UN News – The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will be leading procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines to ensure that all countries have safe, fast and equitable access to initial doses when they are available. The vaccine procurement and distribution effort, involving over 170 economies, has the potential to become the world’s largest and fastest ever…
Read MoreVisitors to Turks and Caicos have to jump through a number of COVID-19 related hoops before being allowed to travel to the islands. Those who make the cut, however, will find more than two dozen hotels and resorts ready to welcome them back, particularly on the island of Providenciales. Preauthorization by the Turks and…
Read MoreBlue Diamond Resorts is reopening three of its Royalton-branded resorts in Punta Cana in October, Caribbean Journal has learned. On Oct. 1, the company will be relaunching the Royalton Punta Cana Resort and Spa; the Royalton Splash Punta Cana Resort and Spa; and the Hideaway at Royalton Punta Cana, all in the Dominican Republic’s…
Read MoreIn 2010, Jim Jardine decided it was time to slow the pace of his hectic life as software development professional in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Of all the options laying before him, owning a gin distillery on the Caribbean island of Grenada was far off his radar. After traveling 4,000 miles to plant roots in…
Read MoreDespite the stalling of international travel amid the pandemic, more and more travelers are looking to plan trips in 2021, according to new data from travel insurance aggregator Squaremouth. About 65 percent of all trips booked this year for 2021 are to international destinations, with a major Caribbean component, the company said. Mexico tops…
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