Nature Photography of Dominica’s Yuri Jones
By Tim Cotroneo Photographer Yuri Jones was born into a landscape photographer’s dream environment. Jones’ native Dominica is an island wonderland of
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Blue Light Caribbean – A Gin Story
By Tim Cotroneo In 2010, Jim Jardine decided it was time to slow the pace of his hectic life as a software development professional in Calgary, Alberta. Of all the options laying before him, owning a gin distillery on the Caribbean island of Grenada was far off his radar. After traveling 4,000 miles to plant […]
Designer Reveals What Makes Sandals Resort So Romantic
By Tim Cotroneo In 1995, Sarah Hartman was hired to join one other interior designer working on the Sandals Resorts portfolio of eight Caribbean properties. Today Hartman serves as the Director of Interior Design for Sandals Resorts International’s billion-dollar operation that includes 23 hotels located on 7 Caribbean islands. Hartman has the enviable task of […]
A 5,000 Mile Kiteboarding Journey to Turks and Caicos
How does one shift from a corporate banking career in Budapest, Hungary, to becoming co-owner of a kiteboarding business located 5,000-miles away in
Profile: Travel Photographer Dani Ashley
Travel photographer Dani Ashley has followed her passion all over the world. Dani has ventured as far north as Iceland and she’s also toted her camera to the turquoise waters of the Maldives and Seychelles. Travel Dreams caught up with Dani and asked if she’d share some of her favorite photos, as well as her […]
Dennis’ Cocktail Bar and Restaurant in Antigua
As a child, Dennis Thomas often climbed to the top of a hill sandwiched between two of Antigua’s most beautiful beaches. Upon reaching the pinnacle of this hill, Thomas would daydream of owning a restaurant that would honor the cooking of his mother and the memory of his father. In 2006, Thomas’ dream came true […]
An Interview with Four Seasons GM
John Conway
Engaged. That’s how Four Seasons General Manager John Conway wants guests to feel when staying at his iconic resort perched on one of the Bahamas’ most idyllic beaches. The Ocean Club and Four Seasons recently incurred a hospitality marriage made in heaven. When the Four Seasons brand embraced The Ocean Club as part of their […]
One Man 7 Caribbean Islands
An Interview with Wilbert Mason of Ocean Club Resorts Which Caribbean island is the best? If you only had one person to ask this question, Wilbert Mason, the Managing Director of Ocean Club Resorts in the Turks and Caicos Islands, would be a perfect choice. That’s because Mason’s nearly 20 years in the hospitality industry […]
Anguilla’s Rhum Room – It’s Not What You Think
If you thought the 16-mile-long Caribbean island of Anguilla was thick with rum bars you’d be wrong. In fact, when the Rhum Room at Zemi Beach House Resort opened in 2016, it became the island’s first and only rum bar. If in your mind’s eye you envision the Rhum Room as a rustic shack that’s […]
Making Beach Bar Music in Great Exuma
Musically, the owner of Exuma Point Beach Bar and Grill has a legendary first name to live up to. When asked if he is the singer in the family, Elvis Rolle shakes his head and smiles, “I’m a dancer.” If Exuma Point Beach Bar patrons are hoping for high notes to accompany their Punch Cocktail, […]
