Set 90 miles from the Cayman Islands’ tourism hub in Grand Cayman, a new cruise destination could soon be emerging in the Caribbean. 

The Cayman Islands is planning to develop a cruise pier on the island of Cayman Brac, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

Cayman Brac is a small, quiet, eco-centric destination with just a handful of boutique hotels, some great beaches, world-class diving and a growing adventure offering. 

The plan, Cayman Islands Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan told Caribbean Journal, is to make Cayman Brac a boutique, small-ship destination, one that maintain’s the island’s relaxed identity and fulfills a priority of “quality, not quantity.”

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Bermuda’s traditional tourism stronghold has always been the Northeastern United States. That’s not exactly a surprise; it’s a very short flight from important markets like New York and Boston, and travelers in those cities have for decades been a major source of tourism. 

But in the last few years, Bermuda’s travel footprint has been expanding, a push that got a major lift with last year’s debut of the new boutique airline Bermudair, which has begun connecting Bermuda to a number of cities that haven’t typically been areas of focus. 

The new boutique airline serving Bermuda just launched a pair of new nonstop routes to the Atlantic island, in a big boost for the destination’s connectivity. 

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Riu’s highly-anticipated new resort in greater Montego Bay now has an opening date: July 1, 2024, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The new all-inclusive resort is now taking reservations for stays beginning July 1, 2024, according to Riu’s Web site. 

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Ian Fleming began writing the book that would become Casino Royale at his seaside villa in the town of Oracabessa, Jamaica in February 1952. 

It was here on the outskirts of Ocho Rios that Fleming would forge the story of the British spy that would forever change the world of literature and cinema. 

This week, 71 years after he began typing at his desk (which still exists at what is now Chris Blackwell’s Goldeneye resort), American Airlines officially began scheduled flights to the airport that now bears Fleming’s name. 

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