Caribbean Daily News

Divi Resorts’ Caymans Property Still without a Buyer

"Cayman Brac’s Divi Tiara Resort, which closed on September 23, 2006 and was put up for sale, has not yet found a buyer, according to parent company Divi Resorts, which operates eight resorts on five Caribbean islands,” reports Caribbean Digital… [Full Story]

Hyatt Bringing Hyatt Regency Brand to Trinidad

"Hyatt Corp. will open its briefcase in Trinidad for the first time with the debut of the 428-room Hyatt Regency Trinidad in Port of Spain in December, the first full-service hotel to open in Trinidad since 1962,” reports Caribbean Digital… [Full Story]

Carnival Wraps Up St. Maarten Pier Project

"Carnival Corp. said it has finalized an agreement with the government of St. Maarten and the Port of St. Maarten to provide $34.5 million in funding for the construction of a new two-berth cruise ship pier on the Caribbean island,”… [Full Story]

UK Visitors to Antigua, Barbuda on the Rise

"The Antigua and Barbuda Tourist Office has revealed a 20 percent rise in June UK visitor numbers to the twin-island nation, its largest monthly increase to date. This increase follows on from an average increase of 8 percent for the… [Full Story]

Cell Phones Banned On One Beach In The Caribbean - Its A Start!

Rob Barrett, chief executive of Elite Resort Islands - owner of Palm Island - confirmed that guests will be prevented from using mobiles, laptops or PDAs within half a mile of Casarina beach.

DFW to Provo Flights

DFW International Airport will serve two more international destinations with the addition of American Airlines flights to Panama City, Panama as well as Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. American will fly four times a week from DFW to Panama City,… [Full Story]

Jamaica’s Pegasus Hotel Gutted By Fire

"Fire officials were Wednesday continuing their probe into the cause of the fire that gutted the State-owned 300- room Pegasus Hotel. The fire, which eyewitnesses said started in a storeroom in the basement of the 17-storey building, forced the evacuation… [Full Story]

Quiet tourism heroes of Hurricane Dean

"Hurricane Dean has caused very little damage to tourism destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico. But, can these destinations afford to become complacent when it comes to hurricane preparedness? eTN tourism crisis expert David Beirman weighs in,” reports David Beirman… [Full Story]

Dean closest to Cayman

Dean is about at it’s closest point of approach with Cayman. Luckily the eye of the storm is about 100 miles south. Amazingly, with a strong Category Four hurricane so close by, power is still on in parts, and reports… [Full Story]

Cayman Islands Brace for Hurricane Dean

NPR gives the following report…

The Cayman Islands readied for a brush with Hurricane Dean, which has already killed eight people, as Texas officials on Monday opened emergency centers and passed out sandbags in preparation for a possible… [Full Story]

Hurricane Dean batters Jamaica

"Hurricane Dean buffeted Jamaica’s southern coast, flooding the capital and littering it with broken trees and roofs after killing nine people as it tore through the Carribbean on Monday toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula,” reports Reuters UK.

Reuters reports…… [Full Story]

Jamaica Prepares for Hurricane Dean Hit

"Jamaicans headed inland and tourists fled the country as Hurricane Dean headed for a direct hit on the island Sunday after a deadly and destructive march across the eastern Caribbean. Coastal Texas and Mexico began evacuations, with many Texans hoping… [Full Story]

Are You Scared Of Hurricanes In The Caribbean?

Meteorologists & the media often hype nasty Tropical weather, and indeed, the destruction caused by an intense Hurricane is awesome.  But I can’t tell you how many emails we receive from folks after a storm, asking if a certain Island… [Full Story]

American announces airfare sale

American Airlines and American Eagle have launched fare sales from South Florida to select destinations in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Latin America.

The fares are available for travel from early September to early October and from early January… [Full Story]

How I Scored a New U.S. Passport in One Day

"When my car was stolen in Miami a few weeks ago with everything I own inside (as usual, I was between homes), my passport was among the things I lost. With all the nightmare stories of passport backlogs and international… [Full Story]