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By Guy Britton

There’s a nexus between impeccable service, thoughtful design and pure hospitality where you find the best kind of luxury.

It’s the sort of luxury that manifests itself often in the tiniest of details, in the turndown service, in the Nespresso machine in your pool cabana.

And it’s pervasive at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman.

This has long been one of the Caribbean’s greatest hotels, one that has long set the standard for world-class service.

And the longer you’re here, the more you realize just how complete a resort this is.

For every kind of desire, for every kind of traveler, there is the perfect vacation, from the world’s most beautiful nine-hole golf course to an unmatched kids’ program to a remarkably broad collection of restaurants that range from the superb steakhouse Seven to the ethereal Blue by Eric Ripert.

And it doesn’t matter whether you’re here with your significant other, or your kids, or your whole family — the vacation is tailored for you, whether you’re sipping champagne at sunset in the ocean or honing your tennis game.

The golf experience is superb.

This 365-room resort is a property that stretches from one side of Grand Cayman to the other, filling every square foot with luxury, with a magnificent spa, with plush rooms and, most importantly, a pristine perch on the wonderful Seven Mile Beach.

But it all comes back to that service, the sort of endlessly passionate effort that means you’re never left waiting or wanting or feeling that a need is unmet.

This is an exemplar for Caribbean hotels, a complete hotel that makes luxury seem effortless.

And that is no small detail.

For more, visit the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman.

— CJ

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By the Caribbean Journal staff

The world’s largest airline is adding a pair of new routes to the US Virgin Islands.

American Airlines will be launching new nonstop flights from both Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth to St Thomas, beginning Dec. 21, according to the US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism.

The new services will both operate weekly on Saturdays.

The Chicago service will operate on Airbus A319 aircraft with 128 seats, while the Dallas flights will be run on Boeing 757 aircraft with 176 seats, according to USVI Tourism Commissioner Nominee Joseph Boschulte.

The Secret Harbour resort in St Thomas.

“We are delighted with the confidence our airline partners have expressed in our destination,” said Commissioner Nominee Boschulte, who met with American Airlines’ leadership team in Dallas last month. “American has expressed a high confidence in and commitment to our destination and we look forward to making more announcements concerning the strengthening of aerial highways which connect travelers to both our airports, on St. Thomas and St. Croix.”

The Chicago route will operate seasonally, while the Dallas flight will run year round.

The capacity jump comes as the US Virgin Islands continues to see a tourism renaissance, and as St Thomas in particular is set for a major boost with the planned relaunch of the Ritz-Carlton, St Thomas this winter.

The Ritz-Carlton St Thomas is slated to relaunch this winter.

That property will return with a fully renovated experience, according to tourism officials.

The new flights also come as St Thomas continues to see more carriers adding capacity or expanding with new routes to the destination.

That includes Delta’s plans to add a second daily nonstop flight to St Thomas this summer from Atlanta, and an expansion by United of its Houston-St Thomas route to daily service beginning in June.

— CJ

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