Caribbean airlines struggle
Passengers traveling to and from Trinidad and Tobago on the Caribbean nation’s flag carrier are no longer greeted by the famous steelpan and green and gold trademarks that have distinguished BWIA West Indies Airways. As of midnight Sunday, Trinidad-owned BWIA ceased to exist. It is being replaced by Caribbean Airlines, which was expected […]

Cruise ship may stop at Brac

Negotiations are in progress for the first cruise ship to visit Cayman Brac for more than five years. According to Port Superintendent Ashton Bodden, the last cruise ship call was April 2001. This was a small luxury cruse ship, the Windstar, which stopped twice on the Brac altogether and its […]

The Caribbean: cruise-ship free
On islands the ships bypass, empty beaches and authentic charms await. On my first trip to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands a decade ago, I was struck by the island ’s laid-back north coast, ribboned with tranquil coves of plush white sand. One that stayed planted in my memory was idyllic […]

Caribbean Maidens

The only snowballs are those sickly-sweet cocktails. The only skis are the ones that whizz across the clear, turquoise water. This is the Caribbean in winter - a necklace of sunshine islands a world away from the cold, grey UK skies. Cricket is still king and the pace of life is slower than an […]

Couples Seeking Out Destination Weddings
Christy Lee Hughes wanted her wedding to be a fantasy come true, exchanging vows with Thomas, her husband to be, on a gorgeous, windswept, white sand beach. So the couple looked a few thousand miles south to the Bahamas and booked their April wedding at Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort in Nassau, […]