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New CEO Takes Helm at Aruba Airport

New CEO Jonny Andersen.

Aruba’s airport enters a new chapter this month with the arrival of a new chief executive. The Aruba Airport Authority officially begun the tenure of Jonny Andersen as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective January 2026, following his appointment by the Government of Aruba. Andersen takes the helm at a moment when Queen Beatrix International […]

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Carnival Returns to St Maarten

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Carnival Cruise Line is the latest company to make its return to the island of St Maarten since Hurricane Irma. Carnival’s Carnival Sunshine cruise ship made a day-long call to Port St Maarten on Monday. The visit is the first of dozens of port calls to St Maarten in the […]

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Ritz-Carlton Lays Keel For First Luxury Cruise Ship

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection celebrated the laying of its inaugural yacht at the Hijos De J. Barreras Shipyard in Vigo, Spain this week. Representing a first for a luxury hotel operator, the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection brings the brand to the seas with a bespoke small-ship cruise experience. The collection is slated […]

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Silversea Cruises Returns to St Maarten

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Silversea Cruises is the latest cruise line to make its return to St Maarten. The boutique luxury cruise line returns to St Maarten with its Silver Wind ship on Thursday, staying during the evening hours until Jan. 12. Silver Wind, a small ship with a passenger capacity of 296, received […]


Ritz-Carlton Lays Keel For First Luxury Cruise Ship

By the Caribbean Journal staff St Maarten’s cruise renaissance continued this week with a call by SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream 1. The unscheduled call on Port St Maarten was the first of what Port St Maarten officials said they hoped would be “future port calls.” The boutique cruise ship bills itself is one of two […]

Carly Rae Jepsen to Perform on Carnival Splendor

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line is continuing its Carnival LIVE concert series with a planned concert by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen. The music star will perform a free concert on the Carnival Splendor ship on Feb. 17, 2018. The concert will be set on Carnival Splendor’s Lido Deck while the ship […]

Holland America Line Returns to St Maarten

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Holland America Line returned to Philipsburg, St Maarten on Saturday with its cruise ship ms Koningsdam. HAL plans to call in Philipsburg, St. Maarten once more with Koningsdam on March 10, as well as six times with ms Eurodam and once with ms Nieuw Amsterdam this season. ms Eurodam begins calling […]

Royal Caribbean's St Maarten Return

By the Caribbean Journal staff Royal Caribbean is making its return to Port St Maarten on Sunday, Dec. 16. The visit by Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas will be the first Royal ship to visit the destination since Hurricane Irma. Grandeur’s visit will kick off weekly port calls to St Maarten from Royal Caribbean […]

Carnival Fascination to Undergo Multimillion-Dollar Dry Dock

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Carnival Fascination cruise ship will undergo a multi-million-dollar dry dock that will add a variety of popular food and beverage innovations, Carnival announced this week. These will include Guy’s Burger Joint, developed by Food Network Star Guy Fieri; the cocktail pharmacy-themed Alchemy Bar, BlueIguana Cantina Mexican eatery and a […]

MSC Cruises’ New Flagship Is Coming to Miami

By the Caribbean Journal staff A major new cruise ship is coming to PortMiami. MSC Cruises’ new MSC Seaside, the company’s new flagship, has officially come into service and is making a transatlantic crossing to its new homeport in Miami. The fifth new prototype from MSC Cruises will feature everything from the MSC Yacht Club […]

Cruise Ships Return to St Maarten

By the Caribbean Journal staff The first commercial cruise ships called on St Maarten on Tuesday since Hurricane Irma, a major step in the island’s recovery. Viking Ocean Cruises’ Viking Sea made its inaugural visit to St Maarten, welcomed by a delegation including Minister of Tourism Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher. Viking Sea is homeporting in San Juan, […]

Carnival Reveals Name for New Vista-Class Ship

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line has unveiled the name for its newest Vista-class cruise ship: Panorama. The 133,500-ton ship is scheduled to make its debut in the fall of 2019, the third in the company’s Vista-class series. Panorama will join its two sister ships: Carnival Vista, which launched in 2016, and Carnival […]