caribbean

Real estate, culture, and community stories from across the Caribbean islands.

Luxury fitness and lifestyle brand Equinox has announced plans for its first Caribbean hotel in Anguilla — a development that reinforces the island’s position as the region’s most exclusive hospitality market and underscores the growing appetite of premium international lifestyle brands for Caribbean resort investment.

The European Commission has formally requested that five Eastern Caribbean states — Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia — phase out their Citizenship by Investment programmes by 1 June 2028 or risk losing visa-free access to the Schengen Area. The move has immediate implications for real estate investment, developer pipelines, and the fiscal foundations of several small island economies.