St Martin/St Maarten

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The Caribbean’s Best Rum Shop Is on This Island 

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“What is this place?” You walk through the sliding doors, turn right toward the rum section and your jaw suddenly drops. They’re all there, sparkling and bright, walls and walls of premium sugarcane mosaic.  We’ve traveled all over the Caribbean, […]

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Exploring Saint Martin’s Orient Bay, Beach Bar by Beach Bar 

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“You don’t need to worry about life. Just go with the flow,” she tells me. I’m chronicling beach bars in Saint Martin’s Orient Bay, and the very friendly woman advertising her beach massage business assures me the clouds overhead will […]

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St Maarten Says It Is Seeing a "Significant Recovery" in Airport Traffic 

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It’s most famous for its just-beyond-the-beach landings. But St Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport is now making its mark in another way: with a major improvement in passenger traffic.  Airport officials told Caribbean Journal that the airport has made a […]

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St Maarten Has a Big Cruise Forecast for 2025

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It’s one of the top cruise destinations in the region: St Maarten, which has been steadily seeing its numbers return to pre-pandemic levels buoyed by a stream of major cruise lines. Now, the island’s port has even bigger goals for […]


Air Antilles, the French Caribbean Regional Airline, Is Back

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French Caribbean airline Air Antilles has officially relaunched following a restructuring.  The regional carrier had ceased operations in 2023 following a bankruptcy, but launched its “first” new flight this week.  The airline was resurrected thanks to a takeover by a […]


Delta Is Adding a New Nonstop Flight to St Maarten 

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Delta Air Lines is adding a brand-new nonstop route to St Maarten, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The company is planning to kick off a new route between Minneapolis-St Paul and St Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport this winter.  The new […]

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Air France Is Doubling Its St Maarten Flights 

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In what will be a serious lift to St Maarten’s tourism hopes, Air France is significantly expanding its flights between Paris and Princess Juliana International Airport, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The carrier will be doubling its daily service between Paris […]


American Airlines’ New Nonstop Flights to St Martin

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If you’ve been to the French side of St Martin, you know the food (yes, there are more members of the 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean than any other destination). You know the ambience. You know that unmistakable brand […]


There’s a New Way to Fly to Saint Martin 

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The beach bars, the world-class eateries, the boutique hotels, the breezy Gallic brand of cool. The French side of St Martin remains one of the Caribbean’s richest, most dynamic places to visit.  And now, thanks to new airlift, it’s easier […]

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St Martin’s Must-Visit Culinary Festival Is Back This November

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It just might be the best culinary destination in the Caribbean. And if you’ve been to the French side of St Martin, you know it’s a rather difficult proposition to challenge. Three years ago, the destination doubled down on its […]


Air Caraibes Is Relaunching Its St Martin Flights 

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Air Caraibes is relaunching its service to St Martin’s Princess Juliana International Airport, Caribbean Journal has learned.  In an important boost for the island, the French carrier will be running two nonstop flights each week from Paris to St Martin.  […]


A New Way to Fly from New York to St Maarten 

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It all starts with that landing, the one best seen from the Sunset Beach Bar, when the Boeings and the Airbuses every so slightly graze the top of the runway’s chain-link fence on Maho Beach — or at least that’s […]