Views don’t get much better than this one at the Frangipani Beach Resort in Anguilla, a 19-room luxe boutique that’s one of the island’s top hotels.

All photos by Thierry Dehove.

It’s a one-bedroom suite with superb ocean vistas of Meads Bay from a spacious balcony — but it gets even better on the inside.

That’s where you’ll find a full kitchen, a massive living room, two bathrooms and a hydro-massage cave shower, among other amenities.

That is, if you can ever steal yourself away from the terrace.

— CJ

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One of the southern Caribbean’s top nightlife destinations has another great offering: Koraal.

The island’s newest hotspot is a rooftop bar with an infinity pool that’s quickly become a must-visit for craft cocktails, tapas and people-watching.

The bar, which is located in the Coral Estate development, is set on the roof of the Karakter bar.

And the latter is a name with which you’re likely familiar – famous for its world-class beach bar in St. Maarten, which expanded to Curaçao in 2008.

And this stunning new outfit has luxury loungers and saltwater pool with 270-degree views of the sea.

Time for a cocktail.

— CJ

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Tourism in Belize continues to boom, according to the destination’s latest arrival data.

For the first nine months of 2016, Belize reported 293,622 stayover arrivals, a 16.4 percent increase over the same period in 2015 — making it one of the Caribbean’s fastest-growing tourism destinations.

The Cayo Espanto private-island resort in Belize.

The country has seen 15 consecutive months of record-breaking overnight arrival growth after what had been a sluggish start to 2015, according to the Belize Tourism Board.

The boom has been led by visitors from the United States, who accounted for 67.4 percent of market share, followed by visitors from Canada and Europe.

El Secreto in Belize.

Belize finished off the third quarter with 26.9 percent growth in September, with 18,115 overnight arrivals.

The surge in tourist growth has come in part due to new flights from American Airlines, United and Southwest Airlines in the last two years.

— Caribbean Journal Staff

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The Turquoize adults-only experience at the Hyatt Ziva resort in Cancun has another new amenity: butler service.

The all-inclusive property has added specially-trained “Turquoize butlers” to “cater to guests’ almost every whim,” according to the resort.

The company said the new butlers had “honed their skills through extensive training in order to offer the highest quality service to the resort’s valued guests.”

Hyatt Ziva Cancun is now the first all-inclusive in Mexico to offer butler service.

“Fulfilling our guests’ wants and needs with quality and personalized service is at the core of our overall mission,” said Kevin Froemming, Chief Marketing Officer of Playa Hotels & Resorts. Granting the opportunity for a personal butler to go above and beyond for each of our loyal guests is just another example of how we continue to raise the standard in hospitality.”

— CJ Staff

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Southwest Airlines had another strong month in September, according to the carrier’s latest data report.

Southwest flew 9.9 billion revenue passenger miles last month, up 7.9 percent from the 9.2 billion revenue passenger miles the company flew in September 2015.

Available seat miles increased to 11.8 billion, a jump of 6 percent, while load factor was a record for September at 84.2 percent (an increase of 1.5 percentage points over the same month in 2015).

Southwest has, like competitor JetBlue, been significantly expanding its network in the Caribbean to destinations like Nassau, above.

Southwest has embarked on a significant expansion push for the Caribbean region, with new flights to destinations including Cancun, Jamaica and, most recently, daily flights from Fort Lauderdale to Nassau, Bahamas.

— Caribbean Journal Staff

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