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The Best All-Inclusive Resorts in Curaçao Right Now

Just a few years ago, Curaçao was barely on the radar of travelers looking to pay one price for accommodations, dining, drinks, and activities, but now there are multiple all-inclusive resorts to choose from on this windswept Dutch Caribbean island. […]

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The Caribbean Bartender of the Year 2025: Kendie Williams, Nevis 

The journey of the bartender in the last few decades has been an evolution. Bartenders have become more than crafters of cocktails: they are storytellers, they are artists, they are ambassadors.  That’s nowhere more true than in the Caribbean, where […]

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Barbados Is Hosting the Caribbean’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference

The Caribbean’s premier tourism summit returns to Bridgetown with a forward-looking agenda focused on research, relevance and regional growth. The Caribbean Tourism Organization has announced that the 2025 edition of its flagship State of the Tourism Industry Conference will be […]

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Jamaica Is Seeing Tourism Growth From an Emerging Market: Latin America

Jamaica is speaking a new tourism language this summer—one with deeper roots in Spanish and Portuguese. As planes touch down from Panama City, Lima and Quito, a quiet transformation is taking shape: Latin America is no longer a distant market. […]

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KLM Is Expanding Its Aruba Flights This Winter

Aruba is getting a significant boost in European airlift this winter. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is adding two more weekly flights between Amsterdam and Aruba via Bonaire, Caribbean Journal has learned. The expanded schedule will run from Dec. 15, 2025 […]

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This New Caribbean Flight Connects Bonaire and the Dominican Republic

Calling all island-hoppers. Tourism officials in Bonaire officially welcomed the arrival of Air Century’s inaugural flight from the Dominican Republic on July 9, marking the start of new seasonal service between Santo Domingo and the Dutch Caribbean island. The aircraft, […]

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Royal Caribbean’s New Cruise Ship Has a Rooftop Bar, a Waterpark and the Largest Pool at Sea

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You step into a glass dome floating high above the ocean. To your right, divers plunge from platforms. Above, aerialists twist through light. Somewhere behind you, a DJ is spinning beside a suspended infinity pool. This isn’t a dream — […]

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Tortola’s Long Bay Beach Is a Mile of Calm Surf and Caribbean Solitude

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It’s early morning and the beach is nearly empty. A few footprints trail off into the distance, soon erased by the tide. To your left, steep green hills tumble into the sea. Ahead, nothing but a long ribbon of golden […]

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This Chic St Barth Beach Club Feels Like It’s Straight Out of the Mediterranean

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The music hums just beneath the sound of the surf. Plates clink, glasses catch the sun, and someone steps barefoot from their table straight onto the sand. This is Shellona, where beach and bistro blend into one seamless rhythm — […]

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Rum Journal: This 12-Year-Old Rum Is a Taste of Grenada 

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Martinique. Cuba. Guyana. Guadeloupe. Barbados. Puerto Rico. When you think of legendary Caribbean rum-making markets, these are some of the first names that come to mind. But hidden away in the southeastern Caribbean is another one that should be on […]

Rum Journal: A Game-Changing Caribbean Rum Gets Even Better 

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It may be hard to remember with the growth of rum in the last decade. But when Dos Maderas came out with its 5+5 rum, it was a bit of a game-changer for the spirit.  At the time (more than […]

St Maarten’s New Airport Bar Makes a Mean Ti’ Punch 

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We love St Maarten’s new airport. It’s been quite the process rebuilding things since Irma, and Princess Juliana just put the finishing touches on the project at the end of last year.  The result is a sparkling new Caribbean airport […]

Momofuku Just Opened a Caribbean Hotspot in New York (With a Rum Bar)

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It’s one of the hottest restaurant brands, well, anywhere: Momofuku, the contemporary Asian hotspot founded by David Chang that now has locations all around the globe.  But Momofuku started life in New York, and that’s where the brand’s newest concept […]

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A New Residential Development Is Coming to the Dominican Republic: The Dom Dom

A new residential community is underway in the coastal town of Dominicus-Bayahibe in the Dominican Republic. The project, called The Don Dom, is being developed by BECCA, a real estate firm focused on sustainable and lifestyle-oriented development, in partnership with […]


Hyatt Is Selling Playa’s Real Estate for $2 Billion 

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Hyatt Hotels Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its recently acquired Playa Hotels & Resorts real estate portfolio for $2 billion to Tortuga Resorts, a joint venture between KSL Capital Partners and Rodina. The deal, announced this […]


St Regis Has Another New Caribbean Resort Project 

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St Regis has been growing its Caribbean footprint, and now another resort is already under construction. It’s set on one of the most iconic beaches in the Caribbean.  The St Regis Turks and Caicos is a residential resort that has […]


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Carnival Launches New “Funnel Faves” Campaign to Celebrate Travel Advisors

Carnival Cruise Line has launched a new initiative aimed squarely at its most important partners: travel advisors. The new campaign, called Funnel Faves, is built around a simple idea—great vacations begin with great advisors. The initiative comes on the heels of […]


The Aruba Travel Guide: Where to Stay, Where to Eat and What to Do

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The adventure, the beach, the food, the happy. Aruba is always one of our favorite destinations, and that extends to travel agents, who are also loving the Dutch Caribbean island right now. Here’s our Aruba travel guide, with everything you […]


This Caribbean Hotspot Has a New Travel Agent Program 

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It’s one of the hottest destinations in the Caribbean right now, with surging arrivals after decades off the travel radar.  And now it’s got a brand-new travel agent program.  If your clients are asking for fresh Caribbean options, St. Vincent […]


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