As the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season opens, Caribbean investment remains buoyant — with CBI programmes, hotel development, and renewable energy all driving regional confidence.

The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season opens as the Caribbean investment boom continues at full pace — CBI programmes are drawing record capital flows, hotel development pipelines are the fullest in years, and Guyana’s oil pre-production momentum is transforming Georgetown’s property market.

Edition 100 of the Caribbean Property & Investment Review arrives as the region marks six months since the twin catastrophes of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. We assess the reconstruction trajectory across the affected territories, Trinidad Carnival 2018’s full economic impact, spring tourism trends and Caribbean foreign direct investment.

Caribbean 2017 tourism season accelerates with strong summer advance bookings. CBI investment flows remain robust across the Eastern Caribbean, Brexit negotiations intensify their implications for regional financial centres, and Barbados faces a critical fiscal juncture.

One month into the Panama Papers scandal, the fallout for Caribbean offshore financial centres — particularly the BVI and Cayman Islands — is intensifying. Regulators and governments are under pressure to deliver beneficial ownership transparency, with direct implications for Caribbean property holding structures and citizenship by investment programmes.

Andrew Holness and the JLP won Jamaica’s 3 March election by a razor-thin margin. As this April edition goes to press, the Panama Papers — a massive global leak of offshore financial records — are breaking today, with profound implications for the Caribbean’s BVI, Cayman Islands, and offshore property structures.

Caribbean spring investment momentum builds as T&T’s energy sector adapts to lower oil prices, Jamaica posts IMF programme milestones, and the Dominican Republic’s construction boom reshapes the resort-residential landscape.

Caribbean summer 2012 in review: tourism rebounds across the region, Dominican Republic luxury development accelerates, Trinidad & Tobago energy revenues drive construction, and Jamaica navigates its ongoing fiscal reform challenge.

The Caribbean assesses post-Irene recovery and opens the 2011-12 tourism season, with Jamaica still led by PM Bruce Golding and T&T recording strong energy revenues.

Hurricane Irene strikes Puerto Rico and the Bahamas in August 2011, prompting Caribbean property owners and insurers to reassess coastal resilience and coverage.