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By the Caribbean Journal staff

Royal Caribbean has launched construction on yet another new Oasis-class cruise ship, the company announced this week.

The as-yet-unnamed ship officially celebrated the cutting of the first steel at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France.

The new ship is slated to make its debut in 2021 as the fifth in the Oasis class of the company’s cruise ships.

The new ship will feature the signature “seven-neighborhood” layout concept and a “bold and unexpected lineup of thrilling experiences,” the company said in a statement.

The Oasis class ships have several signature amenities, from options like the tallest slide on a cruise ship to the first zip line at sea.

— CJ

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By Alexander Britell

The Caribbean’s best film fete is returning to the French Caribbean this year for what will be the 24th edition of the St Barth Film Festival.

This year’s festival, which focuses on Caribbean and international film, will run from April 28 through May 4.

This year’s opening night film is a documentary about reggae, Inna de Yard, which will be shown on the dock in Gustavia in collaboration with the concomitant West Indies Regatta.

The festival was first created in 1996, aiming to give the island and its population the opportunity to discover the wealth of Caribbean culture — and put a renewed spotlight on regional cinema.

This year’s event will include a mix of films including some from Cuba and Mexico, with the closing film to be Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar-winning Roma.

“We are very excited about the 24th anniversary of the St Barth Film Festival, as we have directors, actors, and producers coming from Haiti, Chile, Colombia, France, Argentina, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana,” said Ellen Lampert-Greaux, the organizer of the festival in partnership with Joshua Harrison. “Since we founded the festival in 1996, it has become a crossroads for Caribbean cinema, offering filmmakers the chance to meet each other and see each other’s work in the idyllic setting of Saint Barth.”

For more, visit the St Barth Film Festival.

— CJ

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By the Caribbean Journal staff

One of the hottest hotel pipelines in the Caribbean Basin might not be the one you expect.

Set on the southwestern coast of the Caribbean Sea, Colombia has almost 4,000 rooms in construction, according to the latest data from analytics firm STR.

Colombia has 3,826 rooms in construction, the second most in all of Latin America.

That total represents 7.3 percent of its existing hotel room supply, according to the company.

And while Cartagena continues to be the country’s halo destination, the growth has spread across the country, from a surge in Bogota to renewed construction in destinations like Medellin.

— CJ

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