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The Cool List: the Coolest Hotels in the Caribbean for 2023

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - January 17, 2023
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hotels are seeing strong performance in the USVI.
The Fred hotel in St Croix.

The Fred, St Croix Few Caribbean hotels have had as big of an impact on their surrounding neighborhoods as this adults-only retreat, which has helped lead the renaissance of Frederiksted. A dazzling amalgam of history and innovation, the hotel marries avant-garde fun with a tropical, laid-back ambience. The addition of St Croix native Michael Matthews as its new top chef has taken the culinary program to new heights.  


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