The Hilton Aruba is readying for a major relaunch.

The hotel on Aruba’s Palm Beach is set to unveil a $25 million redesign project in mid-December.

The project includes the addition of specialty cabanas, a professional beach tennis court, redesigned guest rooms and suites, an overhauled lobby, “reconceptualized” menus and decor at the property’s restaurants and new landscaping.

Set in the heart of Aruba’s Palm Beach Strip, the resort has 355 guest rooms.

Hilton took over the former Radisson Aruba property in the summer of 2015.

— Caribbean Journal Staff

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Hotel giant Riu has debuted its first-ever adults-only all-inclusive in the Mexican Caribbean.

The company has reopened the Riu Palace Las Americas as an adults-only property following a renovation project.

The changes to the resort include a new cappuccino bar, a new open-air bar, a new 24-hour lounge and completely renovated common areas.

All-inclusive amenities on hand include free Wi-fi throughout the hotel and premium liquor, including in-room dispensers.

Riu operates all-inclusive properties around the wider Caribbean-Mexico region, including hotels in Cancun, the Riviera Maya, Punta Cana, Puerto Plata, the Bahamas, Montego Bay, Negril, Ocho Rios, Aruba and St. Martin.

— Caribbean Journal Staff

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European carrier Norwegian has resumed its nonstop service from the Eastern Seaboard of the United States to the French Caribbean.

The carrier has resumed flights from cities including New York, Boston and Baltimore-Washington to both Martinique and Guadeloupe for the tourist season.

Norwegian is operating flights to Martinique twice weekly from Baltimore; thrice weekly from New York City and twice-weekly from Boston.

The carrier is also operating flights to Guadeloupe twice weekly from Baltimore; thrice weekly from New York City and twice-weekly from Boston.

Norwegian is also set to launch new nonstop flights from Fort Lauderdale to Guadeloupe beginning Dec. 4.

— Caribbean Journal Staff

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Splurging on a trip to Jamaica? Whether you’re celebrating something special or just the seeking a rarefied retreat, the land of wood and water offers plenty of high-end hotels where you can combine luxury and languor. Here are the top seven luxury hotels in Jamaica. (Note: this list only covers EP properties – see here for the best all-inclusive resorts in Jamaica.) CJ Travel Editor Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon explains.

Half Moon For more than 60 years this 400-acre Montego Bay hotel has endured as one of Jamaica’s finest, delivering a raft of exceptional features that include its own stables; shopping village; 13 tennis courts; and a championship golf course – not to mention 31 serviced villas and almost 200 elegant rooms.

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There aren’t many places like the tiny archipelago called Bimini in the Bahamas, a mystical corner of the Bahamas that has long been a draw for fishermen, sailors, divers and all those charmed by perfect turquoise waters (not to mention legends like Ernest Hemingway and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) This little slice of the Bahamas, just about 50 miles from the coast of Miami, is quiet and untouched, its chief export still tranquility. Here are some moments that will make you want to visit. Soon.

Yes, it begins with water like this, and 50 shades of blue.

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