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Barbados Kicks Off Cruise Season With First-Ever Visit By New Ritz-Carlton Yacht

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Cruise season is now underway in Barbados, and the island kicked things off with a major new arrival: Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s Ilma ship.  The brand-new 224-suite boutique ship made its first call in Bridgetown last week.  “The Ritz-Carlton brand is […]

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The 25 Best Best Beach Bars in the Caribbean for 2025, From Aruba to St Barth to Eleuthera  

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You can find the perfect island. You can book the perfect hotel. But your vacation hasn’t really begun until you pull up to your chair with an ice-cold cocktail at the perfect Caribbean beach bar. For all of the wonders […]

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The Cool List: The Caribbean’s Coolest Places to Stay in 2025, From Adventure Resorts to Historic Inns 

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It was one of the first major guides we at Caribbean Journal ever put together: The Cool List, whose first edition was back in 2013 and which remains an unrivaled curation of unique, character-filled, personality-driven, artful hotels around the Caribbean. […]

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Marriott Has Another New All-Inclusive Resort in Barbados

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Marriott has expanded its all-inclusive collection on the island of Barbados with one of the Platinum Coast’s top boutique hotels.  The Waves Hotel and Spa has relaunched under Marriott’s Autograph Collection brand, the newest addition to its growing all-inclusive portfolio […]


Delta’s Newest Caribbean Nonstop Flight Is to the Island of Barbados

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Delta just added another new Caribbean flight, with a freshly-launched route between New York and the island of Barbados, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new service is operating once every week on Saturdays.  The flight complements existing daily service to […]


Marriott Is Opening Four New All-Inclusive Resorts in the Caribbean, Including a New W Hotel 

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The world’s first-ever W all-inclusive. A boutique beach hotel in Barbados. An ultra-luxe resort in the Mexican Caribbean. An adults-only island hideaway. Marriott has been adding dozens of all-inclusive resorts across the region in recent years, and now the All-Inclusive by […]

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Travelers Are Flocking to Barbados for the Festive Season 

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It’s the busiest time of year in the Caribbean right now: the end of December, when just about every hotel is packed to the brim and every destination is bustling.  In Barbados, it’s even busier than normal, to the tune […]


Caribbean Flights Are Getting Cheaper, According to Kayak 

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Flights to the Caribbean are getting cheaper, according to a new report from travel portal Kayak. The company’s latest Travel Trends Forecast says that prices on Caribbean flights are down 17 percent right now, year over year.  “Airfare to the […]


More Canadians Are Traveling to Barbados This Winter 

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Barbados is set for a boost from the Canadian market this winter, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The island is preparing for an expansion in airlift from Air Canada, local tourism officials confirmed this week.  For the peak season, Air Canada […]

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Delta Air Lines Just Kicked Off a Big Expansion of Nonstop Flights to Barbados 

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The boutique hotels. The serene, never crowded beaches. The shops. The cutters. The bread-and-two. The Caribbean’s greatest food hall. Barbados is a vibe, and its unique blend of elegance, breezy charm and stunning stretches of sand is getting even easier […]


Barbados Tops Taste of the Caribbean Culinary Competition

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Some of the top young chefs in the Caribbean faced off this week in Miami for an unrivaled cultural and culinary competition.  And one team came out on top.  Barbados was a named the Caribbean National Culinary Team of the […]


Marriott Is Opening Another New All-Inclusive on the Island of Barbados 

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Marriott’s all-inclusive footprint continues to grow. You can find an All-Inclusive by Marriott Bonvoy resort on just about every island in the Caribbean right now, from boutique beach hotels to larger luxury resorts (including the lovely new Almare that just […]