Alexander Britell

GRAND CAYMAN — Barbados Tourism Minister Ian Gooding-Edghill has been named chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

Days on Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach, evenings with Eric Ripert’s culinary masterpieces. Golfing getaways in Dorado Beach with a side of a world-class spa. Sunset sails to St John after a day at the US Virgin Island’s most spectacular pool.

Colorful design. A stunning pool deck. A hip rooftop bar. And did we mention It’s just a short walk from one of the best beaches in the Caribbean?

They came from all over the Caribbean, high-level tourism thinkers gathered in Grand Cayman to discuss what’s next for the Caribbean’s most important industry.

Some are filled with them. For others, they’re a rarity. While we all love a great beach bar, not every island is a beach bar destination.

Sergeant majors and grouper and jellyfish and rays. Elkhorn and staghorn coral, reef sharks and organ pipes and barracuda and needlefish.

They’re far from major airports, set within destinations that are nowhere near the typical tourist map. And that’s what makes them so spectacular. These are the remote, hard-to-reach beaches you dream about. And they’re all in The Bahamas.

What’s the fastest-growing economy in the Caribbean? According to a new report from the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the answer is simple: Antigua and Barbuda.

Seven Mile Beach. The buzzing culinary scene. The shopping. The Sister Islands.

It’s always been known as one of the best beaches in the Caribbean, if not the world: the three-mile-long Treasure Beach in Great Abaco in The Bahamas.