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Making Caribbean Tourism Sustainable — And What It Means

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By Julie Bielenberg CJ Contributor ST VINCENT – It was perhaps fitting that the Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism was delayed by a storm. What was then-Tropical Storm Dorian delayed the beginning of the recent Caribbean Tourism Organization’s 2019 sustainability […]

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Grand Cayman Is Getting a New Residential Resort

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By the Caribbean Journal staff A major new luxury residential resort project is coming to Grand Cayman. It’s called the Dolphin Point Club, and the new luxe development will set at the edge of Cayman’s world-famous Seven Mile Beach. Dolphin […]

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New Dominican Republic Adults-Only Resort Breaks Ground

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By the Caribbean Journal staff A new adults-only resort project has officially broken ground in the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina laid the first stone for construction of the new Hotel Pure Salt Orchidarium, which will be located […]

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In Miami, a Must-Visit Caribbean Hospitality Summit

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By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the leading events on the Caribbean tourism agenda is coming back for another year, with the third annual Caribbean Hospitality and Tourism Summit in Miami. The Aug. 1 Bisnow event, which is being […]


The USVI Is Making a New Hotel Development Push

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By the Caribbean Journal staff The US Virgin Islands is making hotel development a strategic priority, according to Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. With few new hotels built in the territory in the last few decades, Bryan said he wants to […]


What’s Next for Marriott Hotels in the Caribbean?

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By Alexander Britell The world’s biggest hotel company has a massive footprint in the Caribbean, and it’s only getting bigger. But with such a large network of properties around the region, Marriott was also impacted by Hurricanes Maria and Irma. […]

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Caribbean-Mexico Hotel Pipeline Surging

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By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean-Mexico hotel development pipeline is surging right now, according to the latest report from analytics firm STR. There were 42,259 rooms in 241 hotel projects under contract in the Caribbean and Mexico last month, […]


A New Real Estate Development in Barbuda

Barbuda, long one of the Caribbean’s great undiscovered beach escapes, has a major new real estate development. It’s called Barbuda Bay, and it launched in May with plans for 22 private villas anchored by the Lighthouse Bay Resort, according to […]


A Tourism Development Boom in St. Lucia

The island of St. Lucia is quietly seeing a development boom. On the heels of the announcement of the Pearl of the Caribbean resort project, St. Lucia is reporting a wave of development that will add more than 1,000 new hotel […]

Jamaica Needs a Serious Approach to Development

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Time for a new approach for Jamaican Development By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor The current government has economic growth as its main thrust. The phrase coined by the Growth Council — “Five in four” — refers to the objective to […]


Where St Lucia Is Planning a New Development Push

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St Lucia has its eye on a new development push, this time focused on the southern portion of the island. The announcement was made by St Lucia Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy during her recent Throne Speech. “Government has already […]


BVI Eyes Next-Level Internet Development

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By Gerard Best CJ Contributor British Virgin Islands is stepping up efforts to get the most from its internet infrastructure. On June 4, 2011, the British Virgin Islands became only the second country in English-speaking Caribbean to establish an internet […]