By Dana Niland
CJ Contributor

Anguilla’s Zemi Beach House hotel has relaunched its main bar, now called the Bohio Lounge.

Previously known as The Bar & Lounge, the rename pays homage to the original indigenous people of Anguilla, the Taino Indians.

“Bohio” is the name for the thatched huts that the Taino people lived in, and were spaces for community congregation.

The new-look Bohio bar.

The name was used to reflect and remember this gathering space of the Tainos, as the lounge gathering is a space for guests of Zemi Beach House, according to the property.

Bohio serves pre- and after-dinner cocktails, champagne and wings to guests who gather to enjoy live music and conversation.

Zemi was the first major hotel in Anguilla to reopen in the wake of last year’s Hurricane Irma.

— CJ

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Canada’s Sunwing is adding another new nonstop route for the upcoming winter travel season, Caribbean Journal has learned.

The travel giant has announced plans for a nonstop flight between Quebec City and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

The new service will operate on Mondays beginning Dec. 17, running until April 15, 2019.

It’s the latest new route in what has been a year of rapid network expansion for the company.

“Saving customers time and money by enabling them to depart from their local airport is one of our key priorities, and we are delighted to be offering Quebecers even more choice this coming winter with the introduction of this new service,” said Sam Char, Executive Vice President of Sunwing Travel Group Quebec in a statement. “Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit are consistently popular vacation destinations and we’re sure this new service will be well received.”

Don’t miss the top Puerto Vallarta hotels.

— CJ

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It’s the first thing you see — the thing your eyes are drawn to — when you walk to the start of the ferry dock on Harbour Island in The Bahamas, a warm white-and-blue sign that says “Harbour Bar.”

But hidden away under the slanted roof, nudged between the Island Company retail shop and India Hicks’ store is something rather exciting.

The Harbour Bar is no ordinary watering hole — it’s the first branded bar by the Island Company, a sleek, terrifically outfitted little bar that is focused around Island Company Rum.

While there’s just a single rum here, the award-winning gold expression from Trinidad — and you can get it for just $5 a cup — the story here is a range of inspired cocktails – and a crisp but breezy place to sip that’s instantly one of the island’s top new places to gather.

The soundtrack is a loop of Island Company staffers’ favorites, the lighting properly dimmed and intriguing, the staff friendlier than any bar we’ve been to on the island.

It feels like it’s been here for years.

Yes, it’s branded, but the design is meant to make it part of the Harbour Island landscape, and it succeeds, with a handwritten menu and dark walls whose only clue to newness (it opened this week) is the freshness of the paint.

The Harbour Bar is a welcome stop in Dunmore Town, a much-needed drinking spot for this section of the harbor and, well, a great little rum bar.

It isn’t just the first thing you see when you step off the ferry dock.

It’s the first place you should go, too.

— CJ

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They’re luxury hotels — off the radar. Some are closely-guarded secrets, others are just plain undiscovered.

All of them offer a unique brand of Caribbean luxury that is the pinnacle of the hospitality experience, from more traditional retreats to the essence of eco-chic.

Here are five secret Caribbean luxury hotels you’ve probably never heard of.

It’s time to discover them.

Pagua Bay House, Dominica Yes, it’s time to return to Dominica. The island is making an admirable comeback from last year’s storms, and one of its top hotels has already made a comeback: the tiny, tranquil, Zen-filled Pagua Bay, home to a small collection of cabanas and suites, all of which are crisply designed. Our suggestion? Go for the plunge pool ocean suite — you won’t regret it. 

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