Caribbean Airlines is relaunching its flights between New York and Montego Bay, Jamaica, the carrier said this week.
On Dec. 19, the Trinidad-based airline will resume the route, with flights from Montego Bay to New York on Saturdays and Sundays and from New York to Montego Bay on Fridays and Saturdays.
The carrier is also resuming flights between Toronto and Kingston, with flights on Wednesdays and Sundays.
“We are pleased to offer our customers travel options during the upcoming peak holiday season,” said Garvin Medera, CEO of Caribbean Airlines. “Despite this being a challenging year for the aviation industry, our teams continue to work to provide customers at our active networks, the choice of safe, reliable travel.”
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Sandals Resorts International is reopening two more resorts in January, Caribbean Journal has learned.
That will include the reopening of the Sandals Halcyon Beach resort in Saint Lucia on Jan. 15 and the Sandals Royal Bahamian resort in Nassau, The Bahamas on Jan. 28.
This month, Sandals will complete the reopening of all its properties in Jamaica with the Dec. 17 relaunch of Sandals Ochi in Ocho Rios.
The company has already reopened 11 resorts in the Caribbean in destinations including Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Jamaica and Saint Lucia.
When the first Caribbean destinations began reopening in June, the travel world was filled with uncertainty. But in the six months since, the Caribbean has sent a message to the world that tourism reopenings can largely be done in a safe, effective manner — an important step for the future of the most tourism-dependent region on earth.
Of course, not everyone is returning to traveling, and every traveler needs to carefully consider their trip and the risks.
But a growing number of visitors are returning to the Caribbean — and that’s why we’ve brought back our monthly edition of Places to Go.
If you decide to go, make sure you do so while being conscious of everyone around you — most importantly, the people of the communities you’re visiting.
And when you travel, wear a mask, practice safe hygiene and please comply with each destination’s health protocols — each of which we’ve linked to below.
The sandbar at Cape Eleuthera in The Bahamas.
The Bahamas Last month, The Bahamas entered the newest phase of its tourism reopening, one that eliminated the quarantine requirement and opened up most of the country’s hotels (and its ever-popular boating sector). It should be noted that the reopening is country-wide, meaning all of the major islands are ready to welcome you back, with a different island for every type of traveler.
For adventure, make the journey to Andros and the Small Hope Bay Lodge; for a cosmopolitan getaway, try Nassau (where top hotels like Atlantis and the Baha Mar reopen this month, along with already-relaunched mainstays like Graycliff) for undiscovered beaches and private villas, there’s Grand Bahama. For historic charm, there’s Harbour Island. For boating, get a charter boat in Abaco.
The first-ever SLS hotel in Cancun is planning an “early 2021” debut, according to sbe Hotels.
The boutique SLS Cancun will launch in Mexico’s Puerto Cancun development, with a total of 45 suites, a private beach club, a signature SLS pools cape and access to Puerto Cancun’s amenities including a private marina and an 18-hole Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course.
Other amenities will include the Ciel Spa, a lobby bar designed by Piero Lissoni, and an Argentinian eatery called LENIA by Chef Jose Icardi.
It will be the second SLS-branded hotel in the wider Caribbean, joining the existing SLS Baha Mar in Nassau, The Bahamas (that property is slated to relaunch operations in mid-December).
