News

First, Marriott takes-over the Carambola resort (under the Renaissance brand), now Wyndham is coming to the island. Throw-in a new conference/convention center at the airport and major momentum on the larger, multi-use projects and St Croix appears poised to finally break-through into the upper echelon of Caribbean destinations.

January 25, 2008

Even more new air service

Air Jamaica new service to Grenada from Montego Bay (connecting from Atlanta or Miami)

Cayman Air renewed service to/from Chicago and expanded service from NYC (JFK)

Delta once weekly non-stop service from Atlanta to Bonaire and St Kitts on Saturdays

JetBlue daily, non-stop service from JFK to St Maarten (SXM) and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Also daily flights from Orlando to Santo Domingo begin in March.

November 13, 2007

Updated Air Service Listings to the Caribbean

(We'll be adding listings into the season)

From the United Kingdom

British Airways:

London Heathrow - service to Providenciales, Turks & Caicos (connection in Nassau); Nassau, Bahamas and Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (connection in Nassau)

London Gatwick - service to Antigua; Barbados; and Kingston, Jamaica with further connections to St Lucia; Grenada and Port of Spain, Trinidad; Tobago

Virgin Atlantic:

Antigua St Lucia Barbados Grenada Tobago Jamaica (Kingston and Montego Bay) Cuba

BMI:
Manchester to Antigua, Barbados

November 9, 2007

Updated Air Service Listings to the Caribbean

American Airlines to the Caribbean (does not include American Eagle flights within the Caribbean):

Antigua (Newark, Boston)

Aruba (BWI, Boston, Dallas, Miami, JFK, San Francisco)

Bahamas - Georgetown (Miami); Nassau (Chicago, Dallas, Ft Lauderdale, Miami)

Barbados - Bridgetown (Boston, Houston, Miami, JFK, DCA [Reagan], St Louis)

Curacao (Atlanta, Detroit, Miami)

Dominican - Santo Domingo (Boston, Dallas, Ft Lauderdale, Las Vegas, LAX, Miami, Newark, JFK);

Punta Cana (Las Vegas, Miami, JFK); Puerto Plata (LAX, Miami); Santiago (Miami, JFK);

La Romana (Miami)

Grand Cayman (LAX, Miami)

Haiti (Dallas, Ft Lauderdale, Miami, JFK, Orlando)

Jamaica - Kingston (Miami, New Orleans); Montego Bay (Dallas, Miami, JFK)

Panama - Panama City (Boston, Miami)

Puerto Rico - San Juan (Boston, BWI, Chicago, Dallas, Ft Lauderdale, Hartford, Las Vegas, LAX,

Miami, JFK, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, Dulles/IAD)

US Virgin Islands - St Thomas (Boston, BWI, Dallas, Hartford, JFK, Miami)

St Croix (Miami, LAX, Raleigh)

St Maarten (Boston, JFK, Miami, Philadelphia, St Louis)

St Kitts (Miami, JFK, DCA/Reagan)

St Lucia (Miami, Minneapolis, JFK)

Trinidad (Miami, JFK)

Turks and Caicos (BWI [schedule shows direct flight in, none out], Miami, JFK)

Belize (Atlanta, Dallas, Washington DCA & IAD)

Mexico - Cancun (Chicago, Dallas, Hartford, JFK, Miami, LAX, Reno, St Louis, DCA/Reagan)

Cozumel (Dallas, Miami)

Guatemala City (Dallas, Denver, Miami, San Juan)

Costa Rica - Liberia (Dallas, Miami)

Honduras (Miami)

American Eagle from San Juan:

Anguilla Grenada

Antigua Dominican Republic

Aruba Panama City

Virgin Gorda Guadeloupe

Bonaire Trinidad

Barbados Costa Rica

St Vincent/Grenadines US Virgin Islands (St Croix, St Thomas)

Dominica St Kitts

Martinique St Lucia

Nevis St Maarten

November 2007

Updated Air Service Listings to the Caribbean

JetBlue offers service to:

Aruba (from Boston & JFK)

Aguadilla (JFK & Orlando), Ponce (JFK, Orlando through FLL) and San Juan (JFK, Orlando & Boston)

Puerto Plata, Santiago, Santa Domingo - Dominican Republic (JFK for all, Boston for Santiago)

Nassau, Bahamas (JFK & Boston)

Cancun, Mexico (JFK & Boston)

St Maarten (JFK)

November 2, 2007

Barbados Airport Improvements

The Barbados government has committed to having their Grantley Adams International Airport up to Category 1 aviation standards by the end of 2007. This change was necessitated by the increased air traffic to the island. Current estimates are that more than 2.3 million visitors pass through the airport each year.

Dominica - some tax changes!

November 1, 2007

The island of Dominica has many of the tax advantages foreign investors look for. These include:

No capital gains taxes.

No estate taxes.

Also, it is english-speaking, offers fairly easy opportunities to create locally registered companies and no restrictions on repatriation of monies

Effective January 1, 2008, the government of Dominica is phasing-in some changes to their tax structure. The withholding tax will be a fixed 15%. Individual income tax rates will be: 0 for the first $20,000 EC; 15% for the next $20,000 EC; and 25% for the next $20,000 EC and 35% above that. Withholding taxes apply to all monies paid to non-residents.

August 13, 2007

New Air Service to the Caribbean:

from the New York area -

American Airlines - St Kitts and St Lucia

Air Jamaica - Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia

Cayman Airlines - Grand Cayman

Continental - Bonaire

Delta - St Thomas, US Virgin Islands

JetBlue - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

from Atlanta -

Delta - Montego Bay, Jamaica; Martinique; Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; Tobago

from Detroit -

Northwest - St Thomas, US Virgin Islands

from Ft Lauderdale -

Jet Blue - Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; St Martin, Netherlands Antilles

August 1, 2007

US Virgin Islands

A recent ruling by a US Federal Court has struck-down the several year old "Personal Use Tax" created by the Virgin Island Legislature, which placed a 4% levy on all goods valued over $1,000 brought into the islands for individual use. Good news for those bringing-in cars, appliances, etc.... or even those hoping to negotiate better prices on these items with the island's vendors!