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The Caribbean could be close to breaking a record. The Caribbean Tourism Organization is projecting that tourist arrivals to the region will exceed 30 million for the first time ever this year. That would follow a record 28.7 million tourist arrivals to the region in 2015. Tourist arrivals to the region were up by…
By Robert Di PanoCJ Contributor BIMINI — A major new hotel has opened its doors in the Bahamas. Hilton at Resorts World Bimini held its grand opening this weekend, a highly-anticipated debut that brings a cutting-edge hotel to the 700-island chain. Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie, who was on hand for the junkanoo-style opening…
By Sarah Greaves-GabbadonCJ Travel Editor Is this France’s Tree Of the Year? The owners of Martinique’s Habitation Cèron (and likely the entire population of the French-Caribbean island) think so. And they hope you will, too. That’s because the 300-year-old Zamana tree, on the grounds of the 17th-century sugarcane estate in Le Prêcheur, is a…
In the beginning, there was Kali. Long before St Martin was one of the Caribbean’s top travel destinations, there was Kali. Just Kali and his beach bar. This is Kali’s, the first beach bar in St Martin when it opened on Friar’s Bay almost 36 years ago. And today, the legend remains, serving cocktails…
St Barth — it’s perhaps the crown jewel of the Caribbean, but that can often mean some of the region’s highest prices. In the summer, though, St Barth is just as beautiful, but the crowds thin and so do the rates. It makes staying in St Barth far more affordable, especially if you go for…