luxury hotel brand Auberge Resorts is expanding again in the region, with plans to debut its Susurros del Corazon resort in Mexico’s tony Punta Mita area in 2020. according to the company. The Banderas Bay beachfront resort will include a collection of beach bungalows in the heart of the […]

W Panama Opens Doors

By the Caribbean Journal staff The newest W hotel has officially opened its doors in Panama City. The W Panama debuted in the city’s business district this week, the first-ever W in Central America. The property, owned by Evolution Tower Corp, is set within a 50-floor tower on Panama City’s Calle 50. “Panama City is […]