While Hurricane Matthew passed over Exuma as a Category 3 storm, Sandals’ Emerald Bay resort sustained just “superficial damage,” according to the company.

The resort never lost power and guests remained comfortable, Sandals said in a statement following the passage of the storm.

“Initial review suggests that the resort sustained superficial damage, but a complete assessment will take place as soon as possible,” the company said.

Sandals was and is very prepared,” said Sandals Resorts Chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart. “Our hurricane management protocol and ability to generate power at every Sandals Resort, allows our team to remain in communication and to provide services critical during a storm like Matthew.”

— CJ Staff

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The joy of St. Barth is that, while it’s a tiny island, it’s full of tucked away spots, secluded beaches and romantic vistas. Just take a quick morning trip and you’ll have the sand all to yourself, like here at Marigot Beach.

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Superstar Esperanza Spalding will be highlighting this year’s Dominican Republic Jazz Festival, organizers announced this week.

The four-time Grammy-award-winning Spalding, one of the leading jazz artists today, will be joined by featured artists including Terri Lynne Carrington, the Patricia Zarate Quintet and the Big Band Conservatory of Santo Domingo, among others.

This year’s festival will be its 20th annual edition after first debuting in 1997; it will run Nov. 8-12.

The free event will include four days of concerts in Santo Domingo, Santiago, Puerto Plata and Cabarete, respectively. It will begin with a concert in Plaza España in the heart of Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone.

VIP tickets are available, along with priority seating, complimentary beverages and other perks.

— CJ Staff

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Round Hill Hotel & Villas in Jamaica is offering guests the chance to begin the new year with a four-day, three-night holistic retreat, hosted by wellness coach Shayna Hiller, from January 19-22, 2017.

Hiller – a U.S.-based expert in the fields of nutrition, yoga and meditation, and author of Don’t Judge Me By My Cover – will guide guests through a practice of intention and goal-setting to reinvigorate those who want to improve their health for the coming year.

She will provide participants with methods for integrating mind, body and spirit, with the added bonus of a backdrop of Caribbean waters.

The retreat is designed to teach guests how to love their bodies, eliminate self-doubt and shame, manage stress, feel more confident, increase intimacy in their lives and lose excess weight.

For more information, visit Round Hill.

— Dana Niland, CJ Contributor

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Delta today reported a decline in unit revenues for September, amid strong operating performance and lower fall capacity levels.

Consolidated passenger revenue per available seat-mile declined three percent for the month year over year.

The airline attributed the dip to a continued supply-demand imbalance in the trans-Atlantic and headwinds from prior year Yen hedge gains in September.

The airline said pressures from close-in domestic yields moderated slightly in September with the implementation of its fall schedule.

Mainline completion factor – the percentage of flights that were not canceled – came in at 99.9 percent for the month, with preliminary data showing 90.2 percent of those flights arrived on time.

— Dana Niland

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