Martinique’s Travel Promotion Bureau wins a Silver Magellan Award for La Route des Rhums, a self-guided tour of the island’s tradition of rum distilling. _____________________________________________________ The Martinique Promotion Bureau was recently named among the winners of Travel Weekly’s Magellan Awards. Among the travel industry’s top honors, Magellan Awards recognize the very best in marketing and design [...]
The Irish Times gets off the beaten path and discovers “the real Cuba” in the neighborhoods and backstreet haunts of old Havana. Enjoy! _____________________________________________________ Click here for the full story.
Montreal Gazette reports that in Jamaica “women go to church for their spirit and the men go to the bar for theirs.” Click to explore Jamaica’s drinking culture. ____________________________________________________ Click here for the full story.
Our fieldwork in the Virgin Islands starts with a three day beach bar crawl aboard a small research boat called the Naughty Nymph. Here’s what happened. ____________________________________________________ A pub crawl is nothing new. Just create a list of your favorite watering holes, put together a group of good drinkers and enjoy a long day of [...]
A week of rum and beach bar research in the Virgin Islands takes a lot of planning, preparation and the right crew of traveling buddies. Meet mine. _____________________________________________________ When planning my recent research trip to the islands, I developed a list of priorities – things that I wanted to do and see to make the [...]
From the Today Show – “With its upbeat spirit, Barbados is the quintessential Caribbean island. Relaxation and rum are on offer at this tropical oasis.” _________________________________________________ Click here for the full article.
No holiday in the islands would be complete without a few trips to the local bar. Here are our picks for the best nightlife in the Caribbean. Cheers! __________________________________________________ The islands of the Caribbean are teeming with beautiful beaches and friendly people, but let’s face it, many of us plan our visits around which islands have [...]
Drinking rum on the balcony of Cafe Gouverneur De Rouville makes the list of things to do when spending only 48 hours on the beautiful island of Curacao. ___________________________________________ Check out Reuters for details.
“There’s more to Jamaica than just reggae.” A Bob Marley fanatic with SundayWorld.com explores the food, bars, rum, art, architecture and music of Jamaica. _______________________________________________________ Click here for the full story.
To ensure that we bring you, our valued readers, only the most authentic coverage, we’re off to the islands to get the details straight from the source…. ________________________________________________________ The Research Continues The next few weeks are going to be action packed for the Rum Connection crew. Tomorrow we leave Key West before dawn to catch [...]
The next stop on the Rum Connection European Vacation was London, where Cocktail Week and the UK Rum Fest were on tap. ____________________________________________________ As I rode the Heathrow Express into central London, my head was filled with memories of the events of the last four days in Berlin. I wondered how London Cocktail Week and [...]
It has taken a week to catch up on sleep and readjust to Eastern Time, but the Rum Connection European Vacation was a blast. Here’s the rundown. ____________________________________________________ I’m still not quite sure how it all came together, but the stars aligned, I was blessed by the rum Gods and off I went on a [...]
The Sydney Morning Herald discovers the “heady atmosphere and famous rum” of Barbados, not to mention the legendary bars and beaches. ____________________________________________________ Click here for the full story.
Rum Renaissance is about to set sail on a week-long Celebrity Cruise with stops in 6 of the top rum producing islands in the Caribbean. Who’s going!? _____________________________________________________ RUM RENAISSANCE TOURS CARIBBEAN DISTILLERIES ABOARD CELEBRITY CRUISE Robert and Robin Burr, rum enthusiasts and hosts of the Miami Rum Renaissance Festival have collaborated with Celebrity Cruises [...]
Miami New Times gets the locals tour of the beautiful island of Jamaica and leanrs the ins and outs of drinking and eating like a local. Enjoy. ___________________________________________________ Click here for the full article.
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