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Turks and Caicos’ Top All-Inclusive Resort Has Beach Bungalows With Private Plunge Pools  

Beachfront bungalows with their own private plunge pools. Luxury villas designed for multi-generational travelers. Fishing, kayaking and sailing. Private boat trips to tiny, secluded cays.  It’s one of the top private-island experiences in the Caribbean. And it just so happens […]

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Curacao Is Having Is Moment as Travelers Keep Flocking 

The beaches on the west coast. The seemingly innumerable dive sites all over the island. The vibrant colors of Willemstad. The endless party at Mambo. The buzzing food scene. And did we mention green rum?  For years, it was the […]

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Condor Is Resuming Flights to This Caribbean Island, In Boost for European Arrivals 

Europe remains one of the most important source markets for Caribbean travel. And now one of the continent’s most popular routes is resuming for the winter season, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Frankfurt-Antigua route on Condor Airlines is set to […]

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JetBlue Is Adding More Nonstop Flights to the Cayman Islands As Travel Demand Surges 

There’s something about the water. Something mystical, something wonderful. If you’ve been to Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, you understand.  Is this water just a little bit warmer? Or a little bit clearer? Or is just the way it […]

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Condor Is Resuming Flights to This Caribbean Island, In Boost for European Arrivals 

Europe remains one of the most important source markets for Caribbean travel. And now one of the continent’s most popular routes is resuming for the winter season, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The Frankfurt-Antigua route on Condor Airlines is set to […]

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Winair Is Adding Flights to Another New Caribbean Island: St Vincent 

St Vincent has been on the upswing lately, from new resorts (like Sandals’ big opening) to a host of new flights from all around the region – and the US.  Now, another carrier is getting in on the action: St Maarten-based […]

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Turks and Caicos’ Top All-Inclusive Resort Has Beach Bungalows With Private Plunge Pools  

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Beachfront bungalows with their own private plunge pools. Luxury villas designed for multi-generational travelers. Fishing, kayaking and sailing. Private boat trips to tiny, secluded cays.  It’s one of the top private-island experiences in the Caribbean. And it just so happens […]

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JetBlue Is Adding More Nonstop Flights to the Cayman Islands As Travel Demand Surges 

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There’s something about the water. Something mystical, something wonderful. If you’ve been to Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, you understand.  Is this water just a little bit warmer? Or a little bit clearer? Or is just the way it […]

Hotel News

There’s a New Hotel on One of the Best Beaches in the British Virgin Islands 

The centuries-old still at Callwood. Sunday lunch at Bananas. The view at the Paradise Club.  For Caribbean aficionados, Cane Garden Bay in Tortola is one of those special beaches — the ones with their own box to check on every […]

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Rum Journal: In St Thomas, a Rum Bar With a View 

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Sushi. Poke. Rum. The sign at the entrance makes a rather compelling case. But the biggest selling point at the US Virgin Islands’ newest rum bar, Sugarfin, sn’t any of those things.  It’s the view.  Here at the legendary Frenchman’s Reef […]

Rum Journal: A Legendary Rum Bar in Athens, Greece, Baba Au Rhum

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We’ve written often in these pages of the joy of the Rum Bar, a bar that celebrates the best of Caribbean rum-making with a diverse, robust selection of rums from across the region.  For years, such bars were few and […]

Rum Journal: The Caribbean’s Best New Rum Is From Grenada 

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They have been making rum here in some form for almost three centuries, in a 500-acre estate anchored by waving cane fields on the southern coast of Grenada.  As you walk around the grounds, you find the remnants of centuries […]

Rum Journal: The Best Rum in Belize

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The focus of the rum world has traditionally been eastward. The vast number of distilleries across the islands of the Eastern Caribbean have always dominated the attention of rum consumers and connoisseurs alike, with only Guatemala’s Ron Zacapa and Nicaragua’s […]

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Ritz-Carlton Is Opening a New Caribbean Residential Resort 

It’s the biggest trend in Caribbean hotels right now: the residential resort or, more specifically, the branded residential resort.  Since the pandemic, the demand for Caribbean real estate and residential projects has never been stronger, and that’s been led by […]


A Snapshot of Private Equity Investments in the Caribbean Hotel Market

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Private equity investment hotel projects (PEIs) are popping up here and there throughout the Caribbean. In August, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts announced its new 124-acre Exuma project, in partnership with Miami-based Yntegra Group. Other emerging heavy hitters in the space […]


Wyndham's Gustavo Viescas on All-Inclusive, New Hotel Brands and the Outlook for the Caribbean

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Wyndham is growing in the Caribbean — significantly. From new all-inclusive resorts in destinations like the Dominican Republic and Curacao to the planned launch of several new brands, it’s clear the company has its sights set on major Caribbean expansion. […]


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Rafael Nadal’s First-Ever Caribbean Hotel Is Opening in December. And It's an All-Inclusive.

Tennis legend Rafael Nadal is bringing his hotel brand to the Caribbean, Caribbean Travel Advisor has learned.  The new hotel is opening its doors in December as a unique kind of all-inclusive resort concept with a Mediterranean feel. Crucially, the […]


From Aruba to Turks and Caicos, These are the Caribbean's Newest Hotels

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It’s been a big year for Caribbean hotels, as the region’s pipeline continues to grow — and some major openings already took place, from the new Sandals St Vincent and the Grenadines to the boutique Silversands Beach House in Grenada. But […]


ASTA CEO Zane Kerby on What Travel Agents Need to Know About the Caribbean Right Now

On the heels of its recent Caribbean Showcase event that brought more than 250 advisors to Sandals Royal Curacao, the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) is already looking ahead to next year’s event, planning ways to prepare advisors for […]