The first-ever Marriott resort in Belize is expanding, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The Alaia Belize residential resort, which is part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, has announced a new real estate project called Alaia Beach Club. 

The adults-only Alaia Beach Club will include a total of 120 “studios,” all of which have been designed to face the ocean and the resort’s pool amenities. 

It will set directly adjacent to Alaia in San Pedro Town in Belize’s popular Ambergris Caye. 

The Alaia Beach Club studios, which range from 507 to 799 square feet, include custom furniture design by Deobra Aguiar; limestone flooring; mini bars; custom-selected bedroom, living room and patio furniture; and curated wall art, among other amenities. 

Units start at $180,000, according to the company.

The Alaia Beach Club will include multiple adults-only pools, a pool event lawn, a meeting and convention space and a beach club. 

So far, 44 units have already been reserved, according to Waypoint Real Estate, which is handling sales at the project. 

“We were so pleased with the success of our Phase 1 sales at Alaia we decided earlier this year to add a second Phase,” said Andrew Ashcroft, developer of Alaia Belize. “Over 80 percent of our inventory was purchased prior to our resort opening. The next step was to create a new phase that complimented our first phase and appealed to a new market segment.”

Alaia opened its doors in early May as the hottest new resort in Belize in years, with a residential-resort design and amenities like a rooftop bar, a suspended pool, a PADI-certified dive center a private beach. 

For more, contact info@alaiabelize.com or visit Alaia Belize.

— CJ

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It’s only open by day. 

They come by boat or helicopter, or by short jaunt from the tents at the Barbuda Ocean Club. 

And the early returns are spectacular. 

This is the Caribbean’s hottest new restaurant, and it just so happens to be Robert De Niro’s new Nobu in Barbuda. 

It’s set on a stunning stretch of sand on the increasingly hip island of Barbuda, and it’s home to exquisitely good food — a full-fledged Nobu hidden away on a remote beach in the Eastern Caribbean. 

The new Nobu is part of a broader Nobu Beach Inn project, as Caribbean Journal Invest reported earlier this year, and it’s already becoming a local favorite. 

The menu is classic Nobu — superbly sourced sushi, outstanding entrees like miso black cod and even a Wagyu selection, and right now the eatery is open from Wednesday to Sunday, starting at 12 PM.

And yes, it gives new meaning to the term “destination restaurant” — with most guests literally flying or sailing to the island just for a meal at Nobu.

Barbuda is quietly becoming a favorite among the jet set, thanks to the buzz around De Niro’s hotel project and the significant Barbuda Ocean Club, just the second Discovery Land Company project tin the wider region (you may be familiar with the first – the ultra-exclusive Baker’s Bay in Abaco). 

The latter is helping draw new guests to the island, with a selection of glamping-style tents available for real estate suitors at the development, which will include a Tom Fazio-designed golf course. 

And that’s along with Barbuda’s already-lovely selection of boutique hotels like the Barbuda Belle and the lovely Barbuda Cottages, among others. 

In other words — it’s the sort of island where you’ll want to stay for dinner and breakfast, too. 

— CJ

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