Hours after the grand opening of the Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski, Caribbean News Digital sat down with Markus Semer, CEO and chairman of the Management Board of the Germany-based hotel company.

Sandals Resorts International has agreed to buy St. Lucia's only 18-hole golf course, the Saint Lucia Golf Club. The acquisition is expected to close in the next 30 days, Sandals said.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto was on hand to officially open The Grand at Moon Palace Cancun, a brand new, five-star, all-inclusive resort.

The historic Condado Plaza Hilton in San Juan has been listed for sale. The 572-room property, which first opened in 1964, is set in the heart of the increasingly hip Condado neighborhood of Puerto Rico’s capital.

Chic Punta Cana, a Blue Diamond adults-only, all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic, will host its first Caribbean Pride Week Sept. 16 to 23.

Cuba’s Cubanacan group is currently in the process of establishing nine joint ventures with foreign hotel chains for the construction of 4,000 rooms in Santa Maria del Mar and Santa Lucia, a couple of beaches located in the Havana and Camagüey provinces, respectively.