Another Top Caribbean Private-Island Resort Is Reopening

As travelers continue to place a premium on seclusion amid the pandemic, another of the Caribbean’s most renowned private-island resorts is reopening in November, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The Petit St Vincent resort in the Grenadines is set to relaunch Nov. 1, a spokesperson for the property confirmed to Caribbean Journal. 

The 115-acre resort has 22 freestanding accommodations, along with a hillside spa, outdoor restaurants and bars and unlimited room service. 

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A unit at the property.

The property says that the country’s government has termed it a “Bubble Resort,” meaning guests will not be required to quarantine upon arrival if they arrive in St Vincent and the Grenadines with a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of arrival. 

The property is also offering a new option called “Private Peninsula,” which allows guests to reserve up to four cottages on the island’s eastern peninsula, “creating a secluded area with its own beach and outdoor dining pavilion,” according to the resort. 

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Petit St Vincent is also offering full island buyouts. 

St Vincent and the Grenadines reopened for tourism; you can find more on the country’s entry health and safety protocols here

And thanks to the country’s new Argyle International Airport, it’s easier than ever to reach the resort.

Indeed, American Airlines recently relaunched daily flight service from Miami to St Vincent.

Another of the country’s top private-island resorts, Palm Island, is scheduled to reopen on Oct. 14.

For more, visit Petit St Vincent

— CJ

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Live Aqua Beach Resort Punta Cana to Open in 2021

La Colección Resorts’ newest resort in the Dominican Republic is set to make its debut in February 2021, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The Live Aqua Beach Resort Punta Cana will be making its debut in February 2021 as the first-ever Live Aqua property outside of Mexico. 

A rendering of a plunge pool suite.

The new adults-only resort will include 347 suites across seven different room categories. 

The property will also boast 96,875 square feet of pools, along with a fitness center, seven eateries led by top Mexican chef Gerardo Rivera and 10,000 square feet of function space. 

The property will be reopening under parent company Posadas’ “Travel With Confidence” health and safety protocols. 

For more, visit Live Aqua Beach Resort Punta Cana

— CJ

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Donald Trump, Joe Biden address Puerto Rico’s ongoing crisis weeks before the elections

… causing major job losses.
“We (Puerto Rico) were intermediaries,” said Heriberto Martinez … of the Puerto Rico Economists Association, explaining that while Puerto Ricans did benefit … air pollution in Puerto Rico.
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Greek alphabet in use for storms this 2020

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has been so extremely active that storms are now being named by the Greek alphabet.

For only the second time in history, the National Hurricane Center used the Greek alphabet for storm names as the season’s 23rd storm threatens the Gulf Coast.

On Friday, Tropical Storm Wilfred, Subtropical Storm Alpha and Tropical Storm Beta formed within hours of each other.

After Wilfred officially formed, the hurricane center tweeted, “get out the Greek alphabet” for the rest of 2020.

Tropical Storm #Wilfred Advisory 1: Wilfred Forms in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic. Get Out the Greek Alphabet For the Rest of 2020. https://t.co/VqHn0u1vgc

— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 18, 2020

All three storms that formed Friday set records for the earliest 21st, 22nd and 23rd-named Atlantic storms, beating 2005 by several weeks.

The World Meteorological Organization names tropical cyclones and uses 21 of the 26 letters in the alphabet, in alphabetical order. The letters that are excluded are Q, U, X, Y and Z.

In 2005 there were 27 named storms, and the National Hurricane Center had to use six Greek letters. Zeta was the last-named storm of the active 2005 season, forming on Dec. 30. It was preceded by Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon.

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Hurricane Teddy moves to Bermuda

Meanwhile, Hurricane Teddy is located 515 km SSE of Bermuda and is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph (19 km/h).

In the latest forecast track, Teddy will approach Bermuda tonight, and the center should pass east of the island Monday morning.

Teddy has hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 80 miles (130 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 205 miles (335 km).

Bermuda Weather Service said that a tropical storm warning remains in effect.

The Atlantic hurricane season is still in its peak for a few more weeks and forecasters are currently watching about 2 disturbances for signs of development.

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Dominica three years after Maria

Multi awarded photographer and videographer Derek Galon shares the recovery of Dominica three years after being badly beaten by Hurricane Maria.

Galon shared in his Youtube channel his memoirs of the terrible devastation caused by Maria to Dominica on 18 September 2017.

“Lots of this footage is my personal, showing damage to our home at the time, and of us salvaging our stuff, and cutting a path through fallen forest to our neighbours,” says Derek

He hopes to give others a better picture of what Dominica went through and likewise share how the nature island recovered and progressed through in three short years.

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