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JetBlue Has New Nonstop Flights to St. Maarten, the Dual-Destination Caribbean Island With Food, Fun, and Picture-Perfect Beaches

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Sunset cocktails along the boardwalk. An afternoon of shopping in Philipsburg. Dinners in Grand Case that stretch late into the night — St. Maarten is just a fun place to be — and the Caribbean island has a way of making even simple rituals feel like part of its identity. With JetBlue’s new nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale, travelers now […]

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Frontier Is Adding a New Nonstop Flight to Los Cabos 

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It’s one of the most popular hotel destinations in Mexico: Los Cabos, which has seen a broad boom in recent years with the entry to market of brands like Nobu, Thompson, Marriott and Waldorf Astoria, among others.  That has led, unsurprisingly, to a host of new flights to the Pacific coast destination.  Now, Frontier Airlines […]

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Waldorf Astoria Is Opening a New Resort in Costa Rica This Year 

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The growing Waldorf Astoria brand is adding another new resort in the Caribbean Basin this year, with the planned debut of the Waldorf Astoria Costa Rica Cacique.  The new resort, the first for the brand in the Central American country, is expected to make its debut in the fourth quarter of this year, according to […]

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Hilton Signs Deal for Waldorf-Astoria Residential Resort in Costa Rica 

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Following this year’s debut of the new Waldorf Astoria in Cancun, Hilton has announced plans for another Waldorf in the wider region.  The new-build Waldorf-Astoria Guanacaste is slated to open its doors in 2025.  The resort will have 190 rooms, along with 25 Waldorf-Astoria branded residences.  “Hilton has always been committed to serving any guest, […]


Waldorf Astoria Is Opening a New Resort in Costa Rica This Year 

By Alexander Britell Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts is expanding to Costa Rica, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The Waldorf Astoria Guanacaste has already launched construction, with plans to open its doors in 2025.  The resort will include 190 rooms and 25 branded residences in Costa Rica’s popular hotspot of Guanacaste.  Amenities will include a […]

10 New Hotels Coming to the Caribbean in 2022

Tiny eco resorts. Grand luxury hotels. Rarefied retreats. The Caribbean’s newest hotels for 2022 are a melange of styles and sensibilities, from all-inclusive to boutique and everywhere in between.  Even amid the pandemic, the Caribbean hotel pipeline keeps growing, and that includes a number of highly-anticipated openings set for this year, from the Mexican Caribbean […]

The New Waldorf-Astoria Cancun Resort Is Opening in November

The Caribbean’s newest Waldorf-Astoria resort is set to welcome guests for the first time this November, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The resort is currently accepting reservations for Nov. 1, 2022 and beyond, the property confirmed.  The new Waldorf-Astoria is set just north of the so-called Riviera Cancun, about 15 minutes south of Cancun International Airport.  […]

Waldorf Astoria to Open New Caribbean Resort

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI One of Mexico’s most anticipated properties, The Waldorf Astoria Cancun is opening on May 1, 2022.  The Hilton-managed hotel is expected to open around the second quarter of next year, said Juan Corvinos, Hilton’s vice president of development for the Caribbean and Latin America. And as far as […]

What's Next for Hilton in the Caribbean?

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Hilton will have more than new 20 hotels open in the Caribbean and Latin America by year’s end, further cementing its blueprint in the all-inclusive market without ignoring its luxury European Plan (EP) brands. No further proof of that can be found in the company’s pipeline of new […]

400-Acre Antigua Development Site Lists for $40 Million

A “pristine” stretch of prime development property in Antigua has hit the market for $40 million.  The “Edwards Land” is listed with Turks and Caicos-based The Agency’s Ian Hurdle and Katherine Baryluk.  Set in the Five Islands area in the northwestern corner of Antigua, this “pristine” property has direct access to three beaches: George Bay […]

This Iconic Resort Is Reopening in Puerto Rico

The iconic El Conquistador resort is set to reopen its doors in Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The resort will be holding its “Grand Re-opening” on May 21, 2021, according to the property.  The relaunch of the property on the coast of Fajardo could be a significant boost for the island’s tourism industry.  While […]

Antigua's Tamarind Hills Is Expanding With a New Residential Resort

There will soon be a new way to stay at one of Antigua’s most prestigious luxury residential resorts.  The island’s Tamarind Hills is planning to debut the third phase of its project with a boutique residential resort component.  The development consists of 43 one- and two-bedroom units; it will also feature a “Caribbean bar and […]