With the winter peak season round the corner, more and more Caribbean hotels are revving up preps to reopen, hoping to get a steady inflow of guests in coming weeks.

The 208-room Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana, run by the Karisma Hotels & Resorts, will reopen on Nov. 5 after being temporarily closed since March 20.

Marriott International has celebrated the ground-breaking of the St. Regis Cap Cana Resort & Residences. The property is expected to be the first St. Regis hotel in the Dominican Republic.

Sandals and Beaches have just added a free travel insurance plan and a new cancellation protection plan for its Caribbean guests.

AMResorts kicked off the month of October with two reopenings: Dreams Dominicus La Romana and Dreams Punta Cana.

La Coleccion Resorts' Live Aqua Beach Resort Punta Cana will open its doors in February as the first Live Aqua property outside of Mexico from Mexican hotelier Posadas.