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St Maarten’s Top All-Inclusive Just Named a New GM

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Sonesta Resorts St. Maarten has appointed Bernard Mazet as its new General Manager, effective immediately. In the role, Mazet will oversee operations and provide strategic leadership for Sonesta Maho Beach Resort and Sonesta Ocean Point, bringing more than 30 years of international hospitality experience across luxury and all-inclusive resorts worldwide. Mazet most recently served as […]

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Caribbean Moment: Flying Over the Blue in Antigua

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There are many wonders on Galley Bay in Antigua.  There’s the stillness of the lagoon; the 45 different bird species that dot the trees around the property, from West Indian Whistling Ducks to, if you’re fortunate enough to see one, the green heron.  There’s the sound of shaking seagrapes; of dragonflies in the mangroves.  But […]

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Bonaire Is the Caribbean’s Hottest Food Destination

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By Alexander Britell THERE’S A popular restaurant in the onetime library of a very old Dominican abbey in the Dutch city of Zwolle. It’s called “The Library,” and it’s won a Michelin star every year since 1993 — now boasting three of them — one of fewer than 200 such restaurants on the planet to do […]

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The Caribbean Water Problem

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Solving the Caribbean Water Problem By Keith White CJ Contributor As the drought within the Caribbean wears on, countries in the region face great risk, as their tourism-based economies rely heavily on clean, sustainable water sources – and that doesn’t even begin to address the challenge of providing clean water to sustain agricultural initiatives or […]


Bonaire Is the Caribbean’s Hottest Food Destination

It’s one of the best beaches in the Caribbean you may not have heard of: Grand Case Beach, the long stretch of sand in the town of Grand Case St Martin. But what’s easily the most beautiful stretch is the one at the Grand Case Beach Club hotel, where the sand is white, the crowds […]

VIDEO: This Is One Very Good Reason to Visit Bimini

There’s clear water and then there’s Bimini clear – this is the latter. And it’s one very good reason to visit Bimini in the Bahamas. We’ve been writing and publishing a lot of footage about Bimini of late, particularly its impossibly clear water. So here’s another great example, filmed just near the ferry dock in […]

VIDEO: The Water in Montego Bay, Jamaica

It’s calm, it’s clear, it’s perfect. The waters of Montego Bay in Jamaica are simply lovely, particularly at the Half Moon resort, home to one of the nicest little stretches of beach on the whole islad. Here’s what it’s like:

VIDEO: 14 Seconds on the Sea in South Bimini

There’s something different about the water in Bimini. There is a different shade of blue — or is it that there are so many different shades of blue? Here on the waters of South Bimini, there is a stillness — and yet also a pulsing energy. The water here is, plainly, special. This is what we mean:

VIDEO: Little Cayman’s Incredible Water

There’s a reason Little Cayman is one of the greatest diving spots in all of the Caribbean: the water. It isn’t just clear — it’s impossibly transparent, a wondrous shade of turquoise and green and blue that will utterly captivate you, a water that makes much of the rest of the Caribbean’s seas seem murky by […]

A Turks and Caicos Private Island for $60 Million

A significant listing in the Caribbean By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s one of the most expensive properties for sale in the Caribbean: Water Cay. The island, near Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands, is listed for sale at $60 million with Sotheby’s International Real Estate. The property has 435 acres and 7,000 feet of beach and […]

Improving Water Access in St Lucia

Two new projects supported by the Caribbean Development Bank are aiming to ease water shortage problems on the island of St Lucia. The John Compton Dam Rehabilitation and the Vieux Fort Water Supply Redevelopment projects will “help end acute water shortages that have threatened the livelihoods of residents and stymied the growth of businesses in […]

How You Can Bike on Water in the Caribbean

Sugar Beach partners with Schiller Bikes By the Caribbean Journal staff Ever want to bike on water? Now you can. It’s the first partnership of its kind: St Lucia’s Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort has partnered with Schiller Bikes to offer their new S1 — a hybrid of a premium bike and a catamaran. Guests […]