By Dana Niland
CJ Contributor

Princess Cruises officially kicked off its new season of Mexican Riviera cruises this week, part of a wider push on the West Coast.

The company’s Royal Princess cruise ship arrived in the Port of Los Angeles for the line’s biggest West Coast cruise season.

Royal Princess sails weekly to the Mexican Riviera from Los Angeles now through April 27, then sails north to Vancouver for a season of Alaska cruises before returning to Los Angeles in September where the ship will homeport for six months, continuing cruises to Alaska, the Mexican Riviera and the California coast.

Royal Princess is a MedallionClass ship powered by the OceanMedallion, a wearable device in the global hospitality industry, delivering a personalized vacation that gives guests more time to enjoy what they love most about cruising.

Features aboard Royal Princess include the large atrium or “Piazza,” offering entertainment and culinary delights; the overwater SeaWalk – a 60-foot-long glass walkway standing 128 feet above the ocean; an expansive Lotus Spa and adults-only Retreat Pool and Sanctuary.

It’s part of a growing trend of cruises fro the West Coast, as more cruise lines, from Princess to Carnival to Holland America, expand their cruise operations in California.

— CJ

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The Bahamas’ surging development pipeline continues to grow, with another major new project set for its tourism hub of Paradise Island.

The more than $250 million Hurricane Hole Marina project is the newest by Sterling Global Development, a mixed-use development that will include an expansion of the iconic marina, a pool, two restaurants, a bank, a gourmet market, office space all centered around a collection of residences.

The first residential component of the project will be Sterling Commons, a collection of eight two-bedroom units and four one-bedroom units.

They’re designed by architect Russel Fleisher, who said his vision for the units was inspired by luxury yacht design.

Every residence will have views of the Hurricane Hole Marina and Nassau Harbor.

The biggest perk? Owners will have the option to join the Ocean Club on Paradise Island, with access to the championship 18-hole golf course, clubhouse and the beach and tennis club.

The updated marina will include fitness facilities, an on-demand concierge, a fuel dock and the ability to accommodate yachts in excess of 200 feet.

It’s the latest regional development for Sterling, which also has projects underway in Nassau, Eleuthera and Abaco.

It joins several other high-profile real estate projects in Nassau, from the recently-completed One Ocean to the $250 million Margaritaville development at The Pointe downtown Nassau.

And it’s another big project for The Bahamas, which continues to sizzle as a destination.

For more, visit Sterling.

— CJ

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By Alexander Britell

Range Developments, the company behind the hottest luxury developments in the Caribbean right now, is adding another new project in the region.

The island of Grenada will soon be home to a new Six Senses resort, part of a major new development in the La Sagesse area.

La Sagesse will be a master-planned development slated to open in 2022.

It’s the latest luxury project in the Caribbean for Range, which is behind luxury developments including the Park Hyatt St Kitts and the soon-to-debut Kempinski in Dominica.

La Sagesse Beach.

Range is also developing a Six Senses-branded resort on the island of St Kitts.

“We have been impressed by the welcome and the opportunities in Grenada,” said Mohammed Asaria, managing director and board member at Range Developments. “We look forward to working together on this exciting project.”

La Sagesse will include two luxury five-star hotels, along with oceanfront villas, spas, retail and watersports facilities, according to the company.

The project will be part of Grenada’s citizenship by investment program.

“We are extremely delighted to welcome such an experienced hospitality developer to Grenada,” Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell said in a statement. “Range Developments is well known for the high quality of its hotels and for the ability to deliver the results in our region.”

Six Senses, which is now part of the IHG portfolio, is one of the world’s leading luxury brands, with a focus on wellness.

“We are very excited about coming to Grenada, the legendary spice island of yore,” said Bernhard Bohnenberger, president of Six Senses. “The ease of access from the United States and from Europe is also a very positive factor as these markets represent our two most prominent markets who embrace the quintessence of Six Senses.”

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Who is the greatest living artist in the Caribbean?

Every island would have its answer, but for the island of St Martin, there’s en easy choice: Sir Roland Richardson, the Marigot-based legend who has been depicting the beauty of the island for decades.

And now his art gallery, long one of the island’s signature spots before the 2017 hurricane, has completed its comeback.

The Roland Richardson Gallery Museum, set in the heart of the French Caribbean town, had been shuttered since Hurricane Irma in 2017.

The gallery relaunched last month with a show called “A Flotilla on Turquoise,” showcasing a collection of “regatta” paintings spanning the last decade of St Maarten’s Heineken Regatta.

Richardson, who paints his pictures “en plein air,” can often be found painting outdoors across the island.

Known as the “father of Caribbean impressionism,” Richardson’s work has celebrated St Martin’s beauty for more than forty decades.

— CJ

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