By the Caribbean Journal staff

It’s been a busy few weeks for one of the biggest hotel companies in the Caribbean — and now Melia is at it again.

Melia has unveiled the fruits of its $30 million project to turn the Melia Caribe Tropical resort into two distinct all-inclusive beach hotels in the Dominican Republic.

The new adults-only Melia Punta Cana Beach Resort.

The company has officially opened the new adults-only Melia Punta Cana Beach Resort and the family-friendly Melia Caribe Beach Resort, both set on Punta Cana’s famous Bavaro Beach, home to the most popular tourist destination in the Dominican Republic.

The adults-only Melia Punta Cana will also include The LEVEL, Melia’s “elevated service” concept, meaning an exclusive pool, restaurant, VIP check-in lounge and premium beverages, among other amenities.

The 538-room hotel, which will include 136 LEVEL suites, will include five new dining concepts, including the signature Mediterranean-inspired Mosaico.

A LEVEL suite at the Melia Punta Cana.

The family-friendly Melia Caribe Beach Resort includes 609 rooms, including 154 LEVEL suites, along with 132 “beachside family rooms” and 332 premium beachside and deluxe rooms.

Dining concepts range from the all-day eatery Riviera to the Japanese-style Hokkaido.

A deluxe room at the Melia Caribe Beach Resort.

The Melia Caribe will debut two more restaurants, Tartufo and Bazaar, later this year, according to a statement from the company.

The twin-resort debut comes as Melia just opened its new Grand Reserve at the Paradisus Palma Real and launched a new luxury hotel in Cuba.

The growth continues to solidify Melia’s position in the Dominican Republic — the company’s second-biggest market in the Caribbean, after Cuba.

For more, visit the Melia Caribe and the Melia Punta Cana.

— CJ

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If you thought last year’s slate of new hotels in the Caribbean was impressive, you’re in for quite the treat in 2019. 

The region is welcoming a remarkably diverse collection of hotels and resorts this year, from luxury small-island boutiques to gleaming new all-inclusives. 

The biggest star for 2019? What seems to be the Caribbean’s newest hotel hotspot, Dominica, which has three hotels on this list (along with a signfiicant renovation of a fourth hotel, the Fort Young)— sending a big message to the travel world a little more than a year after last year’s storms. 

We’ve put together a list of our favorite new debuts for 2019, including some properties that launched at the very end of 2018 and others that are coming on stream in the months ahead. 

Where will you be checking in next?

Cabrits Resort Kempinski Dominica Easily the most exciting new property set to open in 2019, this will be Kempinski’s first hotel in the English-speaking Caribbean, following its 2017 debut of the spectacular Gran Hotel Manzana in Havana. The new Dominica hotel, which will be set outside Portsmouth on the northern tip of the island, will have 160 rooms, a spa and sweeping gardens, among other amenities. Another reason to be excited? It’s the latest project from Range Developments, responsible for the stunning Park Hyatt St Kitts.

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By the Caribbean Journal staff

It’s been a year of broad expansion for low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, which has been rapidly growing its network in the Caribbean Basin.

And now the airline has added another new route to the region.

Spirit has kicked off its new service from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to the Colombian destination of Cali, a city that is now Spirit’s fifth destination in Colombia.

The new route comes a little over a month after Spirit launched new flights from Orlando to another popular destination in Colombia: Cartagena.

Cali is set in the southwestern corner of Colombia.

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