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Carnival Just Made Its First Post-Melissa Cruise Call to Jamaica

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Carnival Cruise Line made its first official call to Ocho Rios on Wednesday as Carnival Sunrise arrived in port, marking the resumption of cruise visits to Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa. Local officials and community partners greeted the ship as operations continued to stabilize across the north coast — with cruise guests officially returning to the […]

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Checking in to Bahia Principe’s Runaway Bay Resorts in Jamaica

By Susan Barlow CJ Contributor If you go a bit beyond Montego Bay, you discover another Jamaica. This is the parish of St. Ann, about an hour and a world away from bustling Montego Bay, home to a pair of all inclusive brand Bahia Principe’s resorts. That includes the Grand Bahia Principe and Luxury Bahia […]

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5 Caribbean Resorts With Unlimited Golf

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Between the greens fees, club membership, cart rental and the clubs themselves, golfing can be an expensive sport. So it’s no surprise that when golfers go to the Caribbean they’re not just looking for challenging courses – duffers want deals, too! So if you’re searching for a resort when […]

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Hyatt to Open Ziva, Zilara Resorts in Cap Cana

Playa Hotels and Resorts has closed on the acquisition of the site for a pair of new all inclusive Hyatt resorts in the Dominican Republic. Playa will be opening the new Hyatt Zilara Cap Cana and Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana in the exclusive enclave of greater Punta Cana. Playa Resorts Management, the operational component of […]


5 Caribbean Resorts With Unlimited Golf

Port Canaveral has been chosen by Norwegian Cruise Line to host the Norwegian Sun, which will offer four-day all inclusive cruises to Havana, Cuba and Key West, and three-day cruises to the Bahamas beginning May 2018. “Port Canaveral is proud of our cruise partner, NCL, and we welcome their growth plans for the future,” said […]

Excellence Reopening Punta Cana Property in November

Excellence Group will be holding a grand reopening of its Excellence Punta Cana resort in November. The all-inclusive is closed now through Oct. 31 for what the company is calling a “complete renovation of its facilities,” according to Domingo Aznar, vice president of sales and marketing. Renovations will focus on three areas: suites, the culinary […]

Azul Beach Resort Sensatori Opens in Jamaica

Jamaica’s newest resort has opened its doors on Seven Mile Beach in Negril: the Azul Beach Resort Sensatori. The new 149-room property is adjacent to the existing Azul Sensatori Jamaica, which has now merged create a 285-suite complex with nine restaurants along with nine bars and lounges. All of the family-friendly property’s room types offer […]

5 Caribbean Resorts With Unlimited Diving

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor If you’re a diver, the Caribbean’s your go-to destination, with hundreds of fish-filled, coral-crusted dive spots to capture your attention. But paying a la carte for your underwater adventures can get pricey, and all those boat dives, shore dives and night dives can soon add up to a busted […]

Temptation Is Expanding to the Dominican Republic

Adults-only brand Temptation is expanding in the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal has learned. Temptation, known for its Temptation Cancun resort, has announced plans to expand its portfolio with a new resort in Punta Cana, slated for debut in 2019. Temptation, a topless-optional, all-inclusive resort, is reopening its Cancun property this August after a major renovation led […]

The Grand at Moon Palace Cancun Officially Opens

There’s a major new resort on the Caribbean coast of Mexico: The Grand at Moon Palace Cancun. Palace Resorts’ newest project has more than 1,300 guest rooms, nine outdoor swimming pools, an adults-only “unique day club” with a live DJ spinning poolside, five swim-up bars, a beach club, a children’s waterpark, a six-lane bowling alley […]

Seabourn’s New Cruises in the Caribbean

Luxury boutique cruise line Seabourn has released its new itineraries for 2018 in the Caribbean. The carrier’s Seabourn Odyssey will operate Caribbean cruises in the fall 2018 season, with a total of 18 seven-day Caribbean cruises between Bridgetown, Barbados and Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. Each of the cruises will offer both a “Caviar in the Surf” […]

St. Lucia’s Hotel Development Boom

The island of St. Lucia is in the midst of a full-fledged hotel development boom. The Eastern Caribbean island will add some 2,000 new rooms to its hotel stock over the next four years, according to tourism officials. Chief among those projects is the new Fairmont St. Lucia, located in Choiseul on the southwestern edge […]