Caribbean hotel development
A special retrospective spanning the full seventeen-year archive of the Caribbean Property & Investment Review — from the global financial crisis of 2009 through Guyana’s oil era and beyond, to July 2026.
The Caribbean recorded a surge in foreign direct investment commitments in March 2026 as international capital identified the region’s resilient tourism economy, improving governance and strategic location as compelling features in an uncertain global investment landscape.
Caribbean summer tourism breaks records across Jamaica, Barbados and the DR as Barbados champions a US$8 billion clean energy blueprint and the CDB documents a 185,000-unit regional housing deficit.
Our Mid-Year 2025 Six-Month Special Edition reviews Caribbean property and investment from January to July 2025 — covering the emerging global rate-cut cycle, Caribbean mortgage market recovery, record tourism, Guyana oil ramping toward 550k bpd, the opening of hurricane season 2025, CBI demand, and the Caribbean hotel development pipeline.
Record Easter occupancy across Jamaica and Barbados, St Kitts CBI records, Grenada property momentum, and Jamaica hotel construction surge headline Caribbean spring 2025 — as ECCB documents the deepening housing affordability crisis.
Caribbean property enters the 2024 holiday season with record tourism bookings, Barbados luxury demand, Cayman residential strength, and Guyana commercial real estate undergoing an oil-fuelled transformation.
Caribbean investors navigate peak hurricane season post-Beryl while Guyana’s ExxonMobil commits US$4.6B capex, Jamaica property values hold, and the Dominican Republic breaks tourism records.
Our Mid-Year 2024 Six-Month Special Edition reviews Caribbean property and investment from January to July 2024 — covering the post-COVID tourism recovery completing, record hotel investment, Guyana approaching 600k bpd, the peak US rate environment, Caribbean housing supply deficits, Barbados luxury market, Jamaica infrastructure, Dominican Republic construction boom, and CBI demand.
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season opens on 1 June with NOAA forecasting an above-normal season, Caribbean property insurance premiums up 15-20%, and spring tourism closing at record highs across Jamaica and the DR.
Q1 2024 Caribbean FDI runs 18% ahead of 2023 as Jamaica’s Caymanas SEZ gains anchor tenants, DR’s Caucedo expands by US$120M, Barbados posts 3.8% growth and luxury villa markets hit record volumes.
Caribbean destinations record their strongest Q1 2024 visitor arrivals ever as hotel investment accelerates across Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and the Eastern Caribbean.
Caribbean property markets head into year-end with luxury segments performing strongly across Barbados, Cayman and Jamaica, while Christmas tourism bookings run 10-15 percent ahead of 2022 as housing affordability pressures intensify.
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, featuring Category 5 Lee and Tammy’s Leeward Islands impacts, approaches its close as Caribbean property insurance costs rise 15-25 percent and winter tourism forward bookings signal a record season.
Caribbean tourism set Q3 2023 records across all major destinations with the Dominican Republic on track for 9 million annual arrivals, as FDI into regional hotel and resort development reached US$3.2 billion in commitments through September.
Guyana’s oil production crosses 300,000 barrels per day as Caribbean summer tourism outperforms expectations, Airbnb listings grow 20 percent year-on-year and Georgetown property prices surge 35 percent as the oil economy transforms the country.