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Haiti Readies for 2013 Tourism Push

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Southwest Airlines Is Launching New Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous for Easy Vacations, Chef’s Tables, and Beach Resorts

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A table with 18 seats wrapped around an open kitchen. A swim-up room steps from Palm Beach. An afternoon under a palapa on Eagle Beach followed by dinner from a chef serving an eight-course tasting menu a few miles away. The Caribbean island of Aruba has developed a particularly easy vacation formula, one where a beach-resort […]

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Stuart: Barbados Committed to LIAT

Above: Barbados PM Freundel Stuart (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados will continue to support the operations of regional air carrier LIAT, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart said this week. The PM was speaking following a meeting at the Hilton Barbados of LIAT’s major stakeholders: St Vincent and the Grenadines, represented by Prime Minister […]

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Bahamas' Caves Heights Condominium Project Launches Final Phase

Above: Cave Heights in the Bahamas By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caves Heights oceanfront condominium project in West Nassau has launched its final phase, the company announced. The project aims to complete construction by the first quarter of 2013. Caves Development, the project’s developer, first began work on the multi-phase project on Caves Point […]

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Haiti and Antigua Begin Discussions on Tourism Collaboration

Above: a beach in Jacmel, Haiti (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Ministry of Tourism has begun talks with the Antigua and Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute on potential areas of cooperation, following a recent visit by Calvin Ambrose, executive director of the ABHTI. The discussions follow the signing of a Memorandum of […]

Bahamas' Caves Heights Condominium Project Launches Final Phase

 Above: private jets parked at Princess Juliana International Airport in St Maarten (Photo: SXM Airport) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Martin’s Princess Juliana International Airport is seeing an increase in private jet traffic and demand, according to Michel Hyman, operations manager at SXM airport. “Every year, there is an increase in requests to park […]

Caribbean Hotel Numbers Show Improvement Across the Board

Above: the Boucan by Hotel Chocolat in St Lucia By Alexander Britell The Caribbean hotel sector is continuing to improve, according to a new report from hotel data firm STR. Caribbean hotel occupancy rose 7 percent in November, compared to the same period in 2011, according to the report, which covered a total of 1,884 properties and […]

JW Marriott Opens in Panama

 Above: Panama’s first JW Marriott hotel By the Caribbean Journal staff The first JW Marriott hotel has opened in Panama, Marriott announced. The 118-room JW Marriott Panama Golf & Beach Resort is located in the Buenaventura beachfront community in the town of Rio Hato. “Panama remains one of the most vibrant countries for new development […]

Jamaica Looks to Encourage Yacht Sector

 Above: Jamaica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government is working to encourage more yachts to register in the country, the government said recently. The country’s cabinet has approved a single prescribed annual fee that would replace the existing customs duty, customs user fee, environment levy and general consumption tax charges on yachts […]

Trinidad and Tobago's Sport Fishing Season in High Gear

 Above: the TTGFA Marlin Madness Tournament in 2011 (Photo: Trinidad and Tobago Game Fishing Association) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s latest push to reel in visitors to the country involves a push to highlight the country’s sport fishing niche. And the twin-island state’s season is now in full swing, lasting until June, […]

American to Launch First Direct Flights from Miami to Martinique, Guadeloupe

 Above: Fort de France, Martinique (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell American Airlines will be launching direct flights from Miami to Martinique and Guadeloupe in April, the company announced. Both will be the first nonstop flights to the French departments from the mainland US in the modern era. The flights to Martinique’s Aime Cesare International Airport […]

Grand Cayman's Comfort Suites Completes $2.2 Million Renovation

Above: Seven Mile Beach (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Comfort Suites Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman has completed a $2.2 million renovation of its rooms and facilities, parent company Choice Hotels announced in a release. The property began the renovation in August 2011. “All guest rooms and public areas have now […]

Spending Spring Break in Haiti

Above: the Wahoo Bay Beach resort in Haiti By Alexander Britell It’s one of the logical next steps as Haiti looks to reposition itself as a major Caribbean tourism destination: attracting spring breakers. A new partnership between US-based BrandHaiti and Haiti’s Wahoo Bay Beach Resort will bring a group of students to Haiti in March […]