By the Caribbean Journal staff

Royal Caribbean has launched construction on yet another new Oasis-class cruise ship, the company announced this week.

The as-yet-unnamed ship officially celebrated the cutting of the first steel at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France.

The new ship is slated to make its debut in 2021 as the fifth in the Oasis class of the company’s cruise ships.

The new ship will feature the signature “seven-neighborhood” layout concept and a “bold and unexpected lineup of thrilling experiences,” the company said in a statement.

The Oasis class ships have several signature amenities, from options like the tallest slide on a cruise ship to the first zip line at sea.

— CJ

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By the Caribbean Journal staff

One of the hottest hotel pipelines in the Caribbean Basin might not be the one you expect.

Set on the southwestern coast of the Caribbean Sea, Colombia has almost 4,000 rooms in construction, according to the latest data from analytics firm STR.

Colombia has 3,826 rooms in construction, the second most in all of Latin America.

That total represents 7.3 percent of its existing hotel room supply, according to the company.

And while Cartagena continues to be the country’s halo destination, the growth has spread across the country, from a surge in Bogota to renewed construction in destinations like Medellin.

— CJ

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By the Caribbean Journal staff

Puerto Rico’s Luis Munoz International Airport in San Juan is seeing surging growth, according to new data from parent company ASUR.

The airport, one of the major regional hubs in the wider Caribbean, saw a 23.8 percent year-over-year increase in air traffic in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the first three months of 2018.

That was buoyed by a 23.2 percent increase in domestic traffic (that is, from the continental United States), along with a 29.9 percent increase in international traffic.

It was a strong sign not just of rebound from Hurricane Maria but actually positive growth, as more and more carriers both expand capacity and add new routes to the destination.

ASUR also operates airports in Mexico and Colombia.

— CJ

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